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Whereas you, Galileo, were denounced to this Holy Office for holding as true the false doctrine taught by some that the Sun is the centre of the world. Following the position of Copernicus, which are contrary to the true sense and authority of Holy Scripture. Catholic Church Charge Against Galileo
Never make a defence or apology before you be accused. Charles I
J’accuse. Emile Zola, title of open letter to French president re Dreyfus affair
One accusation you can’t throw at me is that I’ve always done my best. Alan Shearer
Everywhere he’s gone he’s created havoc. Everywhere he’s gone he’s created destruction. So I charge him. I charge him with being the greatest kidnapper on this Earth. I charge him with being the greatest murderer on this Earth. I charge him with being the greatest robber and enslaver on this Earth. I charge the white man with being the greatest swine-eater on this earth, the greatest drunkard on this Earth. He can’t deny the charges. You can’t deny the charges. We are living proof of those charges. Malcolm X, 1992 starring Denzel Washington & Angela Bassett & Albert Hall & Al Freeman & Delroy Lindo & Spike Lee & Theresa Randle & Kate Vernon & Ernest Thomas & Christopher Plummer & Tommy Hollis et al, director Spike Lee
When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour. Piers Anthony
The core distortion of the War on Terror under both Bush and Obama is the Orwellian practice of equating government accusations of terrorism with proof of guilt. One constantly hears US government defenders referring to ‘terrorists’ when what they actually mean is: those accused by the government of terrorism. Glenn Greenwald
The definition of an extreme authoritarian is one who is willing blindly to assume that government accusations are true without any evidence presented or opportunity to contest those accusations. Glenn Greenwald
Read them and know I know your worthiness ... What should I say to thee, Lord Scrope. Thou cruel ingrateful savage and inhuman creature. Henry V 1989 starring Kenneth Branagh & Brian Blessed & Charles Kay & Paul Scofield & Derek Jacobi & Christian Bale & Simon Shepherd & Alex McCowen & Judi Dench & John Sessions & Michael Maloney & Tom Whitehouse et al, director Kenneth Branagh
It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it. Denis Diderot
The Sun did not accuse anybody of anything. Kelvin McKenzie, BBC Radio 4 interview 16th October 1996
This film follows a person after they’ve been charged with a very serious crime. Right up to the verdict … When you’re accused everything is at stake. The Accused ***** Channel 5 2017
On November 3rd 2014 a call was made to NHS Direct: an eight-week-old baby girl was fighting for her life. Doctors discovered she had a fractured skull, bleeding on the brain and severe retinal haemorrhaging, injuries which left her brain damaged and blind. The next day her 21 year old mother Kenzey and the baby’s father Kyle were arrested. Kyle was charged with grievous bodily harm; Kenzey with witnessing the assault and failing to protect her child. ibid.
It’s alleged that as the call connects to the operator Kenzey can be heard saying to Kyle, ‘I’m in trouble.’ ibid.
Just how aware Kenzey was of Kyle’s tendency to violence is becoming central to the prosecution case against her. ibid.
Three months after he was arrested Kenzey’s boyfriend Kyle confessed on Facebook to injuring their baby daughter. ibid.
Kyle was found guilty on two counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent; he was sentenced to 18 years in prison: on her charges of failing to protect her daughter and child cruelty Kenzey was found guilty; Kenzey is now serving a three and a half year sentence. ibid.
‘For eight years I endured it as a child and as a teen.’ The Unbelievable Story of Carl Beech, ‘Me’ a poem by Carl Beech, BBC 2020
‘Electrocution and drowning were some of their tools, when I was bad and broke their rules.’ ibid.
In 2014 Carl Beech, a seemingly unremarkable man from Gloucester, perhaps better know by his pseudonym Nick, claimed he had been the victim of a VIP paedophile ring in the 1970s and ’80s. So who was Carl Beech, and why did he choose to go public with this extraordinary story. ibid.
