drsleuth
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Last mention was 12th March - next Tuesday.
Unfortunately the Supreme Court in Vic doesn't list ahead of time.
BBM........that's annoying
Last mention was 12th March - next Tuesday.
Unfortunately the Supreme Court in Vic doesn't list ahead of time.
This is the first trial I have followed on websleuth... is the trial starting this month?
This is the first trial I have followed on websleuth... is the trial starting this month?
Sure is, unless old Borce decides to plead guilty..............
Sure is, unless old Borce decides to plead guilty..............
No. If he pleads guilty to murder, there will be no trial, just a sentencing hearing.Does that mean if he pleads guilty just before that he will have to confess as to what happened?
It was right up there with Victoria's Dumbest murders. From the get go, the story was absurd, Borce looked desperately guilty, and it was plain as day that Karen was dead, dead and gone, had been dead for days before she was reported missing, and not by a grieving husband , either.
Borce forgot to practice being bewildered and puzzled. Him and Vlasko had a story that , in their shared stupidity, explained everything, Karen had run off, with a false passport, ( easy to get, says Vlasko ) and that was that.
They both looked so silly, no one , even with the best hearted sympathy , could work up a process of believing in Borce.
That's how dumb Borce was/is. And then he just got stupider, as TGY described. It was as if the anchor of stupidity had firmly and permanently hung itself about his scrawny neck, and he couldn't shake it off.
Whatever he did, whatever he said, it all was heavily painted with a firm veneer of deep unavoidable stupid, every day, until the day they arrested him. The sudden memory of driving Karens' car, the idiotic fuel indicator story, the mysterious missing $800 , the ditzy son, the peculiar daughter, the crazy brother, the eerie fortune teller, the strangely silent sister in law. ..
No. If he pleads guilty to murder, there will be no trial, just a sentencing hearing.
The driving force for Borce to roll over would be the quite significant discount he gets for a guilty plea. At his age, it would be paramount, a 20% knockoff off the years before he can apply for parole. It could mean that he could apply in 18 years , or even less, for a parole, with a lot of annoying conditions, naturally, but , parole, nonetheless.
It is one thing to maintain one's 'dignity', but Borce has been in the Remand centre now for a 18 months nearly, and he knows by now that his good days are over , and it will be hard time from here on in.
It is a delicate position for a bloke to be in. Go for broke and try and fool a judge and jury, or come clean and lessen the mandatory years ( he gets a life sentence, it's only the time when he has a 20% chance of gaining parole sooner ) .. long hard years, at his time of life.
18 months where he could have admitted what he did but still hasn’t.
While he’s locked up he doesn’t have to worry about keeping a roof over his head, finding a real job or paying bills, which might suit him.
18 months where he could have admitted what he did but still hasn’t.
While he’s locked up he doesn’t have to worry about keeping a roof over his head, finding a real job or paying bills, which might suit him.