What was her crime, again?

Having you defend her, Mr. Ed.

I think you’ll find SloMo’s was one of those NRL apologies. C’arn the Sharkies.

Surely the lawyers acting for the accused have a case?

I expect it will be raised and dismissed. That way it is available on appeal.

Question: why is the Higgins matter a political issue? If she was raped then it’s a matter for the cops to deal with and not the PM.

Short answer: The apology was the upshot of a pariamentary report.

Larger answer: In Canberra everything is political. That’s the way it rolls when Leftists dominate.

JCsays:

February 8, 2022 at 8:12 pm

Question: why is the Higgins matter a political issue? If she was raped then it’s a matter for the cops to deal with and not the PM.

Or the Deputy PM.
Or Lara Tingle.
Or Grace “Five Minutes Of” Fame.
Or Mrs Bandana.
The cops. And maybe the courts.
If he is acquitted on grounds of prejudice, the media will be all over ScoMo for killing the trial with the apology.

I’m looking at you, Mr Security Guard.

Didn’t the security guard give an interview, regarding how she found La Higgins?

calli says:
February 8, 2022 at 5:33 pm
after a member of the public reported staff were unvaccinated.
How on earth would they know this?

We are a sick society and hardly anyone realises.

JCsays:

February 8, 2022 at 8:12 pm

Question: why is the Higgins matter a political issue? If she was raped then it’s a matter for the cops to deal with and not the PM.

I was thinking about this on the weekend after Bananaby’s “reaching out” to Britnah.
I would like to think a Bananaby of fifteen years ago would have said something like what JC said above.

There is a church around the corner, to which I shall return shortly, which had four of Christ’s thorns from His crown.
A gift from a long ago King Louis.
I wonder if all the relics in Europe were added up how many there would be.

Groogs’ crystal ball on the blink again?

There is zero evidence that there was any ‘mums and dads activity’.
Which is perfectly believable.

JCsays:

February 8, 2022 at 8:26 pm

Household debt servicing is well down over the past few years Sure, some of this has to do with lower interest rates.

Link busted.
Are you saying people are paying less off household debt?
Is this in the US?
Because I thought latest Australian stats were the reverse.

Save it for the trial Groogs. I hope you aren’t billing for this.

Dear readers can now take it for gospel that everything I said is correct, now that ed case has fisked it. 🙂

Re: scomo, Australia’s PM and probably most influential citizen, opining that Higgins was raped:

An adjournment of a trial or a stay of the prosecution may be granted because of adverse media publicity. The court proceeds on the basis that the jurors will act in accordance with their oaths and directions given against being prejudiced by media publicity and opinions disseminated in social media. A stay will only be granted where no action can be taken by the judge to overcome any unfairness due to publicity taking into account the public interest in the trial of persons charged with serious offences.

Generally see The Queen v Glennon (1992) 173 CLR 592 at 605–606; Skaf v R [2008] NSWCCA 303 at [27]; R v Jamal (2008) 72 NSWLR 258 at [16]; Dupas v The Queen (2010) 241 CLR 237 at [35]–[39]; Hughes v R (2015) 93 NSWLR 474 at [61]–[86].

Cronkite

Spend the bucks and buy the place in Belgravia f0r $78 million. You can afford it instead of slumming it in Mosman. Don’t be cheap.

From their ABC.

Bruce Lehrmann committed to Supreme Court trial over alleged rape of Brittany Higgins at Parliament HouseBy Elizabeth Byrne

Posted Fri 5 Nov 2021 at 10:19amFriday 5 Nov 2021 at 10:19am, updated Sat 6 Nov 2021 at 12:30amSaturday 6 Nov 2021 at 12:30am

Bruce Lehrmann is accused of raping fellow staffer Brittany Higgins in an office in Parliament House in Canberra.(Supplied)

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The man accused of raping Brittany Higgins inside an office in Parliament House in 2019, will stand trial in the ACT Supreme Court.

Bruce Lehrmann, 26, has pleaded not guilty to the charge.

On Friday, he appeared in the ACT Magistrates Court by telephone.

The ACT’s Director of Public Prosecutions, Shane Drumgold, has indicated for some time that the brief of evidence is ready, and the case could be committed to the Supreme Court for trial.

But Mr Lehrmann’s lawyers had asked for more time, telling the court they had been unable to meet face to face with their client to consult him about the case, because of COVID-19 restrictions.

Mr Lehrmann has been in Queensland.

He was charged and summonsed to appear in court after a lengthy police investigation earlier this year, which was prompted by a complaint by Ms Higgins.

