GUILTY Australia - Daniel Morcombe, 13, Woombye, QLD, 7 Dec 2003 - #2

[catswhiskers]

If heckling is the worst Cowan has to deal with, he is a lucky man. Luckier than any of his victims.

 

[marlywings]

March 30, 2014

THE nightmares are always the same. Arms outstretched, the little girl reaches up to her, crying for help.

A former girlfriend of Brett Peter Cowan has told how she fears for the fate of a little girl left alone in his care in the weeks leading up to his attack on a boy at a Darwin caravan park

Then, in 2003, she saw Daniel Morcombe on TV. Something about him reminded her of the boy from Darwin. And she and Cowan used to hitchhike from the spot he vanished from. She phoned police. Wrote them letters.

Then the nightmares started. Who was Crystal and where was she now? In her dreams the little girl would call out to her for help. “I just need to know she is OK,” Tracey said.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...win-caravan-park/story-fnihsrf2-1226868551653

 

[ozazure]

I figure Tim Meehan mustn't think much of Cowan either, he knows we will be rapt he is being abused verbally, no one is going to have sympathy for that "plight" - so letting us know is for our benefit. Thanks Tim.

I hope Denise can find peace in her sleep very soon. Daniel, comfort your mother as she dreams if you can xx

 

[they'll get you]

A former parole officer says it was his decision to move the man who killed Daniel Morcombe from a prison in the Northern Territory to Queensland.

He says he was certain Cowan would re-offend if he was released without treatment.

"It is history now that it was not successful but I had to try something," he said.

"My job is not to protect the crim, my job is to protect the community.

"To protect the community I wanted to have all bases covered but, unfortunately for Daniel and his family, we stuffed up.

"If we had a sexual offenders treatment program in the Territory at the time ... he might have stayed here and maybe it wouldn't have happened."

"I felt so sorry for the Morcombes because I knew I was the one who sent him there," Mr Drew said.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-14/nt-parole-officer-regrets-transfer-of-cowant-to-qld/5321586

 

[they'll get you]

The human mistake joins a list of notable scum

Mohamed Haneef – an Indian doctor accused of aiding terrorists[1]
Leonard Fraser – serial rapist
Dennis Ferguson – pedophile
Brett Peter Cowan – serial pedophile convicted with murdering Queensland school kid Daniel Morcombe

Wolston Correctional Centre is an Australian prison facility in Wacol, Queensland, Australia. Wolston is a 'protection' prison, and as such houses 600 inmates many paedophiles, sex offenders and high profile prisoners.

 

[they'll get you]

Link to above -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolston...ctional_Centre

BTW Peter Furguson has died so there's a bed vacant.

Thanks Nurse Fusky :loveyou:
:floorlaugh:

 

[janeom74]

March 30, 2014

THE nightmares are always the same. Arms outstretched, the little girl reaches up to her, crying for help.

A former girlfriend of Brett Peter Cowan has told how she fears for the fate of a little girl left alone in his care in the weeks leading up to his attack on a boy at a Darwin caravan park

Then, in 2003, she saw Daniel Morcombe on TV. Something about him reminded her of the boy from Darwin. And she and Cowan used to hitchhike from the spot he vanished from. She phoned police. Wrote them letters.

Then the nightmares started. Who was Crystal and where was she now? In her dreams the little girl would call out to her for help. “I just need to know she is OK,” Tracey said.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...win-caravan-park/story-fnihsrf2-1226868551653

What was the relevance of that encounter at Cowan's during Christmas? Where he took a piece of ham and it resulted in an argument with his brothers... am I missing something? It seems a bit arbitrary to bring it up.

 

[MsAnais]

What was the relevance of that encounter at Cowan's during Christmas? Where he took a piece of ham and it resulted in an argument with his brothers... am I missing something? It seems a bit arbitrary to bring it up.

It does seem kind of 'plonked' into the article!

That's due to bad editing IMO.

I think that the ex-girlfriend told the story to illustrate that all was not idyllic in the family. It's not normal for adult males to go outside and have a physical fight about a piece of ham.......that's what she was trying to demonstrate, I suspect.

But it's just a badly structured piece of journalism so the point isn't clearly made.MOO.

“I remember going to his parents’ place on Christmas Day,” she said.

“We were standing there in the kitchen and his mum was chopping up the ham. I specifically remember him (Cowan) grabbing a piece of ham and his brother slapped his hand away. There was a big argument and the boys went out and had a bit of a scuffle.”

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...win-caravan-park/story-fnihsrf2-1226868551653

 

[they'll get you]

A former parole officer says it was his decision to move the man who killed Daniel Morcombe from a prison in the Northern Territory to Queensland.

He says he was certain Cowan would re-offend if he was released without treatment.

"It is history now that it was not successful but I had to try something," he said.

