Tue, 18 Apr 2017 10:17:26 +0000 Whether it is treason or not is for the lawyers to determine. However it is clear from sheer common sense logic that failing to yield to the Presidential motorcade was both morally and legally reckless conduct. It was not a political statement but an infantile act of insolence that would have cost lives. Fortunately it did not, but in their moment of reckless bravado both the UPND vehicle imperiled much more than the Vehicle in which the President was travelling, because any mishap would have wrought far reaching consequences. All it required was for one false move to trigger a series of crashes that would have cost life, limb and property. In Scottish Law culpable and Reckless Conduct is a Common Law offence. The offence has no specific definition but deals with acts involving a criminal degree of recklessness which creates a risk of injury. And for purposes […]
