GUILTY Australia - Daniel Morcombe, 13, Woombye, QLD, 7 Dec 2003 - #1

[Seabreeze1]

Due to the unimaginable crime committed and the fact its one of QLD highest profile cases ever, I would be very surprised if his sentence wasn't "never to be released" I just hope and pray that they can convict Jackway for this also. Then lock them both in a room to sort it out themselves for the remainder of their days.

 

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Monday 10th March 2014 Day 17 of Daniel Morcombe Trial today.

 

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SUPREME AND DISTRICT COURTS BRISBANE

LAW LIST
Monday 10 March 2014

SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND

SUPREME COURT CRIMINAL SITTINGS

COWAN Justice Atkinson Court 11,Floor 5 10:00 AM
(Trial Part Heard)

 

[SapphireSteel]

Could you post a link for the bolded thanks Sapphire??

This is the last report on Jackway when a decision was to made on whether to release him on a supervision order.

17th Dec 2013

Justice Martin Daubney has reserved his decision
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http://www.cqnews.com.au/news/justice-decide-if-dangerous-pedophile-be-released/2116082/

His application for parole will only be approved if he shows signs of rehabilitation.

Every psych he's come within cooee of has diagnosed him as a psychopath.

To date, psychopathy is a permanent condition which precludes the possibility of rehabilitation therefore, he will never be eligible for parole.

 

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http://www.news.com.au/national/rus...ed-to-know-today/story-fncynjr2-1226849850752

"The trial of the man accused of murdering Queensland schoolboy Daniel Morcombe is expected to draw to a close this week, reports AAP.
Jurors will today hear closing submissions at the trial of Brett Peter Cowan, accused of abducting and murdering 13-year-old Morcombe in December, 2003".

 

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Tegan George ‏@tegangeorge 2h
Massive day ahead in #Morcombe murder trial. Closing statements to begin at 10am tennewsqld

Tegan George ‏@tegangeorge 35s
Very crowded court for final submissions in Cowan trial. Due to start soon. #Morcombe @tennewsqld

 

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Today will be a significant day for the Morcombe family. It's been a long and emotionally exhausting journey for this family. Our thoughts are with you today. :candle:

 

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Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 26s
Mr Byrne: "He knew where these things were because he was the one who killed Daniel Morcombe and put them there." #morcombe @abcnews

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 22s
Mr Byrne tells jury no evidence to explain how Cowan came to know where Daniel's remains and clothes were. #morcombe @abcnews

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 1m
"He knew where these things were because he is the one who killed Daniel Morcombe and put them there." - Byrne re remains and clothing.

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 20s
Byrne says jury should pay attention to Cowan's admissions to undercover police and not his denials to detectives. #morcombe

Tessa Scott ‏@TessaScott9 59s
Closing address by the Prosecution in Brett Cowan's trial has begun @9NewsBrisbane #Morcombe

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 59s
Prosecutor Michael Byrne QC is reminding the jury that Cowan told police he "probably wouldn't" admit to killing Daniel. #morcombe

Josh Bavas ‏@JoshBavas 2m
Jury in Cowan trial told they most likely won't retire until tomorrow. #Morcombe

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 2m
The prosecution has started their closing argument in the Daniel Morcombe murder trial.

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 2m
Crown Prosecutor Michael Byrne QC begins his closing address. #morcombe @abcnews

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 4m
Week 5 of #morcombe murder trial underway. Standing room only in court room. @abcnews

 

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Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 38s
Byrne says witnesses who saw a blue car are either "mistaken" or their evidence irrelevant. #morcombe

 

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Josh Bavas ‏@JoshBavas 10s
Prosecutor M Byrne: "Brett Cowan acted with a murderous intent to kill." #Morcombe

Tessa Scott ‏@TessaScott9 11s
Prosecution say Cowan knew where things(remains/clothing)were because he was the one 1 who killed #Morcombe & put them there @9NewsBrisbane

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 14s
Mr Byrne tells jurors they should draw the inference that "Brett Cowan acted with murderous intent to kill." #morcombe @abcnews

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 52s
Mr Byrne says evidence about a blue car is either mistaken or irrelevant. #morcombe @abcnews

 

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Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 20s
Mr Byrne says most witnesses probably saw what they say they saw, but it hasn't got anything to do with Daniel Morcombe. #morcombe @abcnews

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 24s
There are some curious features to the case, Byrne says. Some things can't be explained. He asks jury to look at the compelling features.

