http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Today's EEN relaunch en Mon, 18 May 2026 21:36:25 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10006#post-108418 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:16:45 +0000 EddieD 108418@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Given the sentence applied to Carl Baxter, I doubt he'll be given an exemplary sentence after all the horse trading has gone on. </p> <p>Okay, Baxter hadn't killed twice as McCourt has, but he did use his vehicle as a weapon in a premeditated attack. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10006#post-108416 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:06:13 +0000 neddie 108416@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>First of all in the article:<br /> <em>...McCourt, 49, of Niddrie Mill Avenue...</em></p> <p>Then later on in the same article:<br /> <em>...Gary McCourt, of Magdalene Drive...</em></p> <p>If this is the quality of the journalism at the EEN relaunch, goodness knows what will follow... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10006#post-108414 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:01:15 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 108414@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Precisely why I deleted the above post - figured people would think I didn't care about the personal. Too emotive a subject to be 'pragmatic' about. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10006#post-108408 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:54:35 +0000 tammytroot 108408@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Perhaps the previous conviction may not carry much weight, but I suspect the palpable hurt and loss, eloquently expressed in this article will resonate with many. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10006#post-108405 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:40:47 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 108405@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>[DELETED] </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10006#post-108398 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:45:11 +0000 Dave 108398@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It would be interesting if the EEN turned out to have a more positive editorial slant, wouldn't it?</p> <p>You have to admit: taking a life while driving uninsured and unlicenced and fleeing the scene, then coming back and taking another life - it's hard to see how anything other than a very long sentence could be justified for Gary McCourt. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10006#post-108388 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:14:10 +0000 Darkerside 108388@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Powerful article. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10006#post-108387 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:12:14 +0000 kaputnik 108387@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"relaunch"? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10006#post-108379 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:46:22 +0000 SRD 108379@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cycling death front cover story</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/latest-news/victim-s-family-urge-life-sentence-for-mccourt-1-2905743" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/latest-news/victim-s-family-urge-life-sentence-for-mccourt-1-2905743</a> </p>