In 2012 Beech told Yorkshire Police he had been sexually abused by his step-father, by Jimmy Savile, and by some other men he called The Group. After a brief investigation, Wiltshire Police dismissed Beech’s allegations but not before Beech had submitted a compensation claim for the abuse he had suffered. Two years later he began writing about his abuse online. ibid.
Beech named twelve men he said had abused and raped him … high-ranking members of the military … politicians and members of the establishment … another was Sir Edward Heath. ibid.
A month later doubts about the story began to emerge in the press. ibid.
‘He’d been filming covertly schoolboys.’ ibid. Tom Wilkinson, journalist
The following is a true story that gripped the world. In August 1980, Lindy, Michael and their 3 children were on a camping holiday at Uluru (Ayres Rock) in Australia. Their baby daughter, just two months old, disappeared. Lindy claimed a dingo took and killed the baby. The authorities claimed Lindy murdered her baby. It became the trial in the outback that gripped the world. Accused: Trial in the Outback I, captions, Channel 5 2020
Two weeks into her life sentence, Lindy went into labour. ibid.
Seventh-Day Adventist Pastor Michael Chamberlain and his wife Lindy took their young family for a camping holiday to central Australia. ibid.
All night long their was a frantic search. Aboriginal trackers, park rangers and searchers found dingo tracks. The next day Michael and Lindy gave their statements to the police. ibid.
[Dennis] Barritt was critical of the police and the inadequacy of its investigation. And the failure of the Northern Territory government to act on a warning that dingoes posed at Uluru. ibid.
The first inquest found that Michael and Lindy Chamberlain had nothing to do with Azaria’s death but formally introduced the notion of human intervention. ibid.
The trial of Lindy Chamberlain for the murder of her daughter, and Michael Chamberlain as an accessory, was expected to run for six weeks. It was billed as the Trial of the Century. ibid.
The local Darwin jury was subjected to claim and counter-claim of forensic evidence. ibid.
‘A guilty verdict: I felt calm but numb.’ ibid. Lindy
Across the country a grass-roots movement took shape. Led by the Seventh Day Adventist community, the eyewitnesses and ordinary citizens who believed a grave miscarriage of justice had occurred. ibid.
Fuelled by sensational headlines the public rushed to judgment. The first Coronial inquest was held in Alice Springs. Accused: Trial in the Outback II
Lindy was allowed one precious hour with her new daughter Kahlia. ibid.
Over the next five months the Chamberlain defence team presented their case to the federal court. They tried to introduce new evidence from witnesses. ibid.
‘Get over yourself and take a stand. You’ve got to have balls to say this in Darwin – you’re wrong.’ ibid. Lindy
MPs seek release of Lindy on licence. ibid. newspaper article
The Northern Territory government took no action. ibid.
Channel 9 phone poll: Do you think Lindy Chamberlain should be released on compassionate grounds? Yes: 39.3%; No: 60.7%. ibid.
Searchers made a startling discovery … ‘The discovery of a baby matinee jacket has given new impetus today to calls for a federal government inquiry into the Azaria Chamberlain case’ … This new evidence forced the Northern Territory government to act. ibid. News
Lindy and Michael had their convictions quashed. ibid.
Steven Clark’s case was classified as a missing person investigation for 28 years. And during that time was subjected to numerous reviews by senior police officers, who all classified Steven as missing. But then in 2020 a new police team reviewed the case and classified Steven’s disappearance as murder. Accused of Murdering our Son: The Steven Clark Story, captions, ITV 2021
14 September 2020: Charles and Doris Clark are arrested on suspicion of their son Steven’s murder. Ibid
There were two reported sightings after Steven’s disappearance by people who knew him. ibid.
If Charles and Doris killed Steven, then not only are they the best actors I’ve ever met but they’ve got me beat, because I don’t think they murdered Steven. ibid. investigator
Two people who were arrested on suspicion of the murder of Steven Clark have now been released from the investigation without charge. ibid. caption