les186 271 Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Ticketus pursued him thro a civil case & won following which Whyte declared himself bankrupt IIRC That sounds like Whyte's MO. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little General 80 Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Scotland's O J Simpson verdict. Has the PF office or Police Scotland commented after the verdict or are they too embarrassed? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
917 191 Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Whyte got off because Donald Findlay convinced the jury that David Murray knew full well from Day 1 who Craig Whyte was and what he was planning on doing. Far from "not providing any evidence," Findlay produced various documents which suggested Murray would have flogged us to anyone because he had carved up a deal with Lloyds Bank to keep his metals business if he did. Findlay showed that either Murray did know, or that they should have known - eg. a witness stated that no proper 'due diligence' was ever done on Whyte. That clearly casts reasonable doubt on the verdict on the charge that Whyte fraudulently misled David Murray - you can't defraud someone if they actually know what you're up to & benefitted from it themselves. Murray is now back in the Sunday Times rich list on the back of this "fraud." Posters should maybe have followed the trial. The acquittal of the fraud charge was no surprise at all, although how he got off the Companies Act charge I have no idea. But I wasn't in court. The jury were. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,258 Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Whyte got off because Donald Findlay convinced the jury that David Murray knew full well from Day 1 who Craig Whyte was and what he was planning on doing.Far from "not providing any evidence," Findlay produced various documents which suggested Murray would have flogged us to anyone because he had carved up a deal with Lloyds Bank to keep his metals business if he did. Findlay showed that either Murray did know, or that they should have known - eg. a witness stated that no proper 'due diligence' was ever done on Whyte. That clearly casts reasonable doubt on the verdict on the charge that Whyte fraudulently misled David Murray - you can't defraud someone if they actually know what you're up to & benefitted from it themselves. Murray is now back in the Sunday Times rich list on the back of this "fraud." Posters should maybe have followed the trial. The acquittal of the fraud charge was no surprise at all, although how he got off the Companies Act charge I have no idea. But I wasn't in court. The jury were. Good summary. Now the trial is over I reckon the focus will now switch to Whyte's running of Rangers up to and including administration. I don't think we're anywhere near finished yet 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinstein 294 Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 sounds about right 917 I think Murray knew full well what Whyte was doing Whyte took the opportunity of earning millions and risked the slap on the wrist that's usually doled in fraud cases. a willing patsy 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,258 Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 BDO will now be considering their next move. You can be sure of that. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Ticketus pursued him thro a civil case & won following which Whyte declared himself bankrupt IIRC That is what I thought. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Whyte got off because Donald Findlay convinced the jury that David Murray knew full well from Day 1 who Craig Whyte was and what he was planning on doing.Far from "not providing any evidence," Findlay produced various documents which suggested Murray would have flogged us to anyone because he had carved up a deal with Lloyds Bank to keep his metals business if he did. Findlay showed that either Murray did know, or that they should have known - eg. a witness stated that no proper 'due diligence' was ever done on Whyte. That clearly casts reasonable doubt on the verdict on the charge that Whyte fraudulently misled David Murray - you can't defraud someone if they actually know what you're up to & benefitted from it themselves. Murray is now back in the Sunday Times rich list on the back of this "fraud." Posters should maybe have followed the trial. The acquittal of the fraud charge was no surprise at all, although how he got off the Companies Act charge I have no idea. But I wasn't in court. The jury were. Hard to disagree with findlay. Doesnt make it legal though. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,258 Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Scotland's O J Simpson verdict. Has the PF office or Police Scotland commented after the verdict or are they too embarrassed? They were unconvincing to say the least. I started to wonder about them when all those charges started to get dropped against Whyte, Green, Ahmed etc, etc 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,416 Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Jas Boyd · @Jas72Boyd Craig Whyte - Thoughts ! http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1spu9pd 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.