News of the World Hacking Case Will Cost £40m

[Pete]

The Metropolitan Police force now have over 1,000 victims of phone hacking by the News of the World - and they estimate the cost of investigating this will cost £50 million.

I think, in cases like this, in fact in a lot of cases, the villains should foot the bill if found guilty.

I thought this a long time ago when some criminal or other pleaded not guilty - only to be found guilty in court - with approximate costs of over two million pounds.

Is there not a need for some kind of conditions imposed on suspected criminals, who, knowing full well they are guilty, plead not guilty and hope their legal bods are good enough to get a not guilty verdict?

[Fly]

40 or 50m LOL

This will never happen, but if a guilty party lets the legal bods know he's guilty,
they should record his admission and drop him in it. Then make him pay his dues.

Trouble is, there's too many rich barristers who turn their nose against the thing they are supposed to be upholding.
The law !

[k4blades]

The Metropolitan Police force now have over 1,000 victims of phone hacking by the News of the World - and they estimate the cost of investigating this will cost £50 million.

I think, in cases like this, in fact in a lot of cases, the villains should foot the bill if found guilty.

I thought this a long time ago when some criminal or other pleaded not guilty - only to be found guilty in court - with approximate costs of over two million pounds.

Is there not a need for some kind of conditions imposed on suspected criminals, who, knowing full well they are guilty, plead not guilty and hope their legal bods are good enough to get a not guilty verdict?

I think there was a unit set up some time ago, "the proceeds of crime recovery unit" but I think they closed it down because it was costing more to run than it was actually recovering. Can't we do anything right in this country?