The Crown v Gerard Baden-Clay, 7th July - Trial Day 15

[Amee]

Caroline Overington ‏@overingtonc 34s

Gerard could legally have walked away from his business #badenclay

 

[JK673]

Kate Kyriacou @KateKyriacou · 37s
Byrne says there was "a really positive balance" of about half a million dollars. #badenclayut half a million dollars. #badenclay

Kate Kyriacou @KateKyriacou · 55s
Byrne says the friends testified that Gerard could have let those businesses go broke and walk away. #badenclay

Kate Kyriacou @KateKyriacou · 53s
Byrne says there was no personal risk to Gerard. #badenclay

Kate Kyriacou @KateKyriacou · 28s
Byrne says this was the opinion of Gerard's close friend Rob Cheesman. #badenclay

Yes BUT his friends stood to be the losers there and given his "reputation" he would not want that to happen -especially with friends who could give him lots of money

 

[Freya1977]

Sarah Elks ‏@sarahelks 45s
That Gerard #badenclay was motivated by financial stress to murder his wife is "just a furphy", defence says.

 

[ollijack]

That's it damn it..damn it....I refuse to listen to these lies...cannot believe the Law what a joke.

 

[Amee]

Caroline Overington ‏@overingtonc 53s

Certainly not the kind of pressure that would lead him to kill his wife #badenclay

 

[JK673]

Kate Kyriacou @KateKyriacou · 37s
Byrne says Gerard's other friend Stuart Christ also went through financial records. #badenclay

Love how he had to use "friends" to back him up - was it because NO EXPERT would?

 

[Freya1977]

If he was doing so well, why were they months and months behind on all their payments, and begging for money from their local member? Why did they have to get an extension on their insurance payment? What a load of rubbish!

 

[Amee]

Sarah Elks ‏@sarahelks 45s
That Gerard #badenclay was motivated by financial stress to murder his wife is "just a furphy", defence says.

furphy? Seen that word used a lot in here lately

 

[Thinking]

David Murray ‏@TheMurrayD 57s
You don't have sympathy for him, Allison, family, that's not how it works - defence #badenclay
How do you pass over that, media says he did it - defence #badenclay

Sarah Greenhalgh ‏@GreenhalghSarah 1m
Defence: "You do not make excuses for the absence of evidence, because Allison is dead & someone should be punished" #badenclay @tennewsqld

BBM.

Re the emphasis on the media - do you think they will use media misrepresentation as grounds for appeal if he is found guilty, they seem to be insinuating that the media have been inferring he is guilty...

 

[toe]

You don't borrow money if you arn't under finanacial pressure.

 

[Freya1977]

Tessa Scott ‏@TessaScott9 46s
Defence says financial stress as murder motive is "just a furphy." @9NewsBrisbane #badenclay

Sarah Elks ‏@sarahelks 1m
Barrister Michael Byrne, for Gerard #badenclay , apologises to jury for acting like a 'broken record' - they need to look at the evidence

Leonie Mellor ‏@leoniemellor 1m
Byrne: on the evidence you'd be satisfied there was not this financial pressure, let alone to kill. "It's a furphy." @abcnews #badenclay

 

[Pastafarian]

If GBC wasn't under financial pressure why "desperate' phone call to Bruce Flegg ?

 

[JK673]

Kate Kyriacou @KateKyriacou · 58s
Byrne says the third friend was Peter Cranna. All three were happy to lend money to Gerard after going through documents. #badenclay

Kate Kyriacou @KateKyriacou · 14s
We are adjourning for lunch. Back at 2.30pm. #badenclay

 

[catswhiskers]

Yes, it is not unusual for nobody to hear anything. I think I'm outside the norm, the smallest thing can wake me yet as a child, I lived near a train line that regularly had large diesel freight trains running at all hours and never heard them.

It's been bugging me that he has carried on about the girls not hearing anything so much. They were sound asleep - if children awoke to every sound they hear from their bedtime onward, we'd all be stark raving mad. The majority of children can and do sleep through the noises of their household and neighbourhoods every single night. I don't know of any homes where the rest of the house is silenced after the kids are put to bed - I'd say most children are able to sleep through the noise of the older family members talking (and arguing sometimes), watching tv, playing music, washing up and doing other chores, heck ... even partying with friends.
Don't start me on how long it takes teens when you actually want them to get up and about!

 

[Freya1977]

Katrina Blowers ‏@katrinablowers 45s
#badenclay trial adjourned until 2.30pm when the defence will continue their closing argument. @7NewsBrisbane

David Murray ‏@TheMurrayD 35s
A break until 2.30pm, when Michael Byrne QC will continue closing argument for defence #badenclay

Sarah Elks ‏@sarahelks 56s
Queensland Supreme Court adjourns until 2pm for legal discussion, back at 2.30pm with jury #badenclay

 

[JK673]

I am happy to keep up with Kate's tweets after lunch guys

 

[Total]

:floorlaugh:

BBM.

Re the emphasis on the media - do you think they will use media misrepresentation as grounds for appeal if he is find guilty, they seem to be insinuating that the media have been inferring he is guilty...

Well....just saying....it looks like he may be able to pay for an appeal......:floorlaugh::facepalm:

 

[samanthaj]

1:00pm: Mr Byrne said the three friends - Robert Cheesman, Stuart Christ and Peter Cranna - who had each loaned Mr Baden-Clay $90,000 were not concerned about the real estate agent's financial position.


1:01pm: The court has adjourned for lunch and will resume at 2pm for legal argument.

The jury will be required to return at 2.30pm


Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/que...y-15-week-5-20140707-3bhb6.html#ixzz36kRUhdp0

 

[toe]

Caroline Overington ‏@overingtonc 34s

Gerard could legally have walked away from his business #badenclay

Why would he need to walk away if he wasn't under finanacial pressure? You don't walk away from a profitable business.

 

[Trooper]

if he could have walked away, why didn't he?? he couldn't.. his identity was tied up in that Yellow Jacket.. his entire psyche was seen thru the prism of Mr Big Time RealEstate guru.. it was because he couldn't walk away from it, that he murdered his wife..