"The two boys gave us bags in Ghana to bring to London, to give to the boy in London. It was basically like a set up. They didn't tell us nothing, we didn't think nothing, 'cos basically we are innocent. We don't know nothing about this drugs and stuff, we don't know nothing."
All the double negatives- "we didn't know nothing" = "we knew something" doesn't it? So her denying it is technically more like a confession.
I realise this isn't what she means, and everyone knows what she is actually saying, but if I were going to deny a crime, I wouldn't string together a sentence that technically meant the opposite.
Does anyone else find this odd? And could this sort of thing ever be used against someone?
2007-07-13 03:28:56 · 18 answers · asked by - 5 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Dave S, I didn't know about that in the Woodward trial- that's really interesting. If I were the prosecution in this case I'd probably give them an equally hard time just to make a point!!!
2007-07-13 04:32:28 · update #1
I doubt it could be used against them. Its not so much what they say but the meaning of what they say thats important.
For instance in the Louise Woodward trial in the US involving the English nanny where she was convicted and later acquitted of killing a baby she said
'I popped him on the bed'.
In America, popped can mean to kill someone and Louise's defense counsel had to go to considerable lengths to explain that in England 'popped' means 'to place' so if the jury took her words at face value as THEY understood them, then it would have looked a lot worse.
So no, a reasonable person can deduce the meaning of her words and they won't be able to be used against her.
2007-07-13 03:57:59 · answer #1 · answered by dave s 2 · 9⤊ 4⤋
Having a look at the latest story of this on the BBC website one of the girls is quoted saying: "There were basically two boys over here who gave us two bags and told us... it was an empty bag."
I'm no expert but £300,000 worth of cocaine will have some physical weight to it, I'm guessing that their defence will be they didn't know what was in the bag, you don't take a bag for someone you don't know. If they were threatened to take the bags to the airport you would know something was wrong with the bags and it would be the first thing I said to the cops.
They knew what they were doing and I hope they get some decent jail time.
2007-07-13 08:54:14 · answer #2 · answered by diceyjase 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I have to agree it is very odd to deny doing Knowing they had drugs, but at the same time admiting they knew...........................
Lets not be stupid here 16 years old or not, they knew what they was going to Ghana for and what they was bringing back, And to lie to their parents is the first clue they knew that they was going to being doing something that was going to get them in big trouble..
And secondly not sure about anyone else but if my daughter is going on a school trip be it a day or week she brings a letter home for me to sign and give my permission, SO are their parents just as stupid to not ask where it was so they could sign & pay for it. (school trips aint cheap these days)
They are guilty and let them take the punishment, If they think they are Big enough to be drug runners then they will now have to be big enough to spend time behind bars for it.
Who knows 10 years in a Ghana jail might turn them into Responsible Adults when they come and not be so B****Y Stupid
2007-07-13 06:15:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Clearly not the brightest of people, but I don't think you need to unravel their battering of the English language to prove guilt. To summarise their position they were paid £3k each to travel to Ghana pick up a couple of cases and bring them to the UK. What did they think was in the bags marmite?
2007-07-13 10:48:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I find it really suspicious that the girls didn't look in the bags,i mean,why wouldn't you?
Unless one of the boys who gave them the bags was a boyfriend.
2007-07-15 20:44:31 · answer #5 · answered by picklechick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree completely. I know it sounds awful and I really feel for these girl's families as it appears they didn't have a clue about what the girls were up to, but who is really going to believe that these girls thought they were carrying empty backs to London? I mean, who gives someone an empty bag?!?!?!?
2007-07-13 03:58:19 · answer #6 · answered by Jooles 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
personaly, I think they did know what they were doing. Why would they pretend to their mothers they were in france and go to ghana? Its not exactly a holiday hotspot.
I think they saw the big money to be made and didnt think of the consequences.
2007-07-14 22:39:35 · answer #7 · answered by Catwhiskers 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i find it odd that someone offered £3ooo for a laptop bag and nobody smelt a rat aww come on this is the 21st century i hope they get 20 years each
2007-07-13 07:01:58 · answer #8 · answered by capcave2002 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
They obviously lack the ability to form a sentance.
Double negatives are a pet hate of mine - Dot in Easties drives me mad!
2007-07-13 03:37:10 · answer #9 · answered by Lovely Lady 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Its not odd just reinforces the fact that they are badly educated.
Could work in their favour in fact and highlight the fact that they are thick and what they state is true.........
Somehow though, I dont believe a word they say
2007-07-13 03:38:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