Police hold 'Mr Loophole' lawyer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6100970.stm

Celebrity lawyer Nick Freeman - nicknamed Mr Loophole - has been
arrested in Greater Manchester.

Police are believed to have raided his offices in the city centre on
Monday after a request from Gwent police.

The nature of the investigation he is being held in connection with has
not been revealed.

Mr Freeman became famous through representing celebrity clients,
including David Beckham, who were charged with motoring offences.

The former England captain successfully appealed against a driving ban
in 1999, though his conviction for speeding was allowed to stand.

Mr Freeman has also successfully represented Man Utd manager Sir Alex
Ferguson, Wayne Rooney and snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan - but
recently failed to help model Caprice escape a drink driving conviction.

Greater Manchester Police said the arrest had been made on behalf of
Gwent Police.
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In article privacy.net>, me@privacy.net says...

Sounds like he is an Al Quaeda terrorist.
Well they haven't been able to pin anything else on him so far have
they.

Mr X wrote:

In article newsfe2-win.ntli.net>, Abo
writes

Yes, "trying". It will be most interesting to see if they succeed.

Not only that, whatever they did would need to be 100%% "by the book"

Freeman is a very smart cookie -- but perhaps he has become a bit
arrogant and made a mistake and the police have just been waiting for
that?

I'm surprised it took so long..

Just wait till they find that kiddie porn on his laptop. And cos he aint a
Muslim they might be able to get that to stick.

In article privacy.net>, Mr X privacy.net> writes

<http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/226/226886_loophole_lawye
r_nick_freeman_arrested.html>

'Loophole lawyer' Nick Freeman arrested

Nicola Dowling

TOP celebrity lawyer Nick Freeman has been arrested on suspicion of
conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

The solicitor dubbed "Mr Loophole" for his work defending high-profile
people accused of driving offences was last night being questioned by
officers at Pendleton police station in Salford.

He was arrested early yesterday in an investigation by Greater
Manchester Police and Gwent Police.

The police inquiry is understood to relate to a court case in which Mr
Freeman defended someone accused of a driving offence.

It does not involve one of his celebrity clients.

In message <2obxvCAtsyRFFwC1@privacy.net>, Mr X privacy.net> writes

How boringly unimaginative and British of us. All of those former Iraqi
officials in custody, all with experience of dealing with dissidents in
a proper police state, and nobody thought to ask them how best to put
the frighteners on a troublesome lawyer?

Mr X wrote:

In article bt.com>, aidy@noemail.xxxa.com
says...

Ah yes. That other old Chestnut.
Did he have anything to do with Amir Kahn or Prince Nasim's recent
cases? If so they might try the Muslim sympathiser/Glorifying terrorism
angle though.

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