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Under the Queensland Criminal Code there is more than one way you can ‘commit murder’ and you do not necessarily have to intend to kill someone there are several ways you can meet the elements. Under section 4 of s302 (Murder) it states it is immaterial that the offender did not...

http://www.examiner.com.au/story/652695/briefs/ Sept. 19, 2002, 2 p.m. Dog poo helps convict robber GOLD COAST - A clump of dog poo on a shoe has tripped up an armed robber who didn't watch his step on his way to hold up a Gold Coast TAB. While 26-year-old Jacob Michael Smith hid his...

If he has in fact been charged with murder as opposed to manslaughter, the police must believe they can prove ‘intent’, because that is the crucial difference between manslaughter and murder under the code. BUT there is more than one way you can ‘commit murder’ and you do not necessarily have...

I have tried to catch up so sorry if I have missed something and am asking something you guys have already dealt with. I read that the police found 2 phones with the final conversation recorded on them (they found them in the basement). Where did these phones come from and how did they have...

Not overly helpful unless you know the people in the street....? Family friend Jamie Ryder, who lives three houses away, said the usually quiet suburban street would never be the same. "No one can wrap their minds around what has happened to be quite honest," he said. "They are just the...

I would not be surprised if there was no CCTV/photos (from ATM) as sometimes for whatever reason bank ATM's do not have working cameras - however I do not believe that the bank cannot tell what time the attempted withdrawals were made. just saying.....

playing devil's advocate here. yes I was going to say earlier that a drug addict wouldnt attack her face etc etc but I deleted it (before I posted) as I remembered what that bath-salts man did a few years back (ate that poor guys face). I think with some of these new drugs in particular it is...

Perhaps...if she was found in any other position rather than sitting on her lounge this may be plausible. But again, a random burglar is more likely to do whatever to immobilise the victim and leave, not slash them in the face and chest many many times (and then sit them on the lounge)...

How coincidental it is that he was seen looking into her house and she returns home soon after that. At which point he returns? Just saying.....it sounds like he was looking for her.

Has anyone made a potential/speculative time line? What information do we have? 10.30 neighbour heard scream? what time did kylie return from shopping? I also wonder if maybe 'he' visited her twice - maybe took her card and pin, went to the ATM where the pin didnt work and then returned and...

Nothing new to add really, except the more I read the less I think it was a random burglary. IF it was, and the perpetrator was the man in the hoodie seen by the tradesman, why would the perpetrator look into the house and leave and come back later when she was home? And as stated earlier, the...

Well, that is the thing, IrisRising. There are s0o many conflicting reports. WHile most say she was dead when the girls found her, there is one that says that she was dying and another saying she was clinging to life (or something like that) and that the ambulance paramedics worked on her for...

I dont really have anything much to add to what had already been said, except that i am really pleased to see some more action on this case, because it distresses me that such a horrific crime can go unsolved for so long. the thing that I find really confusing is that the type of...

I must admit when I found the pdf I wondered if they had somehow forgotten to restrict access to their articles/database as I was surprised it was accessible.

that is correct, The point (or at least what I took home) of the article was that while the details on the victim , who are usually not around to defend themselves can be discussed at great length's, details on the ALLEGED attacker are suppressed, and that the portrayal often resulted in...

Hi JudgeJudy, I know the article you are talking about and it has been posted but removed as it was an academic research article on 2 case studies of intimate partner violence and contained information that at that time was not allowed on this forum. not sure if it is allowed now that the...

He's not on trial for being an a-hole. He is on trial for murder. And it needs to be (by law, not my opinion) guilty 'beyond reasonable doubt'. And that is the problem - no matter what has been said etc etc if there is any doubt in the judge's mind then she should find him not guilty. He is...

the only thing I know of (ie witnessed ONCE so have seen how freaky it is) is 'roid rage' - which I gather was (in that case) synthetic (and illegally but apparently easily imported steroids)....very, very scary. cannot imagine personally why anyone would do that stuff but them I am SO not into...

the one thing that crossed my mind with regards to his income, and it is totally unrelated to his 'alleged crime' is that if he catered to 'high end athletes' then perhaps that would be not only include legal substances but also illegal and/or imported substances. I dont know much about that...

I dont think we have a 'free press' when it comes to trials do we? Certainly in some states information is suppressed and social media sites have created havoc with people being worried that trials will result in mistrials due to publicity etc. Someone please 'invite' an Australian legal...