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All the best to Kate Scottow in court tomorrow

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BitterAndOnlySlightlyTwisted · 05/02/2020 19:28

@BustedWench: we haven’t forgotten. I have a prior commitment tomorrow but fully intend to be there to support you on Friday,

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FannyCann · 06/02/2020 16:03

Oops. My mistake. The times relate to the timing of the original tweet and not the retweet. Court must be finished and all the missed action of Twitter today is being caught up with. Hmm

Melroses · 06/02/2020 16:03

The person must be terribly bored.

FannyCann · 06/02/2020 16:00

I thought there was to be no tweeting from court, phones switched off?
Funny how the person who identifies as a lawyer seems to think judges instructions don't apply to those who identify as a lawyer.
An check of the relevant twitter account shows retweeting occurring hourly throughout the day. Maybe hourly loo trips for a quick retweet are all part of the identity?

All the best to Kate Scottow in court tomorrow
FloresTorres · 06/02/2020 15:35

All good wishes to you Kate. Flowers

T0tallyFuckedUpFamily · 06/02/2020 15:13

Isn't this similar to Harry's JR where the details of the complaint disclosed to the court was so heavily redacted by the police it failed to show context re the complainant?

Actually, I had forgotten about that!

PineappleCocktail · 06/02/2020 15:06

Best of luck mate.

Lordfrontpaw · 06/02/2020 15:02

But a half-decent tech can retrieve electronic communications.

PronounssheRa · 06/02/2020 14:55

So only one side’s tweets were kept by the police. How can it be right, therefore that it’s presented as ‘evidence’, if it can’t show context?

Isn't this similar to Harry's JR where the details of the complaint disclosed to the court was so heavily redacted by the police it failed to show context re the complainant?

Lordfrontpaw · 06/02/2020 14:40

Can she not put in a complaint about the heavy-handedness of the police in this?

ArranUpsideDown · 06/02/2020 14:38

I had to leave quite early but it was gripping stuff for the short bit I saw. All chairs in public gallery full. They were having to bring in chairs. The receptionist told me they’ve rarely had it so busy. All the support was for Kate. SH was on their own I think

twitter.com/Mlle_Clunge/status/1225405677058871296?s=20

Prawnofthepatriarchy · 06/02/2020 14:36

Sending thoughts and support to you, Kate.

T0tallyFuckedUpFamily · 06/02/2020 14:31

So only one side’s tweets were kept by the police. How can it be right, therefore that it’s presented as ‘evidence’, if it can’t show context?

Does anyone know anything about the judge? Are they generally fair and impartial?

RoyalCorgi · 06/02/2020 14:28

I don't know what this means: "Crown using uncontentious tweets to allow submission out of time tweets." Can someone explain?

Obviously completely ludicrous if the police haven't kept Hayden's tweets but hopefully Kate's lawyers will have screenshots.

ArranUpsideDown · 06/02/2020 14:10

Court has risen for lunch after Defence describes abuse of process - Crown using uncontentious tweets to allow submission out of time tweets. Crown argued persistency shown by use of a 2nd account. Police failed to secure Hayden's tweets so context missing.

twitter.com/StoatlyL/status/1225408122791002112?s=20

Weezol · 06/02/2020 14:07

Sending support from t'North. Wishing you all good things.

GeordieTerf · 06/02/2020 14:07

Any updates?

WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles · 06/02/2020 13:25

Thinking of you here too Kate.

Sexnotgender · 06/02/2020 13:18

Good luck Kate, may sanity prevail Flowers

Angryresister · 06/02/2020 12:42

Cheering you on in solidarity, Kate. It should never have come to this.

HangingOffYourCloud · 06/02/2020 12:41

Good luck Kate, let's hope for some sanity today.

fuckitywhy · 06/02/2020 12:29

Good luck Kate.

ArranUpsideDown · 06/02/2020 12:28

She's not being sued, it's at a magistrates court.

^^ It's a CPS prosecution reflecting Communications Act S 127:

The Crown’s case against Mrs Scottow, a PhD student, refers to ‘making persistent use of a public electronic communications network’ for the purpose of ‘causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety’ to another under an obscure subsection of the Communication Act’s controversial section 127. It carries a potential six-month prison sentence.

Crown advocate Mr Siong said: ‘It is an unusual case involving allegedly criminal Twitter messages.’
Ms Wilson told the court: ‘There are two main issues. The first rests on whether Twitter is a public electronic communications network,’ which she said ‘had not been litigated in the high court’.

joaniwalsh.com/kate-scottow-pleads-not-guilty-to-charge-under-communications-act-trial-set-for-2020/

Somerville · 06/02/2020 12:26

Love you @BustedWench

snowblight · 06/02/2020 12:25

This is a criminal trial

Indeed, and therefore it's important to make it clear that an independent decision has been taken to proceed, it is not an individual trans person taking legal matters into their own hands.

FredaFrogspawn · 06/02/2020 12:23

Agreed