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Andrew to be stripped of his final military title by King, minister says (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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God I'm enjoying his downfall

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[–] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone [S] 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I totally agree this isnt remotely enough, he should be in jail for the foreseeable future. He's a narcisstic twat so losing his titles, dignity and last shreds of power will REALLY matter to him, and it's more than I thought he'd ever suffer. Life behind bars is what he deserves though and it's awful he isn't getting that

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago*

He isn't getting that because there isn't really evidence he knowingly committed a crime. What he did was awful but there's only so much you can do within a court of law. Some suspect that he's also a scapegoat being used the people who did know full well what was going on (like a certain US president)

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[–] apis@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

He wouldn't get life even if he were a poor randomer and convicted of his crimes. Maybe 2 years suspended.

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[–] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone [S] 2 points 1 year ago

True he wouldn't get much but for rape he'd get longer than 2 years suspended. Assuming it was proven that he knew she was trafficked and therefore couldn't consent, he'd need to do jail.

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