Quincy Promes

[Give it to Ron]

Lucky escape? Arrested suspect in stabbing

[Whitey Grandad]

We shall never know but if he’d come here he might have been a nice boy

[HarvSFC]

Good job the black box foresaw this when running its character checks on potential signings.

[Scully]

dodged a bullet probably

[OttawaSaint]

  On 13/12/2020 at 23:13, Scully said:

dodged a bullet probably

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Nah, think it was with a knife...

[Bakovnetski]

BBC News - Quincy Promes: Dutch football star charged with attempted manslaughter
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-59338145

Maybe dodged a bullet there

[Miltonaggro]

I expect naming him Quincy was a 'boy named Sue' move by Promes senior which has backfired.  Still, he should be right on top of the forensics in this case.

[Jeremy Corbyn]

  On 18/11/2021 at 22:09, Bakovnetski said:

BBC News - Quincy Promes: Dutch football star charged with attempted manslaughter
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-59338145

Maybe dodged a bullet there

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Excuse my ignorance, but how can you "attempt" manslaughter?  Surely the whole premise of manslaughter is its without intent?

[Uncle Albert]

  On 13/12/2020 at 15:15, HarvSFC said:

Good job the black box foresaw this when running its character checks on potential signings.

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It certainly does let us see which players have a cutting edge over the others.

[cloggy saint]

Just a stab in the dark but I reckon his value will be slashed after this.

[VectisSaint]

  On 19/11/2021 at 08:44, Jeremy Corbyn said:

Excuse my ignorance, but how can you "attempt" manslaughter?  Surely the whole premise of manslaughter is its without intent?

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Under English Law there is apparently no offence of attempted manslaughter, but the report is referring to Dutch Law, where such an offence might exist, not forgetting that there could be something lost in translation, BBC Journalism is not what it once was, it could easily be a mistake.

[Jeremy Corbyn]

  On 19/11/2021 at 22:32, VectisSaint said:

Under English Law there is apparently no offence of attempted manslaughter, but the report is referring to Dutch Law, where such an offence might exist, not forgetting that there could be something lost in translation, BBC Journalism is not what it once was, it could easily be a mistake.

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Indeed.  It sounds like an oxymoron.