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In the news today is the assassination of career criminal John 'Goldfinger' Palmer.
Initially thought to have died of a heart attack, a post mortem examination *a week later* revealed that he had been *shot in the chest six times*.
WTF? It takes a week to notice that someone has been turned into a lead colander?
http://www.bbc.co.uk...-essex-35766680
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Posted 2016-March-10, 00:43
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Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
str-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees."Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2016-March-10, 06:20
1eyedjack, on 2016-March-10, 00:43, said:
In the news today is the assassination of career criminal John 'Goldfinger' Palmer.
Strange that it is it in the news today when he died on 24th June. Oh, and your link appears to be faulty but most of the details are to be found in this piece from 2nd July with today's story being available here.
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Posted 2016-March-10, 08:05
Zelandakh, on 2016-March-10, 06:20, said:
Strange that it is it in the news today when he died on 24th June. Oh, and your link appears to be faulty but most of the details are to be found in this piece from 2nd July with today's story being available here.
Well, it said cardiac arrest. I suppose that being shot in the chest six times could lead to heart problems.
I was reminded of the musical Chicago, where a defendant explains that her boyfriend had run into her knife ten times.
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Posted 2016-March-10, 08:13
kenberg, on 2016-March-10, 08:05, said:
Well, it said cardiac arrest. I suppose that being shot in the chest six times could lead to heart problems.
I was reminded of the musical Chicago, where a defendant explains that her boyfriend had run into her knife ten times.
I was reminded of the musical Chicago, where a defendant explains that her boyfriend had run into her knife ten times.
Police used to claim people fell down the stairs - several times
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Cyberyeti, on 2016-March-10, 08:13, said:
Police used to claim people fell down the stairs - several times
"Used to"???
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Posted 2016-March-10, 10:26
Zelandakh, on 2016-March-10, 09:24, said:
"Used to"???
Not so much in the UK any more, in the US they seem to just threaten cops while running in the opposite direction.
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Cyberyeti, on 2016-March-10, 10:26, said:
Not so much in the UK any more, in the US they seem to just threaten cops while running in the opposite direction.
The white boys perhaps. The others tend not to run so fast after being shot. But obviously they were reaching for a weapon while running away.
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Posted 2016-March-11, 06:07
kenberg, on 2016-March-10, 08:05, said:
Well, it said cardiac arrest. I suppose that being shot in the chest six times could lead to heart problems.
I was reminded of the musical Chicago, where a defendant explains that her boyfriend had run into her knife ten times.
I was reminded of the musical Chicago, where a defendant explains that her boyfriend had run into her knife ten times.
You reminded me of John Mortimer's play "The Dock Brief". In it a barrister tasked with defending someone accused of murder rehearses an argument along the lines of "the victim's heart stopped... so he died of heart failure" before abandoning it as unlikely to secure an acquittal.
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