Christchurch biker wrongly convicted of rape gets $350,000 compensation

[FJRider]

Club 22.....

Auckland ... right ... ????

[scissorhands]

This whole sad story of ignorance and poor judgement by The NZ Police, on top of my similar experiences at the hands of others, including solicitors I have paid who did nothing for me, real estate agents who have ripped me off, friends and family who have become hostile because of my neurological function.....makes me want to withdraw even more from the system.

Going by some of the straw man techniques implied here like:

He was only a retard who couldnt even tighten a bike chain

Its his fault for not finding a better solicitor than the court appointed duty solicitor

He was on a benefit for years




Why should people like Aaron Farmer contribute to his oppressors world. Indeed and why should I? or you other disenfranchised unlucky others?

I'd like certain people to remember that, when they judge the intellectually disabled,the hiding and the withdrawn, instead of turning it against these unlucky unfortunate products of our times, AS IF THE PROBLEM IS WITH THEM.

Your polluted world and society is partly responsible for creating the disabled and sickly, and sad events like this and your inappropriate responses further this divide between neurotypical and autistic.

This ugliness I see in the system, its heirachy, ring leaders and their side kicks of ignorant bully supporters can go fuck themselves up their asses.

You know who you are. Thanks for nothing.

[MSTRS:Me]

Must have had a shit lawyer if he didn't pick that up early on.

Get ready for many more such cases...thanks to cutting back legal aid

[jonbuoy]

Is it true though?


ANY lawyer worth his salt would have asked for proof of the DNA result pretty early on...

You would hope that any half decent cop might scratch his head over that one for 5 minutes and wonder why it didn´t match as well.

[CookMySock]

You would hope that any half decent cop might [....]

[scumdog]

You would hope that any half decent cop might scratch his head over that one for 5 minutes and wonder why it didn´t match as well.

Yep, luckily we know the whole story eh...

[scissorhands]

Dude, deflecting criticism/casting doubts away from the police over this fuck up is pretty low. Quick jibes fired off to offset critical attention here makes it all the worse.

Failure to show remorse, and or supporting the extreme wrong doing of workmates, goes a long way in my book.

SD- why dont you just admit the cop (who got a sideways promotion) in charge of this prosecution, has been grossly unfair to Aaron Farmer.

Or is an apology really that hard?? Why?

I'm starting to go to that place that many others arrive at regarding dealings with police.

This is all wrong. And yes we will know, and some people will never forget

[scumdog]

Dude, deflecting criticism/casting doubts away from the police over this fuck up is pretty low. Quick jibes fired off to offset critical attention here makes it all the worse.

Failure to show remorse, and or supporting the extreme wrong doing of workmates, goes a long way in my book.

SD- why dont you just admit the cop (who got a sideways promotion) in charge of this prosecution, has been grossly unfair to Aaron Farmer.

Or is an apology really that hard?? Why?

I'm starting to go to that place that many others arrive at regarding dealings with police.

This is all wrong. And yes we will know, and some people will never forget

Who are you expecting an apology from??

Not me I hope, I wasn't involved any more than you.

And if nothing else in this job I learned not to make critical comments on a serious matter unless I actually knew ALL the facts and preferably was there in person.

Especially if commenting on the public arena.

And unlike a lot on KB I don't expect what has been posted in the media to be fact and/or the entire story.

BTW: If the actions of a very small percentage of any organistation cause you to 'go to that place' you're going to end up going to a lot of places during your life...life is too short and stuff like that ain't worth the stress...

[scissorhands]

yes sir Mr Policemen sir

[Elysium]

Well at least he can look forward to buying any bike he wants now.

[RDJ]

Is it true though? ANY lawyer worth his salt would have asked for proof of the DNA result pretty early on...

Of course! let's not expect the people charging us to be accurate, fair or careful; we must just have to accept we gotta pay lawyers lots of our money to prevent the police from having us wrongly convicted.

[CookMySock]

we must just have to accept we gotta pay lawyers lots of our money to prevent the police from having us wrongly convicted.

There's a whole new popular way of thinking - it's taking the country by storm - You just tell the police to go fuck themselves and walk off. It's simple, inexpensive, and it works, and the feeling of personal freedom after you've done it is enormous! Join the revolution today!

[MSTRS:Me]

Worked well for Tiki Tane...

[scumdog]

Of course! let's not expect the people charging us to be accurate, fair or careful; we must just have to accept we gotta pay lawyers lots of our money to prevent the police from having us wrongly convicted.

Oh, you know all about this case on the o.p. do you??

(All the FACTS that is)

Or are you just trolling??

[KiWiP]

Farmer had an alibi (service station video showing he was elsewhere)that his first solicitor- the duty solicitor, did not include in evidence.

Farmers clothing, lack of chin stubble, fact he does not drink or smoke(when rapist smelt of both according to victim statement), rapist bike had white mudguards (Farmers bike had dark coloured mudguards) as per victim statement, plus quite a few other forensic facts...where all placed aside by police.

In the end the DNA from under victims fingernails and cervix forced a retrial. Initially, at first, DNA testing was unavailable to Farmer?? Why??

If this is true then surely Farmer has a case against his defence for completely fucking up. Could be worth another 350k

Why do we expect anything from the police though? They don't have to be educated or qualified to do what they do. Recruitment picks them up of the street and as long as they can read and write and have no 'previous' they are hired. We should be railing at the prosecution lawers who are educated and qualified but accept weak evidence and ply their insidious trade regardless of what they know in their gut to be wrong (they after all did have access to the unpresented evidence)

The police have their faults on the street but I do believe the majority are good people (if they weren't we would really be up the creek) and a few bad eggs spoil a good name for the rest. But to really fuck up justice requires higher level thinking that exists in the lawyers offices.