The penalty is mostly fines. Even sharing military secrets in UK is only 2 years. WTF Brits.

Yeah, but have you considered the Dow? The Dow is at 50$... or something.

Trump had crates full of official documents in his bathroom and nobody touched him in four years.

I did not expect this.

Sadly, this proves that even the infamously evil ROYAL FAMILY has more integrity than Trump and our politicians (including Democrats).

Which is fucking terrifying, really. Brace yourselves, keep your chin up, and all of that

I read some analysis on this in the guardian, it predicted this would happen, because the police have limited resources and can only follow up one of the two charges. This charge is chosen because there is far more likely to be incontrovertible evidence, probably in the form of paper trails etc. Whereas proving he raped children decades ago relies on witness testimony, which is far easier for his very expensive (taxpayer-funded, mind) lawyers to talk down in court.
If this cunt sees a single day in prison I call that a win.

Someone on bluesky said that SCOTUS has made American presidents less accountable than British monarchs

Many Democrats have been arrested. The fascist political persecution is already in full swing.

But tourism or something

I cannot disagree! We can see the effects of "corporations are people" and "money is free speech" all around us.

Every year the corporate dystopia gets more obscene.

Especially when the US justice system nailed Bill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein with fewer adult(?) victims.

Oh, I see, it's funny because it's not true! Ha ha! Ohhhhh

Perhaps King Charles has had enough of his sick fuck brother. Slow castration with hot oil is in order and since the UK does not have the death penalty, a dungeon with public viewing.

I wsn't expecting to develop begrudging respect for England today.

Because the other rich powerful cunts already decided they don't care about him

It's likely all they have sufficient evidence to charge him with in their jurisdiction.

Kind of a half decent use for them if you think about it, they're probably quite good on etiquette and come with a certain cachet regardless of what we may think.

OTOH - consider the plight of Manning and Snowden. Perhaps a penalty of 2 years would encourage whistleblowers?

Some of those who have billions

Are the same who rape children

RATM

Aaaaand they released him

I'm hopeful, Al wasn't as well connected as Andrew, and seeing how the US has pursued it, I hope the UK does better.

He's not getting out of the eventual trial, and considering the time frames I really doubt he's winning.

They have to, this was for pre-charge questioning, and they have time limits on custody for that. They've also searched 3 of his properties and his former residence. The question now is when and if they formally charge him.

Add South Korea to the list.

That also Filipinos have sent Duterte to The Hague.

I am taking a wild guess that other kiddy diddlers do not get this luxury treatment.

Note that he didn't got arrested for the pedophilia part.

Also, this being Britain, best wait until the end of the trial to see if he gets convicted and if the sentence is in line with that for similar situations

When comes to nobles over there using the Justice System as a form of whitewash is pretty standard: there's this story of some Peer getting convicted for a second time for Fraud and the high court judge letting him go without any penalty saying that "the shame of a conviction is enough".

Go check out the fawning coverage of The Royals by The Guardian over the years.

It surprises me not at all that "on such an unfortunate occasion" The Guardian would be busy spinning a "reasonable" rationally for not taking to court a member of the Royal Family for those crimes which would result in a lot of dirty linen being washed in public.

"The policy have limited resources, nothing we can do about it, best let it go"

(Curiously, the police have the resources to, for example, go after people against the Genocide in Gaza as Terrorist Supporters or Demonstrators for "Disturbing Public Order")

They're not going after him for Pedophilia.

Apparently as per the rationale of some very pro-Royal British newspapers, the police doesn't have the resources to properly investigate and prosecute him for Pedophilia, even though according to the news just the other day they arrest 1000 people a year for that very crime.

In the UK there's quite the tradition of using the Justice System to merelly whitewash the crimes of the Aristocracy, so better wait until the trial is over before one starts celebrating this.

Yes, I've read. I hope it's one those "Al Capone arrested for Tax Evasion" things where they just went for the one that was easier to prove. I know very little about UK law, but I doubt he would have been arrested on those charges if he hadn't been already disgraced.

But my joke was more on other rich, white, alleged pedophiles with ties to Epstein and the weird fact that people keep bringing those things up when the DOW is over 50000

I'm in complete agreement

A good sentiment, though I suspect you shouldn't hold your breath on the prison thing - he's already been released from custody.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c70kjr9wjw0t

Yeah... but I have to assume, given the ruling-class solidarity, that that's because they don't adequately investigate the reports by the victimized women / children. I know that's how it goes in the US.

There doesn't really seem to much being shown here. They've not secretly come and arrested him quietly questioned him and released him and from the photos it doesn't look like he's been told "don't worry it's a dog and pony show, we're just going through"

How far that stretches, we'll have to see, I doubt he'll see a cell but let's give them some time to see how things develop.

I mean it's obvious he's disfavored by the """royal""" family (sorry I'm partially Irish American so, genetically and historically predisposed to hate them), I assume he did indeed act without their approval or permission. I just don't think he'll ever be punished for victimizing women and children. I don't think any of the Epstein class will be, unless some of them live to see the day where they all can be. (I think they're too old and it'll take us too long to get there.)

I'm normally optimistic but I don't see it. If I'm wrong though, I'm ready and waiting for it.

Of course he has. The law is made to protect him.

The two tier justice system has been on full display for decades now. Pretty sure if I got hit with 30 felonies I wouldn't just be let go and never sentenced.