Motorcyclist dead in Eskdale Rd Glenfield (21 March)

[scumdog]

According to yesterday's Dom Post, he had kids.

I'm sure that, in time, they'll agree with you that the fact that their dad once nicked a motorcycle means that they're much better off without him.

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At least no 'bad habits' will be passed on I guess......

[Grub]

He thought he was being pursued? Is this what he said to the paramedics as he was dying? Or is this just another bullshit twisted report in the media?

I think if you read the Stuff article, the police say that witnesses heard the bike take off as the police car was going the other way (having decided not to purse him as they were going to a burglary). The Police then say maybe he was reacting to a fear of being pursued.

The article as stated was reasonably fair and clear that it was just an assumption. It pays to do the research.

What has thrown a revealing light on the whole affair is the reaction of the "mourners" and the subsequent arrests thereof.

[Wingnut]

I see that a few people have been arrested at the site of the accident.(Drunken disorderly or something similar) Was just on the news.

[scumdog]

A better result would have been this guy getting caught and punnished. Maybe there would be a chance of his kids not becoming thiefs also.

This IS New Zealand you're talking about.

Thieves don't get punished in New Zealand.

[spudchucka]

I guess it is a natural assumption that as the bike was stolen quite recently that the rider was the thief so if they are wrong then it was an easy mistake to make.

Its called the doctrine of recent possession and is basically a legal assumption that a person found in possession of very recently stolen goods is likely to be either the thief or a guilty receiver.

[Grahameeboy]

Its called the doctrine of recent possession and is basically a legal assumption that a person found in possession of very recently stolen goods is likely to be either the thief or a guilty receiver.

Really...have some more Easter Egg Sir

[Finn]

This thread has hit a brick wall.

[roy.nz]

Lets just drop this and let him R.I.P

[Magua]

A lot of us seem very quick to jump to conclusions when the full story is yet to be told.

[EFFBEE]

Agree that too many low lifes (lives?) get away with minor stuff. they then graduate to bike and car thieving, then robbery - before you know it they have raped and murdered someone and get out in seven years cos the criminal justice system is too soft. Better they crash and burn. If this guy has kids he was probably just a sperm donor, not a father. Let the laws of natural selection apply.

[TLMAN]

I think if you read the Stuff article, the police say that witnesses heard the bike take off as the police car was going the other way (having decided not to purse him as they were going to a burglary). The Police then say maybe he was reacting to a fear of being pursued.

I heard through the grapevine he was a disqulified driver, maybe he didnt know it was a stolen bike!!

[Steam]

I heard he was a learner motorcyclist, hadn't even been on a bike before, but an ex-con he was mentoring was showing him how to ride, when a police car sped past, startling him and he accidentally pinned the throttle and hurtled to his death, leaving behind six kids, a devoted wife, a local children's charity without its main volunteer worker, and an african village that wouldn't get its well dug without his donations.
Campbell Live was going to do a segment on him, as he had helped turn around the lives of many young hooligans.
He was up for an OBE from the Governor General for good deeds, and apparently he was going to be nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize too, after he brought peace to Israel/Palestine.

[dipshit]

This IS New Zealand you're talking about.

Thieves don't get punished in New Zealand.

"Apparently it's just a phase they are going through and they may grow out of it one day. So let's not be too hard on the poor criminals out there."


Jesus fucking Christ on a pony! No wonder there are so many fucking loses around these days!

[dmw]

Any sympathy I would feel, would be greatly outweighed by the pissed off feelings of having my bike stolen.

What exactly is the problem you fuckwits have with that? Were you little crims yourselves at one time? Are your kids little shits and are always in trouble with the law? Is this why you find such an attitude shocking?

I have no criminal record niether do my kids none of us have ever been in trouble with the law, I have brought my kids up to respect other people and their property and to hold on to friendship and this is what they are doing Grim was a very good friend and if you did not know him or have facts to back you up, I do not think you have the right to bad mouth him

[dmw]

He thought he was being pursued? Is this what he said to the paramedics as he was dying? Or is this just another bullshit twisted report in the media?

He was dead when they got there so unless it was a voice from heaven can not see it hapening