Goodwillie..........Badwillie ?

FCBurnley · Post by **FCBurnley** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 3:44 pm

Former Blackburn Rovers `star` David Goodwillie ordered to pay 100k pounds damages for alleged rape. Criminal charges were dropped. Strange story this one.

minnieclaret · Post by **minnieclaret** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 3:47 pm

Along with a teammate, David Robertson.

Diesel · Post by **Diesel** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 3:51 pm

Chopwillie.

FCBurnley · Post by **FCBurnley** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 3:56 pm

Diesel wrote:Chopwillie.

Is that like a red card ?

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 3:56 pm

I think this thread and the comments from the OP are well out of order - when on earth was Goodwillie ever a star?

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 4:00 pm

There is no "alleged" about the rape following the court verdict.

clarethrough · Post by **clarethrough** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 5:06 pm

i think Tony was saying he wasent a star not has he a good willie

evensteadiereddie · Post by **evensteadiereddie** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 5:59 pm

It would never have stood up in court anyway.

MACCA · Post by **MACCA** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 6:03 pm

What wouldn't a Willie?

KeighleyClaret · Post by **KeighleyClaret** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 6:07 pm

They have not been found guilty - this was a civil rather than a criminal case. In the criminal court the standard for a guilty verdict is 'beyond reasonable doubt' while in civil matters the court makes a finding on the 'balance of probabilities' i.e. the civil court needs to be only 51% sure rather than 99.9%.

Hence the court awarded damages for the rape without being in a position to convict them of it.

OJ Simpson went through a similar process having been found not guilty of murder, was nevertheless found to have killed his wife and ordered to pay damages for it.

starting_11 · Post by **starting_11** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 6:11 pm

Another great day for Scottish "justice" then I see.

Their legal system is a joke... or is that the people that run it?

FCBurnley · Post by **FCBurnley** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 7:19 pm

ClaretTony wrote:I think this thread and the comments from the OP are well out of order - when on earth was Goodwillie ever a star?

What he did for Rovers makes him a `star`in my book.

KeighleyClaret · Post by **KeighleyClaret** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 3:36 pm

starting_11 wrote:Another great day for Scottish "justice" then I see.

Their legal system is a joke... or is that the people that run it?

We have exactly the same system, with the same distinctions between Civil and Criminal, in England and Wales.

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