Brittany Higgins alleges she was raped at Parliament House in 2019.(AAP: Dean Lewins)

Article dated Nov 21.
Refers to an investigation “earlier this year” (ie 2021).
Refers to an alleged rape in 2019.
So, Lord Googlery Denning QC, the forensic evidence would be what, exactly?
Unless she kept a sperm splattered dress, a la Ms Lewinsky?
But the has been no mention of a “smoking dress”, so …

And Grigs sets himself up for yet another legal disappointment.

Unless of course, he was never actually here for the hunting in the first place…

It’s a form of edging,
Cut him some slack, he has to get his jollies somehow.

I don’t think she was found completely nude, but would need to reread what the security officer said.

“Disorientated and half naked.”

Cassie of Sydneysays:

February 8, 2022 at 8:46 pm

“Ms Higgins went to the Police, an examination woulda been carried out.
In other words, Evidence.”

The thing is Goggles…..she didn’t.

Exactly.
As for this “not being political” give me a fucking break.
If this was Jenny Nobody (Clerk level 2.1) in the ATO who got comatose shitfaced and (maybe) rogered in the office by Larry Lounge-Lizard (Clerk level 4.3) and turned up to the cops 12 months later with that story – “I can’t remember but I think I was raped” – I’ll tell you what would have happened.
Once they interviewed Larry and he either flatly denied it or did a “No Comment” interview, and they then established there were no other witnesses, no CCTV and no forensic evidence, Policewoman Chanelle Handpatter of the Sexual Crimes Squad would have broken the news to Jenny that this wasn’t going any further. Chanelle would not have passed on to Jenny the DPP’s precise words … “Don’t waste my fucking time”.
The only reason this is going to trial is because it has been politicised.

You were aware that Lord Denning was a central figure in fitting up 6 Irishmen for a series of Pub Bombings in 1974 when he knew they were Innocent?

Are you aware that Lord Denning’s relatives jealously guard his legacy and have put better men than you to the sword (legally) over similar comments?
Oh, and don’t bother googling it.
Without exception, anyone who gets the writ and seeks advice is told to settle.

Grigory’s too stupid and in far too deep to scuttle away here, so deflection and greaseweaselry is about all he has available to him tonight.

The fact that some of us may have read Iris Freeman’s biography of Lord Denning, and be aware of the connection he had with the “Birmingham Six” is something his pin-sized mind is unable to accommodate.

Unless she didn’t shower for six weeks, there is no forensic evidence.

Eeew. What would Mother say Gargooglery.

The only relevance that matters is was it consensual.

If that were both shit-faced consent is moot.

I’m sure the best French wine is expensive.
But you can get very drinkable wine very cheaply, especially here in wine and salt country.

This is true.
Even €3 – €5 supermarket wine can be pretty good.
One thing I did like, even in the high end wine regions, is that a €20 bottle at the cellar door would only be €25 in the restaurants in town.
We get totally gouged for wine in Australia.

Speaking of wine.
Googlery, tell us again about that high end red (with the fancy label) that you coughed $40 for when it was $15.99 in Dan Murphy’s.

INSANE: Austrian Government Authorizes Dystopian Vaccine Registry and Imposes COVID Restrictions Through January 2024 – Will Begin Pulling Drivers Over at RANDOM and FINING UN-BOOSTED Citizens Next Month

Defence opens in Rolfe murder trial amid claims the officer ignored arrest plan
Zach Hope
By Zach Hope
February 8, 2022 — 4.28pm

On the evening of Kumanjayi Walker’s death, the police officer responsible for firing the fatal shots was acting against a pre-arranged plan from his superiors to delay the arrest of the Aboriginal teenager until the following morning, the prosecution claims.

Philip Strickland, SC, wrapping up his opening address at Darwin’s Supreme Court building on Tuesday, said Constable Zachary Rolfe and the four other Immediate Response Team officers deployed to Yuendumu on November 9, 2019, were supposed to gather intelligence about Mr Walker’s whereabouts, and only make an arrest if they encountered him.

Mr Strickland said Constable Rolfe was instead intent on arresting Mr Walker, who was at large after fleeing court-ordered alcohol rehabilitation in Alice Springs to attend a culturally significant funeral in his home community.

The 14-person jury also heard for the first time that Mr Walker, who had a history of violence against police, stabbed Constable Rolfe in the left shoulder with a pair of scissors during the subsequent attempt to arrest him at about 7.20pm.

Three days earlier, Mr Walker had threatened two other would-be arresting officers with a hatchet and escaped.

Constable Rolfe responded to being stabbed, which created a “small” puncture wound, by firing three times – 2.56 and .5 seconds apart – into Mr Walker’s back and torso.

