Scott Watson doco on TV1

[PrincessBandit]

Watching this tonight was an eye opener. Really puts the police in an appalling light especially in terms of witnesses being fobbed off.
Doesn't look like he stood a dogs show.

[gsxr]

For those that missed it here is the Utube link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igbEee4swdc&t=4391s

Most definitely worth a watch

[slofox]

I haven't trusted the cops since the Thomas fiasco.

[pritch]

It's always hard to figure out what the real story is. Also court cases are misleading the way they are organised. Day after day there are all these damning sounding headlines as the prosecution presents their case. Only after that's all finished do the defence get to state their case, but by then the majority of readers/viewers will have already decided "guilty".

At the time I had just one concern, the water taxi driver who said there was a ketch and the police ignored him. If some random guy came out of the pub and said there was a ketch, ignoring that might almost be OK. To ignore a report from a guy who worked on the water at the time though, and who would probably know the difference between a sloop, and a ketch, or a yawl, or whatever else, seemed a major lapse.

[Madness]

I haven't trusted the popo since the last KB group ride I went on.

[Mike.Gayner]

NZ Police couldn't investigate their way out of a damp paper bag. There is a long history of botched murder investigations in this country.

[gsxr]

The Scott Watson case is not the only case D I Pope has managed to secure the conviction of an innocent person whilst steering the investigation away from the guilty party/parties.There are 3 common denominators in 2 of the cases. Gangs,
drugs and Pope

[HenryDorsetCase]

The Scott Watson case is not the only case D I Pope has managed to secure the conviction of an innocent person whilst steering the investigation away from the guilty party/parties.There are 3 common denominators in 2 of the cases. Gangs,
drugs and Pope

Which three?

[jasonu]

NZ Police couldn't investigate their way out of a damp paper bag. There is a long history of botched murder investigations in this country.

The whole country is a botch up.

[gsxr]

Which three?

I said 3 common denominators in 2 cases being Scott Watson and the Lisa Blakie case.

[Swoop]

At the time I had just one concern, the water taxi driver who said there was a ketch and the police ignored him. If some random guy came out of the pub and said there was a ketch, ignoring that might almost be OK. To ignore a report from a guy who worked on the water at the time though, and who would probably know the difference between a sloop, and a ketch, or a yawl, or whatever else, seemed a major lapse.

There are multiple examples of this ineptitude in this one single case. People involved with boats tend to know a bit about boats...
A fucked-up evidence trail and a cop who had blinkers on to get his conviction (including brownie points, medals, Dunkin' Donuts card, etc) at all costs.

[HenryDorsetCase]

I said 3 common denominators in 2 cases being Scott Watson and the Lisa Blakie case.

Damn it Jim, I'm a Doctor, not a mathematician

[JimO]

It's always hard to figure out what the real story is. Also court cases are misleading the way they are organised. Day after day there are all these damning sounding headlines as the prosecution presents their case. Only after that's all finished do the defence get to state their case, but by then the majority of readers/viewers will have already decided "guilty".

At the time I had just one concern, the water taxi driver who said there was a ketch and the police ignored him. If some random guy came out of the pub and said there was a ketch, ignoring that might almost be OK. To ignore a report from a guy who worked on the water at the time though, and who would probably know the difference between a sloop, and a ketch, or a yawl, or whatever else, seemed a major lapse.

i havnt seen the doco but remember at the time a off
duty cop was reported as seeing the Ketch while out fishing with mates, did his evidence come up?

[gsxr]

i havnt seen the doco but remember at the time a off
duty cop was reported as seeing the Ketch while out fishing with mates, did his evidence come up?

There were many many eyewitness sighting of the ketch. The one you refer to was dismissed by Pope as they were no longer looking for a ketch. They had their man. There were 2 other off duty policeman witnesses ans also a report filed by an on duty cop and this was also dismissed

[awayatc]

The whole country is a botch up.

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