http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Cyclist Down - Easter Road/Dalmeny Street en Tue, 19 May 2026 09:25:20 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20306#post-334868 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 13:15:41 +0000 steveo 334868@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Given the state of journalism it was probably furious cycling. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20306#post-334861 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:34:23 +0000 acsimpson 334861@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@neddie, don't worry, that article carefully avoids saying what the man was charged with. Charged in connection with an alleged attempted murder makes it sound like the paper is going off a rumour that it was a attempted murder but might have been something else. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20306#post-334859 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:30:49 +0000 neddie 334859@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh well. That didn't last. I'll get me coat </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20306#post-334856 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:26:58 +0000 chdot 334856@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well...</p> <p><a href="https://www.scotsman.com/news/crime/man-48-arrested-and-charged-connection-alleged-attempted-murder-edinburgh-2848194" rel="nofollow">https://www.scotsman.com/news/crime/man-48-arrested-and-charged-connection-alleged-attempted-murder-edinburgh-2848194</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20306#post-334853 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:23:01 +0000 edinburgh87 334853@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'll score journalist and lawyer off my list of alternate careers...;) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20306#post-334852 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:17:22 +0000 neddie 334852@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In the press, they would normally write:</p> <p>"Such and such has been charged with attempted murder"</p> <p>They would never write:</p> <p>"Such and such has been charged with alleged attempted murder"</p> <p>Prove me wrong, internet! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20306#post-334847 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 11:39:35 +0000 gembo 334847@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was talking to a lad once who was locked up. He was 15 or 16, stole a car and was in the driver’s seat when fished out of the canal.</p> <p>Those are just allegations, he said when i asked him why he thought he should steal cars if he could only drive them into the canal. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20306#post-334820 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 08:40:59 +0000 I were right about that saddle 334820@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, the charge is when Her Britannic Majesty says 'You broke one or more of my rules and my people will see you in my court to prove it to my judge/jury/sheriff/executioner. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20306#post-334819 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 08:30:27 +0000 acsimpson 334819@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>He wasn't charged with alleged traffic offences though. He was charged with traffic offences. This isn't an accusation it's part of the legal process. Will they start finding people guilty of alleged offences next? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20306#post-334817 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 06:55:45 +0000 edinburgh87 334817@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>Surely the word “alleged” is not required here.</blockquote></p> <p>Suspect it's just a legalism to avoid prejudicing any future trial (e.g. the defence could argue that the jury were unduly influenced if the police were implying guilt in press releases before any trial) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20306#post-334801 Mon, 27 Jul 2020 21:30:35 +0000 neddie 334801@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote> has been charged with alleged traffic offences</blockquote></p> <p>Surely the word “alleged” is not required here. The charging with traffic offences is a fact, no allegations about it...</p> <p>More “papering over” by the press, consciously or subconsciously, of motor violence </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20306#post-334796 Mon, 27 Jul 2020 17:41:32 +0000 Rosie 334796@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>DRIVER CHARGED AFTER COLLISION WITH CYCLIST</p> <p>A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "At 3:30pm on Sunday (26 July) police and emergency services were called to a road crash involving a cyclist and a Mazda car on Easter Road at the junction of Dalmeny Street.</p> <p>"The 25-year-old male cyclist was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary with leg injuries. His condition is described as stable. </p> <p>"A 41-year-old man has been charged with alleged traffic offences and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal."</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/diversion-place-easter-road-leith-18665987?utm_source=messenger&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=sharebar&amp;fbclid=IwAR19DyFMxtboI_ee9UqasqDsMx0LXqkW2ZyzTcmCsoEcFfm_Iv2Ws4m90Kw" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/diversion-place-easter-road-leith-18665987?utm_source=messenger&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=sharebar&amp;fbclid=IwAR19DyFMxtboI_ee9UqasqDsMx0LXqkW2ZyzTcmCsoEcFfm_Iv2Ws4m90Kw</a>. </p>