The Crown v Gerard Baden-Clay, 10th July - Trial Day 18

[Freya1977]

Leonie Mellor ‏@leoniemellor 32s

Judge talks through defence scenario - Allison went for walk, possibly drowned, jumped or fell. @abcnews #badenclay

 

[squizzey1]

Just to add to my previous post about the sentence for manslaughter, if there is a murder or manslaughter verdict, there will be a guilty on the interference with a corpse charge. They will likely be concurrent sentences.

concurrent DAMN :gaah:

 

[Amee]

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 50s

Judge says defence said Gerard did not have to give evidence, but he did. #badenclay

 

[Freya1977]

GBC is only on trial for murder in this trial, not interfering with a corpse. Even though it has been implied throughout the proceedings.

Ali, is this correct?

 

[PrimeSuspect]

David Murray ‏@TheMurrayD 42s
Defence said Gerard wanted to give evidence at the trial, exposed himself to cross examination - Justice Byrne

 

[Amee]

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 48s

Judge is now summing up the prosecution case. #badenclay

Judge says Crown said Gerard and Allison appeared to be the perfect couple, but they weren't. #badenclay

 

[Freya1977]

Katrina Blowers ‏@katrinablowers 1m
Justice Byrne has now completed his summation of the defence closing argument for the #badenclay jury. Next, prosecution's case.

Leonie Mellor ‏@leoniemellor 1m
Judge: defence says #badenclay not someone to kill wife cold-bloodedly, explode on the quick. @abcnews #badenclay

 

[PrimeSuspect]

David Murray ‏@TheMurrayD 1m
Now on to summing up the prosecution case

Circumstantial cases can be powerful, prosecution said - Justice Byrne

 

[Amee]

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 21s

Judge says Crown said Gerard had pressures from many angles in April, 2012. #badenclay

 

[squizzey1]

GBC is only on trial for murder in this trial, not interfering with a corpse. Even though it has been implied throughout the proceedings.

that's not what alioop said

 

[Freya1977]

Leonie Mellor ‏@leoniemellor 1m
Judge now going through prosecution case. #badenclay @abcnews

Sarah Elks ‏@sarahelks 1m
We're at p109 of Justice Byrne's summing up. He's now started to talk about the prosecution case. #badenclay

 

[Greg]

Thank you marly and for being so nice i hereby promise that i wont call any of the accused a derogatory name for the next couple of hours at least

 

[AAAA]

Thanks Freya, that makes things a bit clearer for me. If not manslaughter then I'd say a hung jury. Based only upon the evidence that has been presented to the jury.

 

[Venus13]

Someone asked a question about the sentence for manslaughter. Both murder and manslaughter have maximum of life imprisonment but murder of one person has a minimum of no parole of 20 years but 15 if GBC is convicted as the law changed after Allison was killed.

Thank you Alioop that has really helped!

 

[Tishy]

Thank you marly and for being so nice i hereby promise that i wont call any of the accused a derogatory name for the next couple of hours at least

I can only promise to try
Sorry

 

[Amee]

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 46s

Judge says Crown case is that Allison would not have been upset about birth of nephew. It had been six years since her last birth.#badenclay

 

[Amee]

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 43s

Judge says Crown said Allison was a reluctant exerciser. She would not have walked 13km, nobody saw her walking. #badenclay

 

[PrimeSuspect]

David Murray ‏@TheMurrayD 1m
Scientific certainty is not to be expected, prosecution - Justice Byrne

Allison was a reluctant exerciser, had plans that morning, did not walk to the bridge, prosecution - Justice Byrne

There was not a single sighting of Allison walking, prosecution said - Justice Byrne

 

[Amee]

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 45s

Judge says Crown showed rainfall records, creek would not have been muddy at the time. Area leading down to creek was vegetated. #badenclay

 

[Freya1977]

Katrina Blowers ‏@katrinablowers 1m

At this pace of judge's summation, it's possible the #badenclay jury could be sent out to deliberate by lunch. @7NewsBrisbane