Strange Behaviour
Tommy Sheridan returns to the high court tomorrow - for sentencing - having been found guilty after his marathon 12 week trial for perjury.
No doubt the judge will have something to say about the antics of the female juror - who posted wild comments about the trial on Facebook, the social networking site - which were widely reported in The Herald newspaper.
The female juror was not be named for legal reasons - but posted claims that the former MSP was innocent - and that fellow members of the jury were “scum bags” for convicting him.
In decidedly dodgy language she described her fellow jurors as “dirty low life b*******” for finding Sheridan guilty - before going on to say that she hoped they “choke in their f****** sleep, scum bags they are”.
The Herald went on to report that:
"On a public Facebook group linked to Sheridan, the female juror wrote: “Hi tommy i was one off youre jurers.”
She revealed how the jurors had voted and commented on whether Sheridan was guilty or not.
The post, which was written on January 4, then said: “Dont know if this letter gets too you personally but id be grateful if you can get back too me please.”
She continued: “Hubby is 1000% behind you and so am i dawl ok i really think strong for you dawl and youre going to appeal against these idiots.”
She finished by describing where she sat in court and said: “please please tommy get back to me or tell gail too do it let me know how you are ok pal take care.”
Now juries are supposed to be objective - to weigh the evidence before them carefully - to respect the privacy of the jury room - and set their personal views or prejudices to one side.
Wonder what happened here?
No doubt the judge will have something to say about the antics of the female juror - who posted wild comments about the trial on Facebook, the social networking site - which were widely reported in The Herald newspaper.
The female juror was not be named for legal reasons - but posted claims that the former MSP was innocent - and that fellow members of the jury were “scum bags” for convicting him.
In decidedly dodgy language she described her fellow jurors as “dirty low life b*******” for finding Sheridan guilty - before going on to say that she hoped they “choke in their f****** sleep, scum bags they are”.
The Herald went on to report that:
"On a public Facebook group linked to Sheridan, the female juror wrote: “Hi tommy i was one off youre jurers.”
She revealed how the jurors had voted and commented on whether Sheridan was guilty or not.
The post, which was written on January 4, then said: “Dont know if this letter gets too you personally but id be grateful if you can get back too me please.”
She continued: “Hubby is 1000% behind you and so am i dawl ok i really think strong for you dawl and youre going to appeal against these idiots.”
She finished by describing where she sat in court and said: “please please tommy get back to me or tell gail too do it let me know how you are ok pal take care.”
Now juries are supposed to be objective - to weigh the evidence before them carefully - to respect the privacy of the jury room - and set their personal views or prejudices to one side.
Wonder what happened here?
