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| Thread ID: 101647 | 2009-07-22 00:24:00 | Weatherston GUILTY | nofam (9009) | PC World Chat |
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| 793870 | 2009-07-22 06:19:00 | Defence Counsel don't need to have an opinion about guilt or innocence. Was it fair for the victim to have her character so undermined during the trial, when she wasn't even there to defend herself. Because of the way the defence was conducted, the trial became a perverse opportunity for a killer to continue to persecute his victim and her family. It just shows how flawed our legal system is with the provocation law, and how the defense team played on this flaw. Morally, if I was a lawyer, I wouldn't have taken on the defense case. But I guess someone had to. |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 793871 | 2009-07-22 07:40:00 | I'm looking forward to seeing a photo of Weatherston after he's had his prison haircut and shave. :p:p | Richard (739) | ||
| 793872 | 2009-07-22 07:42:00 | I'm looking forward to never seeing a photo of him again . Just had a look at the Herald site & there he is . . . smirk and all . . . . nzherald . co . nz/webcontent/image/jpg/weathermumfeature . jpg" target="_blank">media . nzherald . co . nz Eww . |
Peterj116 (6762) | ||
| 793873 | 2009-07-22 07:56:00 | :banana :clap so how long does he go away for? NZ justice?? 15 years would be a good guess. Life should mean 99 years but the bleeding hearts like the chief justice would not like that.. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 793874 | 2009-07-22 07:58:00 | So can someone explain why sentencing takes a month, he's guilty as found by jury, he admitted the crime so why do we need reports and more time wasting. Just sentence him today and lets be done with it | gary67 (56) | ||
| 793875 | 2009-07-22 08:24:00 | I just saw the news, showing him during his sentencing and his very speedy exit from court. He was keeping up appearances, as fits his pride for himself, right up to the last, but he turned and exited the court very quickly, and I'm guessing he probably burst into tears as soon as he was beyond the public gaze. For a guy that had soooo much pride in himself, he sure showed a total and shameful loss of self control in doing this act of murder - and that's nothing to be proud of. Only human after all, eh, foolish mortal. And far, far short of perfect. Guilty of one of the worst crimes a human can commit. Time to re-adjust that self esteem in order for it to match the reality of his actions. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 793876 | 2009-07-22 09:36:00 | I feel NZ will only be safe if he dies in jail. The time required to stab someone that many times is a lot of time to decide to stop, leading me to suspect he just doesn't give a sh*t and would quite potentially do it again. |
george12 (7) | ||
| 793877 | 2009-07-22 09:56:00 | I found it odd that the mother of the victim, hugged the defence lawyer after the trial. I hope there isn't going to be an appeal. | robbyp (2751) | ||
| 793878 | 2009-07-22 10:31:00 | She did? Weird....but I guess she doesn't want to hold any resentment that will cause more grief. Not what I would do, but in some ways she did the right thing. | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 793879 | 2009-07-22 10:33:00 | She did? Weird....but I guess she doesn't want to hold any resentment that will cause more grief. Not what I would do, but in some ways she did the right thing. [pure speculation] Maybe she whispered something like "don't you dare appeal" into her ear? [/pure speculation] |
somebody (208) | ||
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