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

[Fuskier]

Nine News Brisbane ‏@9NewsBrisbane 21s
Courtroom filling up with more people ahead of #Cowan sentencing. #9News #Morcombe

 

[Fuskier]

Sarah Elks ‏@sarahelks 48s
Brett Cowan has been taken out of the prisoner's dock and courtroom while Morcombe family are notified sentence will be soon #morcombe

 

[Fuskier]

Retweeted by Sarah Elks
Sean Parnell ‏@seanparnell 5m
Often critical of my profession, but HT to media for keeping Brett Cowan's shocking criminal history under wraps and avoiding a mistrial.

 

[Makara]

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[gregjrichards]

Does anyone know what kind of reputation Judge Atkinson has sentencing these type of crimes does she usually go for the maximum or mid way on the sentencing guidelines?

I just wondered if anyone knew what the length of sentences she has given in other cases.

Thank you for all your updates Fuskier you are a star we are all so grateful.

 

[Fuskier]

Nine News Brisbane ‏@9NewsBrisbane 33s
#Cowan is back in dock, lawyers have reassembled. Judge may reappear soon #9News #Morcombe

TEN News Queensland ‏@tennewsqld 1m
#MORCOMBE: Morcombe family about 10 minutes away from court. Judge will begin sentencing once they arrive. #EyewitnessNews

 

[Makara]

Bruce and Denise Morcombe have chosen not to be at the sentencing due to personal reasons.

 

[Karo]

It beggars belief that other prisoners threaten the man after all they are not saintly prisoners themselves.
The Morecombes don't want to be present for the sentencing.

 

[Makara]

Prisoners have threatened to bash Cowan.

 

[Fuskier]

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 32s
The Morcombe family has declined to be present for the sentencing of murderer Brett Cowan. #morcombe @abcnews

Josh Bavas ‏@JoshBavas 46s
The Morcombe family has told prosecutors they don't wish to be present in sentencing of Brett Peter Cowan. Justice is now in court.

Sarah Elks ‏@sarahelks 47s
The Morcombes have decided they will not be present for sentencing of Daniel's killer, for "reasons personal to them". #morcombe

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 1m
The Morcombe family will not be attending the sentencing.

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 59s
Personal reasons. Morcombe family has expressed gratitude for consideration shown by the court. #morcombe @abcnews

 

[gregjrichards]

Hi :seeya: I just want to say that treating sex offenders is not my specialty - my experience is with the victims of paedophiles.

I am now in private practice with adults, but the bulk of my work prior to this was with children and adolescents in the welfare sector. I did not have one client who hadn't been sexually abused, unfortunately :facepalm:

I just wanted to clarify that. Everything I've stated is MOO. A psychologist who actually works with sex offenders may have a far more sympathetic opinion toward them......

I just looked up some studies regarding Sex Offender Treatment Programme efficacy and there are a lot of grey areas in the data due to small sample sizes and - in what I see as a major flaw - the fact that they only count recidivism as occurring if the abuser formally re-enters the criminal justice system. So all of those paedophiles reoffending without getting caught are not counted in the recidivism rates! Dodgy IMO. But even with that flaw, the recidivism rates are not promising.

These guys are cunning. And so many victims are loathe to come forward. But it's impossible to measure those re-offenders who don't get caught again, obviously :banghead:

Isisrising thank you for your additional post. You must have a very difficult job it must be very distressing at times dealing with the victims who are in so much emotional pain but it must be so rewarding to help victims move forward with their lives as best they can.

I wonder if Cowan will be at a higher risk of committing suicide in jail not that I care about him at all I just want him to serve every day of his sentence.

 

[Fuskier]

Emmy Kubainski ‏@emmykubainski 1m
Prosecutors and Defence lawyers are back in court for Brett Cowan's sentence @7NewsBrisbane #Morcombe

 

[gregjrichards]

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 32s
The Morcombe family has declined to be present for the sentencing of murderer Brett Cowan. #morcombe @abcnews

Josh Bavas ‏@JoshBavas 46s
The Morcombe family has told prosecutors they don't wish to be present in sentencing of Brett Peter Cowan. Justice is now in court.

Sarah Elks ‏@sarahelks 47s
The Morcombes have decided they will not be present for sentencing of Daniel's killer, for "reasons personal to them". #morcombe

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 1m
The Morcombe family will not be attending the sentencing.

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 59s
Personal reasons. Morcombe family has expressed gratitude for consideration shown by the court. #morcombe @abcnews

I don't blame them they have suffered enough and have been through hell at court day in day out. God bless Daniel's parents and twin brother. I feel so sorry for all parents who have had a child cruelly taken from them.

 

[Fuskier]

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 40s
Justice Atkinson says she wants to put on the record people calling for longer sentences for sex offenders need to consider ramifications.

 

[Fuskier]

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 7s
Justice Atkinson orders Brett Peter Cowan to stand up. Reads out convictions. #morcombe @abcnews

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 14s
Justice Atkinson has called Brett Cowan to his feet. #morcombe

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 31s
Sentencing begins. #morcombe @abcnews

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 45s
She says if a sentence for a sex offence is the same as murder, it could lead to people killing to cover their crime. #morcombe

 

[Fuskier]

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 21s
The circumstances of your offending were described by you in chilling detail to undercover police. #morcombe

 

[Fuskier]

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 8s
You were in your own words and opportunistic offender. #morcombe @abcnews

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 14s
You saw an opportunity, you parked your car, you stood behind him, you waited. #morcombe

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 23s
Atkinson: You knew, but he did not, that the bus had broken down. You saw an opportunity. #morcombe @abcnews

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 33s
Justice Atkinson says she found his confession to undercover police to be accurate. #morcombe

 

[Fuskier]

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 29s
You offered a plausible story. You were waiting, as you said, for a friend. You offered him a lift. #morcombe @abcnews

Sarah Elks ‏@sarahelks 34s
Atkinson warns against sentencing sex offenders same as murderers; it could act as "perverse incentive" to kill victims #morcombe

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 41s
Then the bus went past him ... he wondered what he would do. Yu offered a plausible story.

 

[Fuskier]

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 25s
He walked with you to your car. He got in your car. You had, as you said, no intention of taking him to the shopping centre. #morcombe

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 36s
You didn't look like a monster, you didn't look like a paedophile. You looked like an ordinary person. #morcombe @abcnews

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 49s
You didn't look like a monster, you didn't look like a pedophile. You looked like an ordinary person. #morcombe

 

[Fuskier]

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 14s
When you got him inside, you pulled down his pants. He resisted and tried to run away. #morcombe @abcnews

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 15s
When you got him inside, you indecently dealt with him. He was horrified. #morcombe

Sarah Elks ‏@sarahelks 24s
Justice Atkinson has ordered Cowan stand up while she delivers his sentence. "You didn't look like a monster" to Daniel #morcombe

Josh Bavas ‏@JoshBavas 33s
"You didn't look like a monster, you didn't look like a pedophile, you looked like a normal person." J Ros Atkinson to Brett Cowan

Francene Norton ‏@francenenorton 37s
You were just thinking of what you would do with him. You drove him to an isolated area. Again you offered him a plausible story. #Morcombe

Kate Kyriacou ‏@KateKyriacou 39s
You were just thinking about what you could do with him. You took him to that very isolated location. #morcombe