In relation to the Bulldogs....and this is purely from my mate, who is can I say "well connected" in the legal field that cover most of the football clubs. If someone on here is actually a solicitor forgive me for anything I am saying wrong as I am but a humble travel agent!!
1) Where the police stuffed up is they DIDN"T press charges, he reckons they should have and then let the trial(s) go to court.
2) Once charged the police can do many other things (DNA for example), because they didn;t charge the bulldogs they couldn't do other stuff and as my mate says they really (really) stuffed it up.
3) The bulldogs players got off because the police and the DPP didn't do their job correctly, as a result it's now well know in the legal trade that they now "charge and try and prove later".
My mate said that was hell to play in the NSW DPP after the Coffs incident and it has really changed the way they do things forever, nit just to footballers but to anyone.
That's the point I was trying to get across.
What's happened to Brett is just the way they do things, if the accuser was to withdraw charges it might be all olver, otherwise it goes to trial and then could be 6-9 months away!!
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