Thursday - November 07, 2013
so he stabs this woman 6 times in broad daylight but … read this example of justice not
I suppose this is what passes for justice here. Not that the US is perfect but ....
I do not understand this judgment at all.
What DNA?
He stabbed her in broad daylight. She knows who did it ... why is this not open and shut?
If anybody can make sense of this, would you please explain it to me. Cos I just don’t get it.
Man accused of attempted murder jailed for lesser charge after police lost vital forensic evidence… and he could be freed within months
Michael Bennison could have faced life in jail for stabbing his ex six times
But attempted murder charge was dropped after DNA evidence was lost
He was jailed for four years but could be out in 12 months after taking into account time already spent on remand
By Daily Mail Reporter
A man found guilty of a frenzied knife attack on his ex-girlfriend could be freed in months after investigators lost vital evidence which could have convicted him of attempted murder.
Michael Bennison, 29, could have faced life behind bars after stabbing the woman once in her side and five times in a broad daylight attack on a street in York.
But the charge of attempted murder would not stick after forensic teams misplaced DNA evidence from two knives.
As a result prosecutors were forced to accept the 28-year-old’s plea to a lesser charge of unlawful wounding, which carries a maximum sentence of just five years.
Newcastle Crown Court heard that on December 14 last year Bennison, of no fixed address, was travelling in a car in York with the female victim, Amy Evans, 27, and another man.
Nick Adlington, prosecuting, said Bennison, of no fixed address had been in a volatile, on-off relationship with Miss Evans and an argument broke out in the car.
When they arrived at their destination they got out and Miss Evans produced a knife. But Bennison took the knife from her and stabbed her six times, once in the side and five times in the back.
He then ran off down an alleyway and went into hiding before he was found two days later.
Describing how the evidence came to be lost by North Yorkshire Police, Mr Adlington said: ‘The swabs went missing from the forensic science service in York. I have been told there has been a full internal review.’
Mr Adlington said as well as the lost evidence, the attempted murder trial faced other problems, including the refusal of an expert witness to come to court.
Jailing Bennison, who has previous convictions for domestic violence on different partners, for a total of four years, Mr Justice Bennison told him he posed a high risk to all women.
After already spending a year behind bars on remand, Bennison could be eligible for parole within just 12 months.
The judge said: ‘Originally you faced a charge of attempted murder but because vital evidence had been lost a plea to section 20 was accepted.
‘You pose a high risk of harm to the victim and to all women. There is clearly a significant risk to female members of the public.
‘There was an intention to commit serious harm.’
The sentence also included a guilty plea for assaulting a man outside a flat in November last year after they got into an argument over noise.
After falling to the floor, the victim was kicked in the head by Bennison before he jumped with both feet onto his back.
The court heard that he had 14 previous appearances at court for 27 offences, that included battery and affray.
John Gregg, defending, said Bennison had ‘wrestled with his own demons’, which included drug abuse, but that he has made progress in prison.
Oh good. Now I understand a bit more. He made progress in prison. Progress meaning what? Right. This time he only stabbed the woman instead of jumping on her head or on her back. Good. That good. That’s “progress”.
What a fracked up system in play here. What the hell ... in a few years they’ll be living under sharia anyway.
Posted by peiper on 11/07/2013 at 12:37 PM
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Wednesday - November 06, 2013
so he stabs this woman 6 times in broad daylight but … read this example of justice not
I suppose this is what passes for justice here. Not that the US is perfect but ....
I do not understand this judgment at all.
What DNA?
He stabbed her in broad daylight. She knows who did it ... why is this not open and shut?
If anybody can make sense of this, would you please explain it to me. Cos I just don’t get it.
Man accused of attempted murder jailed for lesser charge after police lost vital forensic evidence… and he could be freed within months
Michael Bennison could have faced life in jail for stabbing his ex six times
But attempted murder charge was dropped after DNA evidence was lost
He was jailed for four years but could be out in 12 months after taking into account time already spent on remand
By Daily Mail Reporter
A man found guilty of a frenzied knife attack on his ex-girlfriend could be freed in months after investigators lost vital evidence which could have convicted him of attempted murder.
Michael Bennison, 29, could have faced life behind bars after stabbing the woman once in her side and five times in a broad daylight attack on a street in York.
But the charge of attempted murder would not stick after forensic teams misplaced DNA evidence from two knives.
As a result prosecutors were forced to accept the 28-year-old’s plea to a lesser charge of unlawful wounding, which carries a maximum sentence of just five years.
Newcastle Crown Court heard that on December 14 last year Bennison, of no fixed address, was travelling in a car in York with the female victim, Amy Evans, 27, and another man.
Nick Adlington, prosecuting, said Bennison, of no fixed address had been in a volatile, on-off relationship with Miss Evans and an argument broke out in the car.
When they arrived at their destination they got out and Miss Evans produced a knife. But Bennison took the knife from her and stabbed her six times, once in the side and five times in the back.
He then ran off down an alleyway and went into hiding before he was found two days later.
Describing how the evidence came to be lost by North Yorkshire Police, Mr Adlington said: ‘The swabs went missing from the forensic science service in York. I have been told there has been a full internal review.’
Mr Adlington said as well as the lost evidence, the attempted murder trial faced other problems, including the refusal of an expert witness to come to court.
Jailing Bennison, who has previous convictions for domestic violence on different partners, for a total of four years, Mr Justice Bennison told him he posed a high risk to all women.
After already spending a year behind bars on remand, Bennison could be eligible for parole within just 12 months.
The judge said: ‘Originally you faced a charge of attempted murder but because vital evidence had been lost a plea to section 20 was accepted.
‘You pose a high risk of harm to the victim and to all women. There is clearly a significant risk to female members of the public.
‘There was an intention to commit serious harm.’
The sentence also included a guilty plea for assaulting a man outside a flat in November last year after they got into an argument over noise.
After falling to the floor, the victim was kicked in the head by Bennison before he jumped with both feet onto his back.
The court heard that he had 14 previous appearances at court for 27 offences, that included battery and affray.
John Gregg, defending, said Bennison had ‘wrestled with his own demons’, which included drug abuse, but that he has made progress in prison.
Oh good. Now I understand a bit more. He made progress in prison. Progress meaning what? Right. This time he only stabbed the woman instead of jumping on her head or on her back. Good. That good. That’s “progress”.
What a fracked up system in play here. What the hell ... in a few years they’ll be living under sharia anyway.
Posted by peiper on 11/06/2013 at 12:37 PM
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