Miranda in court

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I didn't realise Miranda Yardley was in court today over alleged transphobic harrasment.

Debbie Hayton
‏ @DebbieHayton
At Basildon Magistrates Court where Miranda Yardley is on trial for transphobic Harassment. The prosecution applied for reporting restrictions to prevent the complainant Helen Islan from being named. The judge has not granted them. So Helen Islan can be named.

Sending Miranda good luck vibes.

Go Miranda!

Getting nervous about your case against Ms Scottow, perchance?

Wow, that's interesting. If even SH can see that ...

Could not be more pleased about this for Miranda. What an utter waste of everyone's time, though, and it must have been very grim for Miranda waiting for this to get to court over the last few weeks/months.

Hope they're now ensconced in the pub celebrating.

Love that Miranda starts by pointing out that Basildon is in need of rejuvenation!

Betty What a full 360 turn.

hackmum

I think it was a district judge sitting in the magistrates court

• Anyone else furious that the CPS won't even proceed with a large majority of rape cases?

And yet they take on cases like this?*

Exactly my thoughts Popchyck as evidenced on a current thread on this board.

Thanks, Jacky.

Yes, it was the CPS who brought this case as harassment and anti-transgender hate crime.

Miranda is off to the pub now.

Have one for me, Miranda.

I’m curious — does this case set any kind of legal precedent?

It would be nice to think that judges will take note even if it is not an official legal precedent and treat other vexatious litigants accordingly.

Yes, it was the CPS who brought this case as harassment and anti-transgender hate crime.

Who have been trained by GIRES, I believe? The trans lobby group who claim transitioning can cure autism.

Ffs.

Great news! We're not quite Gilead yet.
This sounded like a complete car crash. I hope you're right Datun and there was a sensible reason behind this complete waste of everyone's time!

Surely the CPS have a review procedure for examining what has gone wrong when cases are thrown out like this? After all, it doesn’t happen often.

Bittermints i think you are not seeing things from SH's perspective, which is that SH is always right and everything else is secondary to that.

I really really hope that someone writes one of those Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells type comment pieces in the Mail about this. Sarah Vine or Richard Littlejohn or someone.

Just transcribing from the YouTube video.

Miranda says:

10 months of attempted prosecution for anti-transgender hate crime and harassment. Initially the charges were Malicious Communications and Section 2 harassment.

A day being interviewed by police. Police then turned up at Miranda's house and demanded Miranda have fingerprints taken.

MY has attended court 3 times in relation to this. Was in court in October. Then Monday in Chelmsford.

I have seen a few tweets from Emma Kennedy that suggest she is quite GC. I'm thinking of buying one of her novels after I've downloaded some of Zuby's music. 

The bucket the tent and me is a very funny holiday reading. 😂

Joani Walsh
‏*@joaniwalshi*
Miranda beyond relieved. Ten months of hell, facing the end of his career if this had gone other way.

Fwiw re legal definition of harassment

(2)For the purposes of this section [F2or section 2A(2)(c)], the person whose course of conduct is in question ought to know that it amounts to [F3 or involves] harassment of another if a reasonable person in possession of the same information would think the course of conduct amounted to harassment of the other.
(3)Subsection (1) [F4or (1A)] does not apply to a course of conduct if the person who pursued it shows—
(a)that it was pursued for the purpose of preventing or detecting crime,
(b)that it was pursued under any enactment or rule of law or to comply with any condition or requirement imposed by any person under any enactment, or
(c)that in the particular circumstances the pursuit of the course of conduct was reasonable.

As an aside the self IDd lawyer is reporting Lewis Moonie to the HoL for tweeting about Islan during the trial

We've had Venice, Linda, Posie (twice, I believe), Maria Mac, Miranda, glinner, Scottow - all being accused of transphobic crimes.

None of which hold up.

I suspect TELI need to reassess their raison d'etre. Because, as they are swiftly finding out, reality is not a crime.

Amazing news to you Miranda!

In the meantime, to my knowledge no one has yet been prosecuted for threatening to punch a t**f or telling them to die in a fire etc

Thanks for posting that, jacky.

Time for a change of tactics, is it, Steph? I think you’re right - the optics just keep getting worse, the cases keep get flimsier and sillier, and the great unwashed are so very resistant to getting with the programme

I've tweeted the cps regarding this.

I've also liked a lot of other tweets, I am sure some of you are on here too.

As an aside the self IDd lawyer is reporting Lewis Moonie to the HoL for tweeting about Islan during the trial

As another aside Lord Moonie could be the next defendant we are all cheering on as AC recently spent a day at a police station reporting him for something or other.