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Re: No, that's not what was said.......

Posted by andy saunders on Fri Jul 05, 2002 02:52:11 PM

In reply top No, that's not what was said....... posted by Tony on Fri Jul 05, 2002 06:47:45 AM

: The apology was issued by Brighton and Hove Newspaper Grou
: p.
:
:
: Andrew Saunders: An apology
: In some editions of Tuesday's Argus, our story about Andre
: w Saunders, of St Mary's Road, Hastings, was inaccurately
: headlined "Expert admits grave theft".
:
: Mr Saunders, HAVING PLEADED GUILTY TO A TECHNICAL OFFENCE
: (In other words, he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge) of
: removing the remains of an aircraft without a licence, was
: exonerated by His Honour Judge Rennie of any dishonesty a
: nd, in fact, was praised by the judge for his sterling eff
: orts over the last 30 years in repatriating lost airmen wi
: th their surviving families.
:
: Mr Saunders received a conditional discharge and a defenda
: nt's costs order.
:
: We apologise for the inaccuracies and any embarrassment ca
: used to Mr Saunders.
:
: So a nice result for Mr. Saunders. So , does this sterling
: effort, encompass the "Nice Bits" from mid-air collision
: s and the like, that he was advertising on Barnstormers an
: d his own aero jumble site?
:
: Just in case you didn't realise Peter, MOD are loath to br
: ing cases to court or defend them, that they think they ca
: n't win. They thought they had enough to go with in this c
: ase, but they lost.
:
: There are others , that do sterling work, in aircraft reco
: veries and aircrew remains, many of them post on this boar
: d. However, I don't see them advertising a dozen times in
: one day on the Barnstormers board, selling bits of aircraf
: t that men died in.
:
: That is my personal feeling, I was not in court, I don't k
: now what Mr. Saunders defence, or the prosecution case was
: .
:
: Well, it will be interesting to see how MOD deal with the
: next case they come across
:
: Tony

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