How the fuck did he walk free?

[onearmedbandit]

To recieve consideration for a discharge, you must plead guilty....... sometimes there are disputed facts in a case, and you may well "have to suck it up" and accept this.

Kind of like admitting to an offence you never committed to increase your chance of parole? Never been in that position myself, but if it was for car conversion, robbery, destruction of property etc etc etc, then yeah I can see myself taking that path. But admitting to a sexual offence I never committed just so the system can be satisfied? Never. I'd rot in jail protesting my innocence until my dying day. Fact.

[marty]

pretty stunned here... "The offending cannot be seen as less serious because alcohol was a factor.''... so why isn't he in jail? because he makes people laugh? Tough bikkies, name him and jail him.

he's not actually that funny. I didn't know who it was, but in 4 minutes of searching, found out.

[blackdog]

he's not actually that funny. I didn't know who it was, but in 4 minutes of searching, found out.

ok, save me 4 mins will you pls

[HenryDorsetCase]

Don't post the name in a public forum. I dont want to know about it, but more importantly it is contempt of court, which carries fairly heavy sanction. Ask that fat prick, the whale oil guy.

[marty]

i won't be. google is your friend.

[hellokitty]

i won't be. google is your friend.

give us a link?

[blackdog]

Never heard of him.

[Taz]

Flower pot men?

[frogfeaturesFZR]

Ran for parliament 2008 ?

[scumdog]

pretty stunned here... "The offending cannot be seen as less serious because alcohol was a factor.''... so why isn't he in jail?

Hell, I drove home drunk tonight, if I had been caught I would have expected to be treated the same.

"it's less serious because alcohol was a factor" - sheesh, glad I wasn't sober!!

[rachprice]

I'm sure there are plenty of things we don't know

What strikes me as weird is the judge saying they weren't sure of the effect on the child after seeing an interview, given the kid is 5 they wouldn't understand quite yet.
Just because they don't understand it doesn't make it any less disturbing

For the record I think it's pathetic he didn't get charged

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Yet another soft judge lets a guilty man walk free. The name suppression is a fucking joke, it's so easy to find with google. A lot of us know who he is anyway.

[Clockwork]

Just playin Devil's advocate here... (Hell, I'm about to speak out in defence of a Peado, so I know I'm gonna get a kickin')

Perhaps it's just as well he does have name supression. Personally I know nothing about this case other than the juicy bits published by the media but rather than ranting, cheast beating and general lynch mob mentatlity that always seems to accompany these stories, I'd prefer to believe that the Judge heard all the evidence and has a much better handle on what went down than the rest of us; is not demented or corrupt and discharged the guy for appropriate reasons.

ie the Judge has seen fit to give this guy the benefit of any doubt, I don't know why any other non-participant would think that they know any better.

[Kickaha]

ie the Judge has seen fit to give this guy the benefit of any doubt, I don't know why any other non-participant would think that they know any better.

You're joking right?

This is KB we all know better

[Crasherfromwayback]

. But admitting to a sexual offence I never committed just so the system can be satisfied? Never. I'd rot in jail protesting my innocence until my dying day. Fact.

Ditto. Like Michael Jackson paying out 20 mill or whatever the sum was to get the parents to drop the charges. NEVER.