The prosecution conceded Constable Rolfe was not criminally responsible for the first shot, but the fatal second and third rounds, fired while officer Adam Eberl had the physically smaller Warlpiri man partially pinned to the ground, were not reasonable or necessary.

Defence barrister David Edwardson, QC, said the police rule of “edged weapon equals gun” would “loom large” over the trial.

“It is the defence position that Constable Rolfe, having been stabbed by a known violent offender and having lawfully shot him once, was justified in continuing to defend his mate and fellow police officer, who was just doing his job, as was Constable Rolfe,” Mr Edwardson said.

He said Mr Walker was “using the same blade against Constable Eberl” as they struggled on a mattress, a point that will be contested.

Constable Rolfe was again supported in court on Tuesday by his parents, NT Police Association representatives, and aspiring politician Heston Russell.

The court heard Yuendumu officer-in-charge Julie Frost, understanding the importance of sorry business in Warlpiri culture, had earlier given Mr Walker some grace time to hand himself in once she learned the reason he was in the community, but by the evening of November 9, that time expired.

Mr Strickland said Sergeant Frost emailed the IRT at 4.59pm that day informing them the plan was to arrest Mr Walker early the following morning.

At 7pm, Sergeant Frost briefed the newly arrived IRT members again that their job was intelligence gathering and high-visibility policing, the court heard.

Mr Strickland said Constable Rolfe instead looked for him inside homes and asked community members where Mr Walker was because he needed to be “gathered up”.

In addition, Constable Rolfe had disengaged a safety mechanism on the holster of his firearm “to prepare for a fast draw” while looking inside one of the properties, the prosecution said.

“The Crown case is that the accused and the other IRT members chose to ignore that operational plan to arrest Kumanjayi Walker at 5am on Sunday,” he said.

“When they left Yuendumu Station at 7.06pm, they were intent on finding and arresting him that evening.”

Mr Strickland acknowledged that Constable Rolfe and the other officers tried their best to save Mr Walker’s life, but the 19-year-old died from wounds to his spleen, kidney and right lung in the community police station less than two hours later.

The jury was again played police body-worn video, the detailed contents of which are still suppressed by the court.

The prosecution foreshadowed future expert testimony that would claim Constable Rolfe was acting contrary to police training during the arrest and that Mr Walker was a “low-level threat” at the time of the second and third shots.

The court also heard that Constable Rolfe had, appropriately, accessed the police database to learn about Mr Walker’s history. He also watched body-worn video of the November 6 “axe incident” in which Mr Walker escaped, even criticising the officers involved about their actions.

“Now, the Crown case is that, having looked at the body-worn video of the axe incident several times, the accused should have – but did not – prioritised safety and caution and planning in executing the warrant to arrest Kumanjayi Walker,” Mr Strickland said.

Talking to a friend today and I was pointing out the anomalous situation in Der Glorious Leader’s (McClown’s) ruling about “no vax, no booze from bottle shops”. It meant that an unvaxed person could, quite legally, go into say Dan Murphy’s, wander around for a half hour or so, spreading germs willy-nilly, then buy a 6-pack of zero alcohol beer, also quite legally, and leave.

“No more!” said the minion at Dan’s to my friend. McClown fixed that little loophole. Now, if you’re unvaxed, you can’t buy anything from the bottle shop — not soft drink, not potato chips, not zero alcohol beer, nothing!

That’ll learn youse — don’t fuck with the emperor!

The Western Australia media is running dramatic footage of “burned out farming machinery”

It’s old, horsedrawn stuff, at least a hundred years old…

“No more!” said the minion at Dan’s to my friend. McClown fixed that little loophole. Now, if you’re unvaxed, you can’t buy anything from the bottle shop — not soft drink, not potato chips, not zero alcohol beer, nothing!

Could you still go in and wander around spreading germs and then leave, you know, just for the heck of it? Window shopping as it were.

Two more family members have had la grippe at home, with gastro symptoms as a bonus.

oh and I forgot, a fascinating history, one of the attractions here is the former palace of the kings of Majorca.

Snapshot from the Hermit Kingdom. Today I got a haircut. OK So far so good. I go 400m down Albany Hwy. Pass a bottle shop I cannot enter. And wait outside a cafe without a mask that I can enter (if required but with a mask) but that I cannot consume my drink within.

All on health advice apparently.

Could you still go in and wander around spreading germs and then leave, you know, just for the heck of it? Window shopping as it were.

Why not??? 😀

The real problem for people is the two vaccinations are a sunk cost and people are not good at dealing with sunk costs. Instead of saying “Those 2 shots didn’t do what they were supposed to, why would I get a 3rd” most people think “I’ve already had 2, might as well get a 3rd.”