I see JT's court case has been adjourned until July. Which means he is available for the rest of the season. If he loses and gets a long ban then Chelsea can get another CH in the summer so they won't be "inconvenienced". He is technically available for the European Championships as well. Surely this has to be sorted at the earliest opportunity not fudged until later, but as it is Chelsea, that apparently is ok. If it was us or some other "smaller" club the hammer would have fallen with great force by now.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-16825874 John Terry denies Anton Ferdinand racism charge The allegations centre around a game at Loftus Road in October England football captain John Terry has denied racially abusing an opponent during a match, a court has heard. The Chelsea captain is alleged to have made racist comments towards Queens Park Rangers player Anton Ferdinand in a Premier League match on 23 October. Mr Terry, 31, did not attend the Westminster Magistrates' Court hearing. His barrister George Carter-Stephenson QC entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf. Mr Terry will now stand trial on 9 July. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Mr Terry is accused of a racially-aggravated public order offence. He has denied the charge and said he has campaigned against racism. Police questioned Mr Terry under caution in November and a file on the matter was sent to the CPS at the beginning of December. The decision to charge Mr Terry was taken after police received a complaint from a member of the public after the Premier League match at Loftus Road. The maximum sentence for the offence is a fine of £2,500. (Will mean absolutely nothing to him.) As a summary offence under the Crime and Disorder Act, it will be fully heard in a magistrates' court.
Common practice for this type of offence Solicitor posts a not guilty plea case is adjourned gives the lawyers time to build there case,it would only have gone ahead if Mr Terry had pleaded guilty,
Have just posted a similar thread .. sorry. My concern is that the maximum punishment is a £2500 fine. That would be like giving me a fine of a tenner for the same offence.
European Championships 2012 finish on July 1st. Coincidence? Surely not. Will England field a captain charged with a racist offence. Surely not....
Agreed the fine is loose change to Terry but the ultimate punishment will be losing the England Captancy, and surely the Chelski Captaincy as well
He will lose the England captaincy, probably never play for them again and everyone will know hes a racist, thats a lot worse than a small amount of money to him. However, he wont be found guilty, Im sure of that.
It might still be a problem for the scum. By the time the courts get through deciding that Terry said what he said it will probably be mid-August at least. By the time the even more ponderous FA get round to working out the same thing for themselves it will September at least and the window will be shut.
The fine is not that important but the truth is. If he is found guilty, no legit sponsor or business will want to touch him and that will cost him big money. Sadly if he is guilty i don't see him actually giving a toss because he is that arrogant type of person. JT has a history of being an uncouth muppet and this is just another example of the sort of bloke he is. I don’t care what the verdict is as we all know exactly what he said. The guy is s### and is everything I hate about the game.
Terry is paid £150,000 a week which is over £20,000 a day. A £2,500 fine? They're taking the piss, proportionally to the average wage it should be 300 times that. £2,500 x 300 = £750,000. Where's justice?
The Court wanted it heard in March but his Barrister, under instructions from Chelsea, said that wasn't feasible. That is what annoyed me most of all. The FA must act if he is proved guilty, my point was that it affects Chelsea less in the summer than in March as they can replace Terry then but not in March.
Typical of the spineless FA not to insist that Terry is dropped as captain. How are they going to impose any sort of ban if/when he is found guilty? £2.5k is pocket money to JT, the only real punishment is a lengthy ban, even if it is at the start of next season. Maybe AVB won't be so vocal in his support if JT is sat on his ar*e for 12 games.
So you are insinuating that the CPS are Chelsea fans? C'mon use some common sense, the CPS clearly need more time to gather evidence hence why it has been adjourned. I don't doubt that if they felt their case was strong enough they'd have gone ahead ASAP
DL you normally come across as a thinker and don't sound as stupid as the usual Chelsea fans that infest our boards but i wouldn't put too much faith in JT and this case because he will let you down.
There was never any chance of Terry missing the Euro's. The FA appealed Rooney's horrendous challenge, that had it been committed by a non-top 4 club in the prem, would have probably resulted in at least a 3 match ban. The delay in case is perfectly normal for a civil trial but the FA should have carried their own inquiry and handed out their punishment within a month of the event, they dont have to wait for the court case to proceed. The fact that they are suggests that they know Terry is guilty yet dont want to ban him from the Euro's
Not surprised, I really don't know what evidence needs to be gathered, it's on video! Wasn't the Suarez case sorted out a lot quicker by the FA without Video Evidence ? I know innocent until proven guilty but surely all sides would be pushing for an early resolution unless one side had a reason not too, like the end of the season or the euros.... I don't know I'm a little too biased to see this one clearly.
No DL what I am saying is the court wanted it in March and Chelsea said no. The CPS have had enough time to date to get all the information they need, delaying it until July will not bring anymore information/evidence. Chelsea have gone for the least disruptive time for the club. I do agree though that the FA can't do anything until the court case is finished as any action they take before would prejudice the court outcome.
Evening Standard's turned on him: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/stand...-john-terry-should-quit-as-england-captain.do
I will not support England while he is captain, Id rather watch the Germans lift the trophy than him.
