Antonie Dixon (sword murderer) retrial ... the KB link.

[Oakie]

KiwiBiker got a mention on the news this morning. Antonie Dixon (the samurai sword wielding, P using, killer), through his lawyer, is after a retrial because some of the jurors in the original re-trial have been found to have researched Mr Dixon on the internet. His lawyer was saying on TV this morning that the jurors were able to read comments on the case while it was underway and mentioned KiwiBiker by name (possibly from this thread http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=76608 although there was more than one started).

Woo hoo! We are influencing the affairs of the nation!

[Mom]

Our voice is under rated by some

[scumdog]

A pity we couldn't influence getting Dixon put into the same cell as Burton...

[SixPackBack]

A pity we couldn't influence getting Dixon put into the same cell as Burton...

Genius..............

[roy.nz]

Go KB's yeah...

[Tank]

A pity we couldn't influence getting Dixon put into the same cell as Burton...

Thats the first post I've been really sad that Im not allowed bling (bloody infractions) - awesome !!!!

[henry]

Just hope the site doesn't get shut down for being in contempt of court.

[Kendog]

I have a feeling the NZ moderators (judges) will want these threads put into PD.

[firefighter]

KiwiBiker got a mention on the news this morning. Antonie Dixon (the samurai sword wielding, P using, killer), through his lawyer, is after a retrial because some of the jurors in the original re-trial have been found to have researched Mr Dixon on the internet. His lawyer was saying on TV this morning that the jurors were able to read comments on the case while it was underway and mentioned KiwiBiker by name (possibly from this thread http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=76608 although there was more than one started).

Woo hoo! We are influencing the affairs of the nation!

My bad lol

A pity we couldn't influence getting Dixon put into the same cell as Burton...

And then hanged

Just hope the site doesn't get shut down for being in contempt of court.

Surely we as people of the nation have a right to discuss a court case we are'nt involved in- in fact saying we can't is a direct violation of human rights........a bit like the swearing machine stallone keeps on setting off in Demolition Man......

I have a feeling the NZ moderators (judges) will want these threads put into PD.

What they want is too bad, like I said above we have a right to talk about whatever the hell we want.....unless Saddam respawns and takes over from National....

[R6_kid:Me]

Clutching at straws?

Does that mean that anyone who has an online profile on any website won't be able to get a fair trial? Anyone that is mentioned in the media can be 'googled' as nearly all stories make it on to the internet somehow.

Shoot the fucker and get it over and done with.

[Badjelly]

Woo hoo! We are influencing the affairs of the nation!

But not in a good way.

[Patrick]

Judges order jurors not to look up the internet for info on the people they are being juries for...

Where is the proof that jurors did look up KB "for guidance?"

If there is some, then those jurors need to be hauled before the judge.

If there isn't, and I would think this is more likely, then it is just the legal aid lawyer looking for a xmas bonus.....

[Jantar]

I have a feeling the NZ moderators (judges) will want these threads put into PD.

Why? As long as it stays on topic, doesn't involve anything illegal, and isn't abusive then why should we want to PD it?

[SixPackBack]

Judges order jurors not to look up the internet for info on the people they are being juries for...

Where is the proof that jurors did look up KB "for guidance?"

If there is some, then those jurors need to be hauled before the judge.

If there isn't, and I would think this is more likely, then it is just the legal aid lawyer looking for a xmas bonus.....

Is there a chance he did not commit the crimes he is accused of??....if so he should be re trialled immediately. If not?...meh, preventative detention seems appropriate as Mr Dixon's crimes against our community were particularly heinous. To the casual observer it seems we are arguing over semantics and not guilt.

[Badjelly]

Judges order jurors not to look up the internet for info on the people they are being juries for...

Where is the proof that jurors did look up KB "for guidance?"

If there is some, then those jurors need to be hauled before the judge.

If there isn't, and I would think this is more likely, then it is just the legal aid lawyer looking for a xmas bonus.....

According to the Sunday News

During the early part of Dixon's retrial, crown solicitor Simon Moore told Justice Hugh Williams there was an allegation a juror or jurors had conducted their own investigations on the internet.

Williams allowed the trial to continue.

Moore told Sunday News despite Williams issuing, at the start of the trial, "a very strong direction" for jurors to not use the internet, there was "apparently at some stage an incident but in the judge's view it obviously was not significant enough to trouble the process".

It is not known what information the juror or jurors lifted from the internet or if what they found was shared and used to reach guilty verdicts. But the internet contains extensive coverage of Dixon's trials and criminal history.

So it's not just a product of Dixon's lawyer's imagination.

Some jury members do seem to be astonishingly obtuse about the judge's direction not to do their own research.