Australia - Martin Place siege: 2 Hostages killed in Lindt Chocolate shop, Dec 2014 - #2

[RazTaz]

Please know there are many here that have Australia in our thoughts and prayers.

 

[Ausgirl]

He was let out on bail for the murder because the magistrate thought he and his gf "weren't a threat to the public".

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...-weak-magistrate/story-e6frg6nf-1226781538379

Kick that fricken magistrate the eff out of here too! With the lawyer!

Can't let rage fester on this right now. I will never sleep. Will foam at mouth in morning.

Staying up to see how the other hostages are doing

 

[FigTree]

Channel 9 said they wont speculate at the present as to what has happened to the hostages and the hostage taker until confirmation.
http://www.9news.com.au/

 

[Elley Mae]

He was let out on bail for the murder because the magistrate thought he and his gf "weren't a threat to the public".

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...-weak-magistrate/story-e6frg6nf-1226781538379

bbm, If he is an elected official? Have him voted out, no?

 

[sleepinoz]

bbm, If he is an elected official? Have him voted out, no?

No we don't elect judges or magistrates - shame

 

[04009margaret]

bbm, If he is an elected official? Have him voted out, no?

They are appointed

 

[Elley Mae]

No we don't elect judges or magistrates - shame

Someone is responsible for his position, someone.

 

[SouthAussie]

No we don't elect judges or magistrates - shame

Yeah, they basically appoint each other ... it is all very incestuous, and they protect each other. It sucks.

 

[sleepinoz]

Someone is responsible for his position, someone.

Appointed by peers, panels, politicians etc

 

[Ellmau]

Interestingly, the nagistrate actually had a reputation for harsh sentencing:


http://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/spotlight-on-magistrate-sentencing-darryl-pearce/562358/
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/dead-man-did-not-need-a-prison-cell-20100618-ymu2.html

Maybe he was overcompensating.

 

[Ausgirl]

ISIS so far appear to not be touching this with a barge pole.

So far.

 

[FigTree]

Channel 9 confirms 2 people are deceased and one of them is the Hostage taker.
http://www.9news.com.au/

 

[SouthAussie]

Interestingly, the nagistrate actually had a reputation for harsh sentencing:


http://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/spotlight-on-magistrate-sentencing-darryl-pearce/562358/
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/dead-man-did-not-need-a-prison-cell-20100618-ymu2.html

Maybe he was overcompensating.

I guess that is a matter of opinion .. 6 months for driving while disqualified. I think that is fair. I guess others think he should have given a slap on the hand.

 

[jojo87]

Waaah he should have been locked up buuut not authorities fault IMO.
Judges and lawyers not LE. LE do their best its up to a judge to refuse bail.

 

[Elley Mae]

In the header is says he's dead, but no place else in the article that I can see.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html eta here

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2873855/Gunman-takes-hostages-cafe-Sydney.html

 

[Bravo]

This is horrific and sad enough but this time of year......sigh

 

[sleepinoz]

Channel 9 confirms 2 people are deceased and one of them is the Hostage taker.
http://www.9news.com.au/

They're screening "one believed to be gunman" - oh dear

 

[Ausgirl]

http://www.michaelsmithnews.com/201...fensive-letters-to-dead-diggers-families.html

^ Got no jail for the letters. Stabbed & burned his wife, duped & raped women... out on bail....

I gotta wonder. I really do. Let us hope (one more time, over one more dead innocent) that our courts *learn something* from this.

 

[SouthAussie]

Channel 9 confirms 2 people are deceased and one of them is the Hostage taker.
http://www.9news.com.au/

I want to hear it from the police commissioner ... I wonder if he'll wait until morning to hold a presser. Well, later this morning .. at a reasonable time, I mean.

(Geez .. it is late! Oh boy ... )

 

[SouthAussie]

Ch 2 News just said police are yet to confirm that hostage-taker has been killed in the siege.