Cendrillon Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 UK grandmother 'wanted' by France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 LOL Just this second read the same article...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 What I want to know is why she is described as a grandmother. I expected to read about some frail white haired person and was surprised to find she is a dark-haired 45 year old, nobbut a child! Pensioner is another often misleading description. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 I had the same thought Bluebell, some people obviously have their children when they are very young and those children follow suit. She was interviewed on T.V. last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 [quote user="Cendrillon"]I had the same thought Bluebell, some people obviously have their children when they are very young and those children follow suit. [/quote]Possibly as a result of taking drugs?[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 45 is not young to be a grandmother! E.g. married at 22 and has a child straight away, daughter married at 22 and does likewise. I know several grandmothers in their thirties (all with legitimate children / grandchildren and most still married to their original partner!!) My own mother is 69 and became a great grandmother for the first time 7 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Yes, Scooby, but the point I was making is that if I fall off the ladder this morning while painting my crepis I don't want the headline to be 'Leeds born grandmother and pensioner, daughter of war hero, breaks her neck'!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 How about Leeds born grandmother and pensioner, daughter of war hero, breaks her neck but is recovering well in hospital and seems to have retained her sense of humour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Thanks, Sweet 17. BTW my father spent the war taking wedding photos of people getting married at Biggin Hill! But all this puts me in mind of the Yorkshire Post which was very keen to label people 'war heros' if they were approximately the right age. Also, if there was any news from abroad that included someone born in the area they seized the opportunity to include them - 'Huddersfield great-granny wins Australian lottery' even though they had emigrated to Australia fifty years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maricopa Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 My sister was a grandmother at the grand old age of 42 last year (and her and her son have never taken drugs in their life[:@]) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 The age of this woman and the fact that she's a granny means nothing in the grand plan.The only information that we really have is her interview (a poor me interview, a poor lost lamb in the great legal system) and a couple of comments about how unfair the international warrant system is, we really don't know the circumstances, whether her original defence was a lie, why the appeal court overturned the lower court's judgement etc etc. And there's nothing mentioned about any co-defendant she may have had and what happened to him or her.She says that the French legal system didn't inform her of the appeal but we have no evidence to prove that either way and that she's totally confused about everything. Bottom line is that the appeal court obviously thought that her original defence didn't hold water and that she was guilty.Where would you draw the line? She had enough drugs on her to warrant being charged and convicted. So she's still wanted for the offence and is facing 6 years in prison but doing her time may upset her family. Well, that's tough but the French obviously thought that she was guilty and should pay the price, such is life.Perhaps there needs to be a statute of limitations on international arrest warrants but for what crimes - manslaughter, theft, drug dealing (which is seems she was convicted of or having drugs with intent to supply)? Unless there's some gross miscarriage of justice involved in this case, she's been found guilty and should have served her sentence, the fact that she hasn't so far means very little and the best thing she could do is get herself a good French lawyer and try to resolve the situation rather than giving what to me seems like an appeal for sympathy and publicity for her case via the BBC or anywhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 [quote user="Bluebell"]Thanks, Sweet 17. BTW my father spent the war taking wedding photos of people getting married at Biggin Hill! But all this puts me in mind of the Yorkshire Post which was very keen to label people 'war heros' if they were approximately the right age. Also, if there was any news from abroad that included someone born in the area they seized the opportunity to include them - 'Huddersfield great-granny wins Australian lottery' even though they had emigrated to Australia fifty years ago.[/quote]LOL, Bluebell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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