I was browsing a Law article in The Times last night regarding legal costs and how people now are being acquitted but face massive costs as they can now only reclaim cost at legal aid rates however big their legal expenditure may be....
"Defendants who find themselves in the criminal courts and are then cleared are increasingly being left out of pocket, sometimes to the tune of many thousands of pounds. When Nigel Evans, MP, former deputy speaker, was cleared in 2014 of rape, he was left with legal costs of £130,000, plus VAT.....Before 2012, acquitted defendants could recover “reasonable”costs if they had paid privately and were found not guilty; or the prosecution withdrew a case. Most recovered 70-90 per cent of costs. The law was changed, however, after concerns of abuse by wealthy defendants. ........There was more media criticism in 2011, however, when celebrities appeared to receive huge sums from the state to fund their defence. Steven Gerrard, the footballer, was said to have received £311,000 after being acquitted of affray. So fresh curbs were introduced in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, stating private defence costs should never be paid except in very limited circumstances. Defendants were worse off than before. "
Id say unbelievable...but not where this molly coddled spoilt brat is concerned. Has he been made Lpool asst. manager yet ?