Jimmy Savile

Yeah and that'll come out in the appeal process. I don't know what the trial judge said, but if he explained to them the weight they should give to certain evidence against other evidence, or lack thereof; i.e he did everything right, then there are no grounds.

I haven't heard an commentary thus far casting doubt on anything but the reliability of the evidence and that mainly came from the first 45 minutes of Andrew Bolt's show last night. Some of the stuff you mentioned is in the realm of original court process. If the jury was instructed correctly the higher court would have to go out on a limb.

But again I haven't seen any transcripts.

Pell's defence lawyer sounds like a piece of work.

Basil wrote:Pell's defence lawyer sounds like a piece of work.

Aye. His comments describing the crimes as vanilla were vile.

Robert 'Rigor Mortis' turns a colourful phrase but I expect even Pell cringed at that.

I thought it was an admission of guilt.

Did'nt take long did it

Admit to laughing at the images.

Ultimately tho people like the Pellvert are on borrowed time before they meet the blessed silence of death and the simple alteration of carbon.

Well this is going to drag on for a bit (if Bolt has anything to do with it) but those memes probably sum it up. Betya little johnny rat qunt wouldn't have said a thing if he was still seeking office anywhere but the Rock Spider protection unit in Long Bay.

Meanwhile, there is a special place in hell reserved for this prick...

https://www.smh.com.au/national/western-australia/perth-paedophile-jailed-for-21-years-over-group-rape-of-six-year-old-girl-20190301-p5118t.html

Jesus Christ! What about Mummy?

Anyone watch the Michael Jackson show?

Pellvert will spend at least 3 years and 8 months in gaol unless his appeal is successful.

This has been flying under the radar

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-47561781

taipan wrote:This has been flying under the radar

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-47561781

Steel has since been suspended by his party.

Basil wrote:

taipan wrote:This has been flying under the radar

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-47561781

Steel has since been suspended by his party.

That's how I picked up on it. He is a total disgrace.

taipan wrote:

Basil wrote:

taipan wrote:This has been flying under the radar

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-47561781

Steel has since been suspended by his party.

That's how I picked up on it. He is a total disgrace.

The sheer ambivalence of his attitude is appalling. Sadly it is probably in tune with prevailing attitudes at the time.

Dem!!!!

Great to see you.

For Q.

The Pell appeal rejection (2-1) probably belongs in here.

Yeah couldn't remember where the last discussion took place. Though it's about as political as it gets.

horrie will be pleased, although Pell is now going to his last chance appeal.

Cosby appeal rejected

"Bill Cosby has lost his bid to overturn his sexual assault conviction, as an appeals court ruled in the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era.

In its ruling, the Superior Court upheld the right of prosecutors to call other accusers to bolster their case — the same issue that was fought over in pre-trial hearings before movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial.

“This decision is a reminder that no one is above the law,” Andrea Constand, the victim in Cosby’s case, said.

Cosby’s lawyers in his appeal said the suburban Philadelphia judge had improperly allowed the five women to testify at last year’s retrial although he’d let just one woman testify at the first trial in 2017.

But the Superior Court said Pennsylvania law allows the testimony if it shows Cosby had a “signature” pattern of drugging and molesting women.

“Here, the (prior bad act) evidence established appellant’s unique sexual assault playbook,” the court said, noting that “no two events will ever be identical.”

The court went on to say that the similarities were no accident."

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Rot in hell, you grub.