Chris Kahui not guilty

[Katman]

So if Chris Kahui rode a motorcycle, he'd be your 'brother'? Gimme a break!

Whoops! Egg on my face.

[jrandom]

Whoops! Egg on my face.

If I'm laden at all
I'm laden with sadness
That everyone's heart
Isn't filled with the gladness
Of love for one another...

[Headbanger]

RIP Chris and Cru.


Tragic and shameful.

String up everyone involved, Send em to hell.

[peasea]

The mother won't be charged, on the basis that she will not get a fair trial, given the outpouring of evidence and emotion in the Chris Kahui case.

I think that the jury returned the only sensible verdict, given the evidence.

The whole whanau should be locked up for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

Quite right, take a bow!
I don't like Christine Rankin but she said (and forgive me if I don't have it word for word) "We played the politically correct game and now we're paying the price" (Or words to that effect.) If the police had gone in looking hard on day one things MIGHT have been different.

Sympathies to the little ones. So innocent, so vulnerable, so dead.

[Hitcher]

If the police had gone in looking hard on day one things MIGHT have been different.

I doubt it. The Police had inordinate difficulty trying to understand exactly what had happened here. You may remember the media coverage at the time that went on for weeks, with Maori Party MPs and others trying to broker a way through the wall of resistance the Police encountered. The family's collegial silence, stupidity and conspiracy to conceal the truth would have made any investigator's job unenviable. Remember that the case against Chris Kahui was the best they could do, and the outcome of the Court case was largely inevitable from the beginning.

This whole thing is a tragedy on so many levels. I have no doubt that the Kahui/King families know full well who was responsible.

It may sound heartless, but the late Chris and Cru have probably escaped a life of torment that no child deserves.

[Grahameeboy]

Quite right, take a bow!
I don't like Christine Rankin but she said (and forgive me if I don't have it word for word) "We played the politically correct game and now we're paying the price" (Or words to that effect.) If the police had gone in looking hard on day one things MIGHT have been different.

Sympathies to the little ones. So innocent, so vulnerable, so dead.

I agree...even if a so called silly Law saves a few lives it has to be worth it.

This to me shows that the Law makes sense.

RIP little ones

[Katman]

I agree...even if a so called silly Law saves a few lives it has to be worth it.

This to me shows that the Law makes sense.

RIP little ones

If you're talking about the 'Anti-smacking' bill, believe me, that wouldn't have changed a thing in this case.

[Grahameeboy]

I doubt it. The Police had inordinate difficulty trying to understand exactly what had happened here. You may remember the media coverage at the time that went on for weeks, with Maori Party MPs and others trying to broker a way through the wall of resistance the Police encountered. The family's collegial silence, stupidity and conspiracy to conceal the truth would have made any investigator's job unenviable. Remember that the case against Chris Kahui was the best they could do, and the outcome of the Court case was largely inevitable from the beginning.

This whole thing is a tragedy on so many levels. I have no doubt that the Kahui/King families know full well who was responsible.

It may sound heartless, but the late Chris and Cru have probably escaped a life of torment that no child deserves.

What makes me wonder is that Maori's want the Treaty to be a part of our society to give in effect Maori extra considerations...read any dhb website and it's values...and then they conceal the truth as in the case and others before...hypocrites...

[Grahameeboy]

If you're talking about the 'Anti-smacking' bill, believe me, that wouldn't have changed a thing in this case.

I didn't know you had a crystal ball Mr K and could tell the future...

[peasea]

I doubt it. The Police had inordinate difficulty trying to understand exactly what had happened here. You may remember the media coverage at the time that went on for weeks, with Maori Party MPs and others trying to broker a way through the wall of resistance the Police encountered. The family's collegial silence, stupidity and conspiracy to conceal the truth would have made any investigator's job unenviable. Remember that the case against Chris Kahui was the best they could do, and the outcome of the Court case was largely inevitable from the beginning.

This whole thing is a tragedy on so many levels. I have no doubt that the Kahui/King families know full well who was responsible.

It may sound heartless, but the late Chris and Cru have probably escaped a life of torment that no child deserves.

Sorry, I meant "if the police had gone in unhindered". And yes, sad as it may be, they (the twins) are probably are in a better place.

[jrandom]

I didn't know you had a crystal ball Mr K and could tell the future...

He can't, but on the balance of probability, he's quite right.

Legally, the injuries to those babies constituted a heinous and easily-prosecutable crime well before the 'Anti-Smacking Bill' was ever conceived. It achieved nothing relevant to this case.

[Katman]

I didn't know you had a crystal ball Mr K and could tell the future...

You're not seriously telling us you think it would have made a difference in this case, are you?????

What fucking planet are you on?

[awayatc]

I didn't know you had a crystal ball Mr K and could tell the future...

Ouch, that must have been painfull..... I know that with just a glass eye I just manage to tell the time...

[Grahameeboy]

He can't, but on the balance of probability, he's quite right.

Legally, the injuries to those babies constituted a heinous and easily-prosecutable crime well before the 'Anti-Smacking Bill' was ever conceived. It achieved nothing relevant to this case.

Who knows to be honest...however, if the AS Law in time can stop this, and time will tell, then I am all for it.

Oh evening by the way...

[Katman]

He can't,

Shush! I can actually, but don't tell anyone.