You're right about that. I was following that case from the day it started but I had to leave and just check on it occasionally during the day. I couldn't handle some of the sniping and snapping. People here are very nice tho! :loveyou:
Regarding this guy, RH, I find it very disturbing that some of the info that was suppressed regarding previous things that he had done - meeting other young ladies, basically trolling around this gumdrop website, etc., could have been information that the jury - in my opinion - needed to know. Here, they will try to get stuff like that admitted to show a pattern of behavior - especially if that behavior is starting to escalate. I shudder to think how many times really important stuff, as far as I'm concerned, is suppressed. I know as a juror, I would have been mad as %#@& if I found out AFTER the fact, that the guy on trial had made a habit of doing these types of things and was showing signs of escalation.
Responding to ads via gumtree is not a crime, so from a jury's perspective it is not relevant, otherwise we would have a lot more people facing charges. Before everyone starts disputing this, I am not denying what his intentions were. Even the defence admitted in the closing he was "hated, creepy and sleezy".