Tegan George ‏@tegangeorge 57s
Crown: "He (Cowan) knew where these things (remains & clothes) were because he is the one who killed Daniel Morcombe and put them there."

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 23s
An important part of the prosecution case was the discovery of Daniel's remains and clothing - Byrne.

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 9s
Mr Byrne asks jury to accept the remains and clothing belong to Daniel Morcombe. @abcnews #morcombe

 

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Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 1m
Mr Byrne says 4 bone samples tested. All returned with strong likelihood they came from Daniel Morcombe. #morcombe @abcnews

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 50s
Byrne says DNA tests done on the bones showed a "strong likelihood" they were Daniel's remains. #morcombe

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 3m
Byrne reminds jury that experts considered the bones to have been at the scene for at least five years. #morcombe

Tessa Scott ‏@TessaScott9 3m
Crown telling jury witnesses who saw blue car/white van at overpass "are either mistaken or irrelevant" @9NewsBrisbane #Morcombe

 

[ozazure]

well that solves that mystery of the blue car and other man - the prosecution argument is to just ignore that as irrelevant. while i agree the remainder is compelling, that does nothing for my sense of enquiry.

 

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Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 16s
Mr Byrne: "No doubt people wanted to help, they genuinely wanted to help... that doesn't make it relevant." #morcombe @abcnews

Tessa Scott ‏@TessaScott9 25s
Mr Byrne telling jury not all witnesses who saw things at the overpass can be right. @9NewsBrisbane #Morcombe

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 1m
Sketches from descriptions from people on bus were very different. Byrne says witnesses can see the same thing but describe it differently.

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 51s
Mr Byrne says a reliable indicator is consistent evidence from bus passengers. Only saw a boy and one male. #morcombe @abcnews

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 2m
Mr Byrne: "Not all of them can be right". "The devil ladies and gentlemen sometimes has to be in the detail." #morcombe @abcnews

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 3m
All of the witnesses on the bus saw a boy and only one male. That consistency gives you a reliable platform to rely on - Byrne. #morcombe

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 4m
Byrne asks jury to consider witnesses "opportunity" to see what they've seen. We're they driving? How fast were they going? #morcombe

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 4m
Mr Byrne tells jurors they've heard from a lot of witnesses about what they saw under the overpass. #morcombe @abcnews 1/2

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 5m
"They have to be mistaken, some of them." - Byrne on witnesses. #morcombe

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 6m
None of the witnesses have been deliberately misleading but they can't all be right - Byrne. #morcombe

 

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Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 31m
Crown says accused Brett Cowan had a 1-2min window to take Daniel Morcombe. #morcombe @abcnews

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 34m
Crown going through list of witnesses, whose evidence it submits is unreliable or irrelevant. #morcombe @abcnews

Tegan George ‏@tegangeorge 43m
#Morcombe: Crown accept there was a blue car & white van + men assoc with these cars in the area when Daniel disappeared. @tennewsqld

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 43m
Byrne says Cowan lured Daniel away in that one or two minute window. #morcombe

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 43m
Byrne says there was only a 1 or 2 minute window bw the bus that didn't stop and the second bus that would have collected Daniel. #morcombe

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 44m
It's speculative to say anyone standing by a blue car had anything to do with Daniel's disappearance - Byrne. #morcombe

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 46m
Mr Byrne says jury should look at timeframe between 1.30-2.15pm. #morcombe @abcnews

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 50m
Mr Byrne says reliable body of evidence that Daniel #morcombe was waiting for a bus under overpass at or a little after 1.30pm. @abcnews

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 53m
Daniel Morcombe left to catch a bus to the Sunshine Plaza some time before 2pm. Was seen walking there around 1.20pm.

