Rape case debate
There were some highly emotional scenes at the end of the Tea
Ropati trial today... the former league star was acquitted of all
sex charges and walked from the court hand in hand with his wife.
Ropati's lawyer Gary Gotlieb claims the police should never have
brought the charges in the first place but the head of the inquiry,
detective senior sergeant Scott Beard, says it would have been
irresponsible not to take the case to the jury. Both Gotlieb and
Beard are live in the Close Up studio.
Ad ban
Criticism over the banning of a Charlie's soda advertisement has
spilled into a row about double standards on television. Marc Ellis
and the ad's writer have taken issue with what they have described
as the two sets of standards, one for TV programmes and one
for advertisements. Are advertising rules out of step with the rest
of society and does the system need an overhaul? Joining Close Up
to discuss the issue was Charlie's director Marc Ellis, Glen Wiggs
former CEO of the Advertising Standards Authority and Gavin
Bradley.
Rural romance
Wanted: A women who's not afraid to get her hands dirty, who could
wrestle a lamb if necessary and doesn't mind starting the working
day at 4.30am. If this appeals then we may have the perfect man for
you, 22 of them in fact. Yes ladies there's 22 rural romeos out
there looking for their Juliet. So what's going on?
