Australia Australia - Marion Barter, 51, missing after trip to UK, June 1997 #7

[Deleted member 249471]

Fraud of every kind and colour!

 

[Passingthru]

Centrelink fraud?

Doubt there even was a pension. (Struggling to believe that pensions were given for PTSD/PTS in the 80s)

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Morning Tea

Court adjourned til 12. Half an hour from now.

 

[vivienbee]

I just want to say kudos to the NSW police. I know things were an utter shambles initially and so much has been lost but it's clear that they, and the lawyers, have genuinely done their research.

 

[Seabreeze1]

Makes me angry how often she sighs, like she is bored and cant be bothered.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

They might find a black tube with valuables in it

If this ever turns into a criminal investigation and they search his house, I would hope they dig up the yards to see what he has buried there!

 

[KeenSleuth17]

It's confirmed Casselden meant Abel Florent

OMFG she gave him the name Ric! Is she the mastermind behind all this?

I wouldn’t call her a mastermind by any stretch of the imagination. She seems quite the opposite, or plays dumb. Not sure. However the jury is coming together on her - she is much more guilty than she is naive I think. She seems to be covering for him to the nth degree and I think it’s becoming clear that she is not being entirely truthful. Anyone else hear her slip up that she saw/heard something on the news (and then quickly rectify that statement) - despite her saying yesterday she hadn’t seen or heard anything about the case in media?

 

[Behrnsy]

I hope she hits him over the head with her handbag and gets her fancy lawyer to draw up divorce documents in the morning tea break.

 

[mishy66]

Makes me angry how often she sighs, like she is bored and cant be bothered.

I just think she is scared of the inquest and that she may be implicated due to his dealings. I dont think she knew much at all apart from a few affairs and a few name changes. She lived with a manipulating Psycho so she was probs just as much a victim as the others caught in his web.

 

[KeenSleuth17]

Way to go NSW Police finding THIRTY ALIASES. That’s pretty damn impressive. And still I wonder how many they missed…

Way to go WebSleuths & Sally

 

[Derleedl]

I hope she hits him over the head with her handbag and gets her fancy lawyer to draw up divorce documents in the morning tea break.

hahahaha

 

[KeenSleuth17]

She literally sits back anytime she’s asked about/talks about overseas trips.

Be interesting to get a body language expert onto this!!!!

 

[ikarka]

I am all for giving people the benefit of the doubt but come on... you know your husband has been *imprisoned* for fraud; you know he's constantly changing his name with no proper explanation why; and you know you're living relatively comfortably (with overseas travel) on apparently a disability pension. But it never occurred to you something shifty might be going on?

At absolute, generous best IMO she didn't ask questions because she knew she didn't want to hear the answers which is no better than being actively aware in my view.

 

[Deleted member 249471]

I just want to say kudos to the NSW police. I know things were an utter shambles initially and so much has been lost but it's clear that they, and the lawyers, have genuinely done their research.

They have heaps on RB's sketchy lifelong activity. I just hope they have as much detail on when RB's life intersected with Marion's, and her final movements.

 

[Podcast Tragic]

With all the travel questions/name questions I thought he was going to reveal a passport for her in a different name with travel details.

 

[MrsEmmaPeel]

As to the question of what happened to the victims: from Tinder Swindler-- as has been stated before -- if a con plays his cards right, there is nothing to show he coerced or stole. The victim is left with her embarrassment and no case. In my situation, my mother was one of my husband's victims. She chose not to prosecute because he was my children's father. Looking back, I think she made the wrong decision. None of the other individuals or companies prosecuted-- because all of them had been derelict in supervision.

 

[caitlincurious]

Just catching up. I do believe Diane had no idea about the Ballina coin company, idk I just genuinely feel that RB has conned her as much as anyone. Like I said earlier, if she turned a blind eye she is still guilty and responsible, but that doesn't mean she was a mastermind accomplice

 

[Derleedl]

Do we know if we will get to see the live proceedings once RB takes the stand?

 

[Deleted member 249471]

I hope she hits him over the head with her handbag and gets her fancy lawyer to draw up divorce documents in the morning tea break.

I wish I had an Amen emoji to use here.

 

[KeenSleuth17]

How was her mess up re the daughter obtaining discounted flights - but she was in school then lol

Haha amusing. She obviously has a bag of tricks up her sleeve and thought to pull that one out however it was the wrong time.
On another note, was it the daughter who came up on the screen at one point and then quickly exited out?