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I have read that book as well, horrific but couldn't put it down.
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All good reads - but the book "The NCA bombing - A Mafia Murder?" is one of the best ... although I am a little biased.
Yeahh ... undercover cops are a different breed - hopefully one day we will see justice in this case ... we all know who did it.
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I will have to get hold of that. Was working on Franklin Street when that happened and then about 3 years ago I worked in the actual building, on the actual floor, in the actual work area, where the bombing occurred.
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an "uncle" (just a long term family friend and old school title) was in the NCA at the time and went undercover for quite a few years. Some of the stories and characters he talks about are quite amazing.
There was little difference between mafia and the cops in those days.
Catching Milat was better than I expected.
A little above the usual Seven stuff. But still a missed opportunity. Really needed 6-8 eps to flesh out that story.
Next week Seven is running a doco about Claremont. They trying to make "Serial Killer Sunday" a thing? Might give the Snowtown movie a miss.
Once was enough...
A little above the usual Seven stuff. But still a missed opportunity. Really needed 6-8 eps to flesh out that story.
Next week Seven is running a doco about Claremont. They trying to make "Serial Killer Sunday" a thing? Might give the Snowtown movie a miss.
Once was enough...
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I had a work seminar in Hindley street in 1997, and when I got into the lift at the hotel where it was held, the little garden gnome of ` we all know who did it ' fame was in the lift with his two minders.
It makes me angry that he still wanders the streets of Adelaide without a care in the world.
Karma will bite one day ...
In 1999 there was an inquest into the murder of Geoffrey Bowen
In his findings, the Coroner concluded:
"11.4 In my opinion, however, the only reasonable inference to be drawn from the evidence is that Dominic Perre was responsible, in the sense that he constructed the bomb, and either posted it or arranged for someone else to post it on his behalf to Detective Sergeant Bowen.
11.5 From all the evidence, I am unable to find whether Perre acted alone or in concert with another person or persons.
11.6 Accordingly, I find, pursuant to Section 25(1) of the Coroners Act (1975), that the circumstances of the death of Detective Sergeant Geoffrey Leigh Bowen were that he died when he opened a parcel bomb, sent to him by Domenic Perre, and the bomb exploded in his hands."
In his findings, the Coroner concluded:
"11.4 In my opinion, however, the only reasonable inference to be drawn from the evidence is that Dominic Perre was responsible, in the sense that he constructed the bomb, and either posted it or arranged for someone else to post it on his behalf to Detective Sergeant Bowen.
11.5 From all the evidence, I am unable to find whether Perre acted alone or in concert with another person or persons.
11.6 Accordingly, I find, pursuant to Section 25(1) of the Coroners Act (1975), that the circumstances of the death of Detective Sergeant Geoffrey Leigh Bowen were that he died when he opened a parcel bomb, sent to him by Domenic Perre, and the bomb exploded in his hands."
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Didn't mind the Catching Milat story but was also interested in reading this article from Clive Small
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/...of-the-taskforce/story-fnitcyla-1227368496470
I AM a bit concerned that the Police Department might charge me for the salaries of the 600 or so police that were involved, including the search of the forest and the raids, when only one person contributed to the investigation and located the evidence according to the Channel 7 series Catching Milat.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/...of-the-taskforce/story-fnitcyla-1227368496470
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/...of-the-taskforce/story-fnitcyla-1227368496470
I AM a bit concerned that the Police Department might charge me for the salaries of the 600 or so police that were involved, including the search of the forest and the raids, when only one person contributed to the investigation and located the evidence according to the Channel 7 series Catching Milat.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/...of-the-taskforce/story-fnitcyla-1227368496470
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How that little P.O.S. is still walking around ( particularly given that coroner's report ) is simply beyond belief, and unfortunately just more proof that the interpretation of the law in the vast majority of the western world leaves far too many loop holes for crims and their legal teams to find a way out.
These blow-ups always happen in any true story adaptation where the people involved are still alive.
Shine could've covered their arse by fictionalizing the Gordon character. Make him a hybrid of several detectives. Bit more room to take dramatic licence. Hell, it's pretty much what they did anyway. They just didn't change his friggin' name!
But, s**t, Clive, it wasn't a doco...
