Suspect on the Run

I Suppose, given Incapability Brown’s paranoid determination to create a fortress Britain, stories like this will be drip fed into our consciousness, bolstering the “need” to increase the detention period to 56 days. You know, Incapability rides in on his white charger to save the day. (Bleugh!)

A suspected terrorist has absconded following his release after 28 days.

The man was set free despite unease among police and security service officers investigating his background.

A well-placed source said the case has been covered up because the man is now being hunted again as a potential danger to the public.

Except…

The relevant word here is “suspect”. That means that until he has been charged and the evidence judged by a jury of his peers, he is presumed innocent.

Then there’s the little matter of them having held him for 28 days. In that time, they have failed to build a case – and one can probably presume that they went on a fishing expedition and found insufficient evidence to charge. Perhaps this was because there was no case to answer.

Now, consider this; if you had just had 28 days of your life stolen by a paranoid state, without being charged, without access to the case against you; what would be the first thing you would do upon release?

Yup. Me too. I would put as much distance as possible between me and the nasty buggers as I possibly could as quickly as possible.