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    Current Trial Wonnangatta - Russell Hill & Carol Clay vanish *Pilot Greg Lynn charged with murder

    The trial has already slarted; the argument about admisability of evidence is voir dire heard in the absence of the jury and it is not reported because knowledge of this evidence, if not accepted by the Court, may influence the jury's future deliberations Some witnesses may have been been...
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    Leongatha Mushroom Deaths - VIC *Erin Patterson charged with 3 counts of murder & 2 attempts

    Even though she's only on remand I doubt the Classo would give her a trusted position as a cook of even an Officers' billet
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    Samantha Murphy Ballarat * Patrick Orren Stephenson Charged With Murder

    Generally no. A Court case for an individual charge is a stand alone matter. the prosecution presents their evidence and the defence tries to present its take of the evidence to raise the issue of reasonable doubt. Of course the prosection can add additional charges to the original matter if...
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    Husband & Wife Die in Warrandyte

    Or the most obvious scenario ... given that the newspaper report states the wife suffered from ill health. She dies in her sleep and the husband feels he cannot live without her after 50 (or more?) years of marriage, writes a suicide note and goes down to the garaged car and connects a hose to...
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    Samantha Murphy Ballarat * Patrick Orren Stephenson Charged With Murder

    No, he said that they should ... the entitled conceit that the police are required to provide any information to satisfy the purient interest of others to the disadvantage to the investigation. Somebody has died... probably in terror, definately in pain and with the horrific knowledge of their...
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    Samantha Murphy Ballarat * Patrick Orren Stephenson Charged With Murder

    Why should the police detail the minutiae of their investigation?
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    Samantha Murphy Ballarat * Patrick Orren Stephenson Charged With Murder

    I think they have a person of interest and theyre doing the wonnagatta trick to force some action. Police don't show evidence like that
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    Samantha Murphy Ballarat * Patrick Orren Stephenson Charged With Murder

    Been researching CCTV systems recently for personal use, most save footage to the Cloud, the date and time would be accurate to UTC. Even those with internal memory can save a couple of months worth of footage The camera angle is not a doorbell only camera which suggests that house has a...
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    Samantha Murphy Ballarat * Patrick Orren Stephenson Charged With Murder

    Logical, especially if you own a dog (I do it all the time) Dunno why any other theory should be advanced The police probably chose that photo purely because it has clear shot of her face with hair swept back, shows her clothes and her build. Perfect ID photo The time stamp on the CCTV...
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    Oppo Camp Nemesis

    Just going by memory, I vaguely remember a post defeat analysis of the Fraser and Whitlam Governments. Rather a history with some talking heads rather than a self contained narrative it was probably on 4 Corners, This Day Tonight or Nationwide as part of their normal programming
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    Current Trial Wonnangatta - Russell Hill & Carol Clay vanish *Pilot Greg Lynn charged with murder

    Judge's Sentencing Comments usually have a precis of the crime, as the Judges will use that as a part of the rationale for imposing the sentence. Not the gory details that has front page coverage that people can tut tut over by recounting that last few moments of people's life in explicit...
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    Nat Wars; The Beetrooter Strikes Back (An $80m production)

    All except the 7th commandment?
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    Current Trial Wonnangatta - Russell Hill & Carol Clay vanish *Pilot Greg Lynn charged with murder

    Back in the dim dark ages, Trials included testimony from a whole gamut for witnesses, such as surveyors, business owners, landlords, which were invariably never cross examined. In the Russell Street Bombing matter, Justice Vincent directed the then unheard action of holding a preliminary...
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    Society/Culture Feminism - Pt III

    Slightly different approach ... How many good mates do you have? I mean real mates rather than friends or people you hang out with? How did you become mates, was it shared interests. movies. sports, books. music or your football team? Did you rock up to a random stranger and say let's be...
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    Oppo Camp Nemesis

    The program was about the backroom Machiavellian antics of the three major players that led to each one's demise. The fact that none of the interviewees sought to mention Robodebt is a damning indictment on the Coalition; they all believed in was OK, legal and even when it started to hit the...
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    Nat Wars; The Beetrooter Strikes Back (An $80m production)

    He was. As former leader of the Nats under the Turnbull and Morrison Governments, he was Deputy PM and therefore annointed PM if they were out of the country
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    Nat Wars; The Beetrooter Strikes Back (An $80m production)

    If he was sitting on the planter box and fell off he would be lying on his stomach Obviously the affairs of State being discussed were so important that they occupied his whole conscious mind and he could only roll over onto his back
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    What would a Dutton Liberal leadership mean for the Liberals and the country?

    There's a three part documentary currently on the ABC. Part II dealt with their flirtation with a "moderate" Stay tuned for Part III
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    Oppo Camp Nemesis

    the ABC did a documentary on the Gillard Rudd Labor Government. it's called The Killing Season. It can be found on iView They have done one on every change of Government from Whitlam on
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    Oppo Camp Nemesis

    Just wish that Abbott had not declined to participate Bishop would have been interesting too, especially in regards to tonight's episode Kelly obviously wanted to more the Coalition further to the Right by undermining the "moderates" in the party
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    Oppo Camp Nemesis

    And Dutton named by Turnbull as a "thug" It adds a bit of verisimilitude to his memory of the events
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    Kenneth Smith To Be Executed By Nitrogen Gas in Alabama, USA

    Dunno why the US always attempts new ways of killing people by going more and more high tech One may consider that they are nervous of getting blood on their hands and introducing more and more elements to isolate the indivdual agency in the cessation of someones life Historically, and in the...
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    Current General Crime Chat: disturbing killers, other crimes and miscellaneous stuff

    He has only been charged at this time, the charges may be either upgraded or downgraded at time goes on, Eventually, the DPP will become involved and the charge will be amended to the most severe with the greatest chance of winning in Court. Charge him with murder at this point and stick with...
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    The Liberal Party - How long? - Part 2

    I can remember footage during the Gillard years of a particulary heated response during Question Time when the Opposition was in uproar and the camera moved accross the Opposition benches and she was yelling comments from the sidelines. I don't hold pariament in much esteem, but the image of an...
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    Derek Percy

    He was never convicted He was found Not Guiilty of the murder on the Grounds Of Insanity There has never been any evidence that would be accepted in a Court in regards to any similar offences of which he was accused. He never admitted to any other offences. In various sections in the DPP...
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    Current Trial Wonnangatta - Russell Hill & Carol Clay vanish *Pilot Greg Lynn charged with murder

    After reading through this thread, may I offer a simple observation. Forget all your Police proc0curals TV series or crime movies The prosection doesn't have to rum a minutae on what white car was there the day before unless it has relevance to the commision of the crime and the allegef...
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