Goulburn jail escapee found and charged

Holden Caulfield said :

Evilomlap said :

Sorry to be a killjoy, but the media adviser in me can’t help it. As silly as it sounds, you have to use “alleged” when referring to anything he is actually charged with. Otherwise, if he is found not guilty of any of those things, he can essentially sue the NSW police for slander/libel.

I guess that’s fair enough. Good luck to anyone trying to prove he didn’t escape.

Haha yeah, but I don’t know, they could try the ‘your worship, suggesting my client escaped is ridiculous, this is clearly all just part of an elaborate fantasy cooked up by overzealous police in an effort to smear my client’s good name!’ defence…

And believe it or not, some morons have actually tried to argue (yes, in court) that they weren’t leading police on a chase, they were in fact simply ‘looking for a safe spot to pull over’.

Evilomlap said :

Sorry to be a killjoy, but the media adviser in me can’t help it. As silly as it sounds, you have to use “alleged” when referring to anything he is actually charged with. Otherwise, if he is found not guilty of any of those things, he can essentially sue the NSW police for slander/libel.

I guess that’s fair enough. Good luck to anyone trying to prove he didn’t escape.

Sorry to be a killjoy, but the media adviser in me can’t help it. As silly as it sounds, you have to use “alleged” when referring to anything he is actually charged with. Otherwise, if he is found not guilty of any of those things, he can essentially sue the NSW police for slander/libel.

Holden Caulfield said :

Wow, the NSW plods make the press release efforts of the AFP look like Pulitzer Prize material!

I understand the need to use allegedly, but surely if the guy was an inmate and they picked him up outside of the jail then there is nothing alleged about his escape?!

… and how did he “allegedly” fail to stop when they had to chase him all the way to Pheasant’s Nest?

Glad they charged him with driving unlicensed!

Wow, the NSW plods make the press release efforts of the AFP look like Pulitzer Prize material!

I understand the need to use allegedly, but surely if the guy was an inmate and they picked him up outside of the jail then there is nothing alleged about his escape?!