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 55m
Mr Byrne: "No doubt people wanted to help, they genuinely wanted to help... that doesn't make it relevant." #morcombe @abcnews

 

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Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 1m
Crown says evidence about man standing with leg propped up "not absolute certainty, but it points to (Cowan)" #morcombe @abcnews

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 24s
Jury shown a sketch of a man described by witness. Crown says it bears "a remarkable likeness to Brett Cowan". #morcombe @abcnew

Sarah Elks ‏@sarahelks 1h
Prosecutor Byrne: all the witnesses on the first bus that drove past Daniel #Morcombe consistently saw one boy, one man, and no car.

Sarah Elks ‏@sarahelks 1h
Byrne to jury: "When you look at the compelling features of the confessions (by Cowan) you will be left with no reasonable doubt." #morcombe

 

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Sarah Elks ‏@sarahelks 53s
Brett Cowan’s confessions to Daniel Morcombe killing should leave jury ‘no doubt', Crown says, via @australian http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...ve-jury-no-doubt/story-e6frg6nf-1226850299577 …

Brett Cowan’s confessions to Daniel Morcombe killing should leave jury ‘no doubt’
SARAH ELKS THE AUSTRALIAN MARCH 10, 2014 12:49PM

After four weeks of evidence in his Queensland Supreme Court trial, prosecutor Michael Byrne is delivering his closing address to the jury. Brett Cowan’s compelling confessions to the murder of Daniel Morcombe should leave a Supreme Court jury with “no reasonable doubt” of his guilt, prosecutors argue...

Once Mr Byrne is finished addressing the jury, defence barrister Angus Edwards will deliver his closing address. Mr Edwards told the jury when opening his case that Mr Cowan’s confessions were false...

 

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Sarah Elks ‏@sarahelks 2m
But Byrne says there is "simply no evidence" Jackway, the man the defence suggests killed Daniel Morcombe, was on Sunshine Coast that day

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 4m
Mr Byrne says nothing in the evidence points to Jackway being on the Sunshine Coast on 7th Dec 2003. #morcombe @abcnews

Sarah Elks ‏@sarahelks 4m
Prosecutor Byrne describes pedophile Douglas Jackway as one of more "colourful and spectacular" characters of Daniel Morcombe murder trial

Josh Bavas ‏@JoshBavas 4m
Prosecutor says witness (and child sex offender) Douglas Jackway was "not involved at all" in abduction + murder of Daniel #Morcombe.

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 4m
Mr Byrne turns to witness Douglas Jackway. "He is nothing more than a vile individual", but says he had nothing to do with it. #morcombe

 

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Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 1m
Mr Byrne says evidence about a blue car "is nothing but a red herring". #morcombe @abcnews

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 5m
Crown says Jackway convicted of horrendous crimes. But he's been used as a "cheap target" to suggest he was responsible. #morcombe @abcnews

Sarah Elks ‏@sarahelks 5m
Prosecutor Byrne says Jackway's criminal history makes him a "cheap target" for murder of Daniel Morcombe; he & blue car are "red herrings"

Tessa Scott ‏@TessaScott9 5m
Crown tells jury it is a "cheap target" to suggest Douglas Jackway is responsible for Daniel #Morcombe death @9NewsBrisbane

 

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Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 7m
Mr Byrne says Cowan's demeanour suggests anything other than a forced confession. #morcombe @abcnews

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 7m
Crown says in video confession to "Arnold", Cowan was relaxed, smiling, chatty. #morcombe @abcnews 1/2

Josh Bavas ‏@JoshBavas 8m
Prosecutor M Byrne says it's unlikely Cowan faked his confessions to undercover police because of the gravity of claims. #Morcombe

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 9m
Mr Byrne says confessions are "so powerful, they overcome any lingering questions..." #morcombe @abcnews

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 12m
Crown now moves onto confessional evidence. #morcombe @abcnews