Tommy Robertson lied about the boy on Facebook and admitted it. Open and shut. Couldn't be clearer.
30 November 2018
"Tommy Robinson has confessed to spreading fake news about five Muslims attacking a boy at the school where a Syrian refugee was filmed being bullied. The former EDL leader said in a Facebook video post on Friday “he had been completely mugged off” by “some leftie”. "
Alright, but this isn't an open, and shut case, is it? Because a woman deliberately lied to Robinson, and in justice there is generally a requirement of "mens rea," i.e., the mental element of a person's intention to commit a crime. The woman that lied ought to be the one receiving punishment.
It sure is open and shut. The definition of libel is pretty clear and there's nothing in it about intent: "defamation with a permanent record, such as an email, a radio or TV broadcast, a newspaper, a website posting, etc."
If you're going to go on public record to talk shit about someone you better have your facts straight.
Tommy Robertson lied about the boy on Facebook and admitted it. Open and shut. Couldn't be clearer.
30 November 2018 "Tommy Robinson has confessed to spreading fake news about five Muslims attacking a boy at the school where a Syrian refugee was filmed being bullied. The former EDL leader said in a Facebook video post on Friday “he had been completely mugged off” by “some leftie”. "
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/tommy-robinson-admits-he-shared-fake-news-about-muslims-attacking-boy-at-school-was-syrian-refugee-was-filmed-being-bullied-a4005301.html
Alright, but this isn't an open, and shut case, is it? Because a woman deliberately lied to Robinson, and in justice there is generally a requirement of "mens rea," i.e., the mental element of a person's intention to commit a crime. The woman that lied ought to be the one receiving punishment.
It sure is open and shut. The definition of libel is pretty clear and there's nothing in it about intent: "defamation with a permanent record, such as an email, a radio or TV broadcast, a newspaper, a website posting, etc."
If you're going to go on public record to talk shit about someone you better have your facts straight.
It's on him.
If that's the language of the English statute, that statute is garbage (not surprising for modern England, though).
And you know damn well that this law isn't applied in an evenhanded manner, but is instead just a tool for destroying the enemies of the System.
It shouldn't be news that pissing off powerful people can earn you a punch on the nose.