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That whole article, my god.

I expect they'll tell us a date for the delivery of the decision, and it will be in a few months, not a few weeks.

OK, but what if somebody wore Sam's watch into the forest, carried her phone too, walked/ran down to Recreation Road where cars come by every few minutes, and waited for one to pass. Then took off the watch and switched off the phone, thus faking a 'catastrophic event' then and there and...

If you were in a forest like that, you wouldn't necessarily know who else was there. There's trees and hills and stuff that block the line of sight. Even if not in a forest you probably couldn't see another person 4km away. <modsnip>

Police have extra powers to investigate organizations on the OMCG list. (Not all bikie groups are OMCG.) Here is something on the legal situation in the different states . . . scroll down for Victoria. While the original article was 2009, latest update was last December, so I'm hoping that...

. . . the emergence of ‘Nike Bikies’—younger members who are attracted to OMCGs [outlaw motorcycle gangs] less for the camaraderie, freedom and love of motorcycles, and more for status and opportunities for illicit profit through organised crime activity. Empirical research . . . supports this...

Apparently Torney wasn't charged with murder because following the autopsy police couldn't prove that his actions directly caused Emma's death. Assault accused gives the middle finger to court It seems proving causation wasn't a problem with Gargasoulas. As they don't have Samantha's body on...

That one is still doubtful, whether it's him or not, as far as I know.

Lawyer: I'm sorry, I have to ask you this. Do you have a drug or alcohol problem? PS: Nah mate, not at all. No shortage in Ballarat.

I infer that no evidence of Samantha was found in or on the accused's car. It's going to be crucial in my opinion that there is no gap in the watch data between the time of the "last photograph" of Samantha outside her house--still well inside her property--and the time of "catastrophic event"...

That applies to civil proceedings--ie not criminal proceedings. I didn't get to the bottom of it in a couple of hours. I gave up. I have got so many browser tabs open. Better than yesterday; when I ask Google any legal question it seems to assume that either I've been charged with a DUI or...

Wow, that's a rabbit-hole. Some of where it leads is limited to the Common Law Division of the County Court, which is not relevant. But the general basis is section 4 of the Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1958. This gives the Supreme Court and the County Court the power to take...

The problem would be that he couldn't be cross-examined. The defence would have grounds for objecting that his evidence therefore wasn't admissible.

I'm expecting fiction as well. But make it good.

Also: assuming a guilty finding, more time in remand facility = less time in prison facility. Conditions in remand are likely preferable.

I wonder if all the fees are to a lower scale in the Magistrates Court.

I imagine that apart from preparing her case, she's researching for a literary endeavour. The company would be interesting for a while, and then I think quite suddenly very very boring.

Are committals heard by a jury? I don't think they are.

I would think so, depending on computer availability.

Could easily go the other way. My guess is she wants the fame/infamy where she's known.