I've just received an email from a former colleague and have encl. a small portion which gives a glimpse of a world few people know about or want to know about. He is not the author.
This is a post by a police officer regarding the hype around theBaliexecutions and their 'hero' treatment. Something I think most people need to read.
I can't believe the mentality of people. I have been in law enforcement for 34 years and have worked in many areas within the force. After 9 years in, I spent nearly 5 years working as a UC (Undercover) attempting to infiltrate traffickers of all types of drugs including amphets right down to simple choof. What a world of pain and misery. I was encased by the filth and self-destruction where I witnessed numerous deaths by either ODs and in a lot of cases, suicides. Young girls selling their bodies for 10 bucks a go just to get their hands on their next fix. I remember one particular girl who hung around with the collection I was trying to set up. She was 14 when she was hooked and on the game by 15. Her body was so ripped and torn by drug and sexual abuse she had intestines falling out of her rectum as a result of numerous rapes and sexual encounters where she tried to get payment. Her child was taken off her when she was 15 by Human Services, but they could do nothing for her but supply treatment when they could. She died at 19. Alone in a back street. Where were you do-gooders? I saw you pass her on the street and avoid her all the time. I would give her food but she preferred to starve and get some smack rather than eat. I became depressed with my job after this time and had to eventually get into some other area. I guarantee any police officer who reads this will be thinking of some person they have dealt with in their career that fits this build.
This is a post by a police officer regarding the hype around theBaliexecutions and their 'hero' treatment. Something I think most people need to read.
I can't believe the mentality of people. I have been in law enforcement for 34 years and have worked in many areas within the force. After 9 years in, I spent nearly 5 years working as a UC (Undercover) attempting to infiltrate traffickers of all types of drugs including amphets right down to simple choof. What a world of pain and misery. I was encased by the filth and self-destruction where I witnessed numerous deaths by either ODs and in a lot of cases, suicides. Young girls selling their bodies for 10 bucks a go just to get their hands on their next fix. I remember one particular girl who hung around with the collection I was trying to set up. She was 14 when she was hooked and on the game by 15. Her body was so ripped and torn by drug and sexual abuse she had intestines falling out of her rectum as a result of numerous rapes and sexual encounters where she tried to get payment. Her child was taken off her when she was 15 by Human Services, but they could do nothing for her but supply treatment when they could. She died at 19. Alone in a back street. Where were you do-gooders? I saw you pass her on the street and avoid her all the time. I would give her food but she preferred to starve and get some smack rather than eat. I became depressed with my job after this time and had to eventually get into some other area. I guarantee any police officer who reads this will be thinking of some person they have dealt with in their career that fits this build.
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There should be no hero treatment for the bali nine or the two executed.
However it takes two to tango and those that self destruct on drugs can not lay blame on others without taking responsibility for their own actions.
Unfortunately it is a case of no winners here.
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the reality is, drugs are great.
people use drugs all the time be it caffeine, alcohol, medicine or illicit drugs. however, we are all aware of the cost of abusing these drugs especially when taking these drugs for the wrong reasons, at the wrong times, too often and when in the wrong state of mind. but that doesn't mean they are bad.
people need to take responsibility for themselves and drug issues are just a symptom of bigger problems.
Did anyone catch the "Claremont Killer" story on Sunday Night?
Awful stuff, as you'd expect. But there was one piss funny moment when retired detective Con Bayens was talking about the bungled investigation. Mentioned how he got the brush off from the head of the task-force Det. Insp. David Caporn, who reckoned he already had his man. Con's response:
"That just hit ten on my Weird s**t-O-Meter."
Awful stuff, as you'd expect. But there was one piss funny moment when retired detective Con Bayens was talking about the bungled investigation. Mentioned how he got the brush off from the head of the task-force Det. Insp. David Caporn, who reckoned he already had his man. Con's response:
"That just hit ten on my Weird s**t-O-Meter."
That show really made the WA police look like bumbling idiots, which surprised me. It's a real shame they never found the CSK but given Caporn was only interested in one suspect I'm not surprised.
Yeah, when I saw Mallard connection, I thought:
"Ah, s**t."
Barnett didn't want a bar of it...
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