'NO JUSTICE WHEN WILL OF PEOPLE IS IGNORED
COMMENT JANET FIFE-YEOMANS
JUSTICE is the will of the people.
Its a proverb so simple and so common, I had actually found it once on a message in something as mundane as a Christmas cracker I had pulled one festive season.
But when it came to the heartbreaking death of Lynette Daley, it turned out that even a cheap mass-produced Christmas insert made more sense than a decision of the states top prosecutor.
Yesterday it took just 32 minutes for a jury to hand down the will of the people and justice for the dead 33-year-old mother. It was justice that Ms Daleys family would never have seen if the DPP Lloyd Babb SC had his way.
When he took over the top job in July 2011, Paul Maris and Adrian Attwater had been charged by detectives over Ms Daleys sad and lonely death on a north coast beach.
One of the first decisions on Babbs watch was to drop the charges.'
Lynette Daleys family say they are vindicated by yesterdays verdict.
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'There is not enough evidence to establish that Mr Attwater committed the inlawful and dangerous act which led to Lynettes death, he wrote to Ms Daleys family.
Not only was the young woman too drunk to consent to sex with the men, her insides had been ripped apart. The injuries left her bleeding to death. But that, according to Babb, was not a crime.
It was an inexplicable slap in the face for Ms Daleys family and her seven children.
The young woman had already had a tough life.
Said by one of her sisters to be kind-hearted and wanting everyone to be happy, she had been a victim of domestic violence almost since her first boyfriend. All Lynettes partners used to belt her, her sister told a 2014 inquest into her death.
After The Daily Telegraph revealed the shocking injustice that her attackers had gone free, the will of the people swung in. Public pressure led to charges being laid.
Lloyd Babb owes Lynette Daleys family an apology.
They are unlikely to get one.'
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