[Omah]

Originally Posted by Snowball

I'm sure another sheriff would give an opposing view if the Daily Record asked around.

I think "Sheriff" is just a pseudonym for an old hack .....

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by Omah

I think "Sheriff" is just a pseudonym for an old hack .....

Yeah I have to admit that could be a possibility.

Heres another one though, if you look to the right of the article you will see an area marked as tags, in that area is the name Douglas Cusine, he has commented on a few things for the Daily Record recently.

Oh and he was a sheriff in Aberdeen, recently retired.

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Shasown

Yeah I have to admit that could be a possibility.

Heres another one though, if you look to the right of the article you will see an area marked as tags, in that area is the name Douglas Cusine, he has commented on a few things for the Daily Record recently.

Oh and he was a sheriff in Aberdeen, recently retired.

ie: in other words: has no oomph therefore can be quoted saying whatever the Daily Record would like him to - for a fee.

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by Snowball

ie: in other words: has no oomph therefore can be quoted saying whatever the Daily Record would like him to - for a fee.

Yeah of course he is going to compromise his integrity for a couple of grand aint he?

And risk his 60+grand a year pension and the chance of being asked back to help out by a sheriff principal at 600 quid a day.

Talk about clutching at straws.

Incidentally he is also a former lecturer in Scottish Law at Aberdeen University and spent over 10 years as a sheriff at Aberdeen.

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Shasown

Yeah of course he is going to compromise his integrity for a couple of grand aint he?

And risk his 60+grand a year pension and the chance of being asked back to help out by a sheriff principal at 600 quid a day.

Talk about clutching at straws.

He's retired - he can do and say what he likes as far as his own opinion is concerned (which really holds no valid judgement any longer - given that he is retired).

Since when did many of our law representatives & such authority figures automatically have integrity. Hardly unheard of that there are ones who do get backhanders - same with those within the policeforce - making out as though it doesn't happen and that they are all innocence personified is sheer and utter folly.

Weren't you implying earlier in the thread that the authorities up in the North East were - errr...let's say more driven to reach targets for particular crimes - more interested in figures of another variety ....... which would/could indicate that people are being prosecuted more in that area than further south? Isn't that another way of cooking the books....