RS> It was a civil suit, they 'sued' him for
RS> damages. He got off on the original trial.

BG> Only just though, if my memory serves me correctly.

RS> Nar, he pissed it in.

BG> Pig's arse he did.

Fraid so.

BG> Goetz's trial dragged on for ages,

Says nothing useful about how close the result was.

BG> and at one stage he was being called some
BG> sort of vigilante (which in reality, he was),

Hardly surprising that the prosecution would try to claim that Bill.
Says nothing useful about whether the jury came close to buying that.
The jury didnt basically give a damn and appeared to endorse that anyway.

BG> and came quite close to having his self-defence argument overturned.

Pigs arse it did, the jury basically thought he was well within his rights.

RS> There is tiny problem there tho, he apparently was pretty open
RS> about niggers being the scum of the earth in that latest trial.

BG> And in context, he was right.

RS> Sure, but he did say they should be wiped out en mass. Not exactly wise |-)

BG> Much the same attitude he displayed at his original trial too.

Nope, nothing like that in the first trial on the exterminate on sight.

BG> Be intersting to see what the courts do if he tries that too.

RS> There is fuck all they can do. Same is true here too.

BG> Crap, the bailiffs can move in and take everything he owns, for a start.

Nope, it dont work like that, there or here.

RS> Here we dont even bother to mount the civil suit in the first place
RS> coz you would normally be stuck with the legal bill even if you did win.

BG> Not any more.  It's mainly "no win, no pay" these days, and
BG> if you do win, the lawyer's fees are taken out of the winnings.

Pigs arse it is, particularly in that situation here.

BG> A bit different for defendants though,
BG> as they generally have to pay regardless.

Thats complete crap too in civil suits.
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