"My job is not to protect the crim, my job is to protect the community.

"To protect the community I wanted to have all bases covered but, unfortunately for Daniel and his family, we stuffed up.

"If we had a sexual offenders treatment program in the Territory at the time ... he might have stayed here and maybe it wouldn't have happened."

"I felt so sorry for the Morcombes because I knew I was the one who sent him there," Mr Drew said.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-14/nt-parole-officer-regrets-transfer-of-cowant-to-qld/5321586

If there is an admittance of 'stuffing up', I'm thinking the Morcombes should be suing, LIKE NOW! They deserve every taxpayers cent and it may shake up our pathetic judicial system.

 

[janeom74]

It does seem kind of 'plonked' into the article!

That's due to bad editing IMO.

I think that the ex-girlfriend told the story to illustrate that all was not idyllic in the family. It's not normal for adult males to go outside and have a physical fight about a piece of ham.......that's what she was trying to demonstrate, I suspect.

But it's just a badly structured piece of journalism so the point isn't clearly made.MOO.

I thought that was what it was trying to illustrate, but wasn't sure. I know families that fight over food, but to go outside and have a physical fight over it... now that's just a whole new level of uncivilised, especially considering they were grown men. :facepalm:

 

[they'll get you]

I thought that was what it was trying to illustrate, but wasn't sure. I know families that fight over food, but to go outside and have a physical fight over it... now that's just a whole new level of uncivilised, especially considering they were grown men. :facepalm:

Maybe Isisrising could tell us that there maybe underlying issues.
Many old family feuds erupt at Christmas.
Example: 'good citizen brother' can't stand 'pedophile brother' and it was the sight of a pig being carved that was the catalyst.
:moo:

 

[they'll get you]

see video
Yahoo!7 April 2, 2014, 8:22 pm
FIRST ON 7: 7News has been granted exclusive access inside the police unit helping to identify Queensland's most wanted. Amanda Abate reports.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/video/watch/22331884/identifying-queensland-s-most-wanted/

 

[MsAnais]

Maybe Isisrising could tell us that there maybe underlying issues.
Many old family feuds erupt at Christmas.
Example: 'good citizen brother' can't stand 'pedophile brother' and it was the sight of a pig being carved that was the catalyst.
:moo:

I suspect you're right, TGY :seeya:

Just as you said, something was evidently triggered in the kitchen that day and the pent-up emotion erupted physically.

And it may well be for the reasons you describe regarding the brothers.......that would make sense IMO.

 

[marlywings]

April 09, 2014

A RED rose to match the colour of murder victim Daniel Morcombe's T-shirt the day he disappeared has been unveiled in Adelaide.

His parents, Bruce and Denise, say the release is "special and meaningful".

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...or-morcombe-fund/story-fnihsfrf-1226878511980

 

[marlywings]

This magnificent deep red rose is named to honour Queensland boy, Daniel Morcombe (1989-2003)

http://www.wagnersrosenursery.com.au/our-roses/new-releases/

 

[marlywings]

Lawyers for Daniel Morcombe killer Brett Peter Cowan file notice of appeal

April 09, 2014

LAWYERS for Daniel Morcombe’s killer have filed a notice of appeal on the grounds the jury should have never heard his confession to undercover police.

He also said Justice Atkinson should not have told the jury there was no evidence that Cowan could have learned of the location of Daniel’s body through another inmate — convicted pedophile Douglas Jackway — and that she should have allowed witnesses who knew Jackway to be called to give evidence at the trial.

Lastly, Mr Meehan said Justice Atkinson should have called a mistrial based on ``prejudicial publicity’’ published during court proceedings

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...notice-of-appeal/story-fnihsrf2-1226878989362

 

[ozazure]

Gah, stop wasting our time and money with these appeals and let the idiot rot. God just let him die in jail and put an end to it.

 

[ozazure]

On another note, that rose is beautiful, I am going to buy one for my mother for mother's day.

 

[they'll get you]

Channel 9 Today show said Bruce Morcombe is calling for change in the criminal justice system and wants past crimes revealed to jurors. Good call Bruce!

 

[Fuskier]

Channel 9 Today show said Bruce Morcombe is calling for change in the criminal justice system and wants past crimes revealed to jurors. Good call Bruce!

Thank you TGY for this update. Here is a link for further info:-

http://www.news.com.au/national/que...y-being-revealed/story-fnii5v6w-1226905141811
Bruce Morcombe calls for jurors to hear past crimes of defendants, after his son Daniel’s killer, Brett Peter Cowan, was tried without his criminal history being revealed

..."Mr Morcombe is the latest to voice calls for Queensland to follow the lead of the UK, where jurors have been told of past crimes for a decade.
Chief Justice Paul de Jersey last year proposed jurors be provided relevant criminal histories of defendants"...