GUILTY Australia - Tiahleigh Palmer, 12, slain, Pimpama River, Qld, 30 Oct 2015 *Arrests* #3

[Marg from Oz]

Any news if he is a still in the land of the living?

 

[Deleted member 83851]

Had my hopes up but a life in prison is ok too.

 

[Trooper]

Had my hopes up but a life in prison is ok too.

Fine by me too, O...... no co-operative and submissive wife bringing him chicken broth in bed in his cell, no visits from the district nurse, oh no.. just the warden screaming at him to clean himself up for the rest of his uncomfortable life....

 

[they'll get you]

'Something needs to change': 58 children die in just ONE year in Queensland after distressing child neglect – and authorities knew about every single one of them

Rick Thorburn murdered his 12-year-old foster daughter Tialeigh Palmer (pictured) on the Gold Coast in 2015. Child safety was slammed for putting the schoolgirl in Thorburn's care
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ueensland-suffering-brutal-child-neglect.html
58 children die in just ONE year in Queensland after suffering brutal child neglect | Daily Mail Online

 

[Morrisa]

Tiahleigh Palmer's foster father explodes in court as he's given more jail time for raping two girls | Daily Mail Online

Tialeigh Palmer's killer lashed out in court when he realised he could be spending the rest of his life in jail as he was sentenced over more abhorrent crimes.

Rick Thorburn, 60, was jailed for five years over a series of child sex offences at Queensland's Beenleigh District Court on Friday.

 

[they'll get you]

Last November, Thorburn pleaded guilty to one count of rape, two counts of attempted rape, and 10 counts of indecent treatment of a child under 12.

The offences occurred at 60-year-old Thorburn's home at Chambers Flat, south of Brisbane, where his wife Julene Thorburn ran a home childcare business.

The offences began in 2015 — the same year he murdered his 12-year-old foster daughter Tiahleigh Palmer.

Convicted child killer of Tiahleigh Palmer jailed over sex offences at family day care centre

 

[they'll get you]

Earlier on Friday, Thorburn applied to have his guilty plea vacated, telling the court that at the time of admitting to the sexual assault charges he was "confused" and "pushed into" it by his lawyers.

"He [his lawyer] said, 'If I pleaded guilty it would be less time [in custody] — if I went to court it would be longer time'," Thorburn said.

Thorburn told the District Court at Beenleigh he had not intended to plead guilty but he "trusted" his lawyers.

"I thought the solicitor was there to help me," he said.

"The way I was at the time, I just felt like I was just being hounded into a corner and being told, 'Just do what you're told'."
Convicted child killer of Tiahleigh Palmer jailed over sex offences at family day care centre

 

[they'll get you]

Thorburn also told the court that two months before the plea hearing he had suffered memory loss and could no longer read or write "properly" after an incident in prison where he was "held down" and taken to another cell.

The court heard the incident Thorburn had referred to had occurred in September 2019, when he allegedly assaulted another prisoner before he was put into segregation in a detention unit and placed under a safety order for 28 days.

 

[they'll get you]

Thorburn yells tirade in court room
Breaking down while giving evidence, Thorburn cried while telling the court he could remember so little after the incident that he could not recognise his wife when she visited him.

"A lady came and I didn't know who it was, but it was my wife," he said.

"I said 'I don't know you'."

His two former lawyers gave evidence and both denied pushing Thorburn into entering the guilty plea.

On two occasions while being cross-examined on Friday morning, Thorburn erupted into an expletive-laden verbal tirade against the prosecutor, judge and the media.

While in the dock, Thorburn yelled: "Let's f****** go home — I'm finished, I'm done", before being removed from the court room.

"I know I will never see the outside of a jail again — I'm going to die in jail," he said.

"Guilty, guilty, guilty to everything … I'm never getting out — who gives a s***."

 

[Trooper]

Thorburn yells tirade in court room
Breaking down while giving evidence, Thorburn cried while telling the court he could remember so little after the incident that he could not recognise his wife when she visited him.

"A lady came and I didn't know who it was, but it was my wife," he said.

"I said 'I don't know you'."

His two former lawyers gave evidence and both denied pushing Thorburn into entering the guilty plea.

On two occasions while being cross-examined on Friday morning, Thorburn erupted into an expletive-laden verbal tirade against the prosecutor, judge and the media.

While in the dock, Thorburn yelled: "Let's f****** go home — I'm finished, I'm done", before being removed from the court room.

"I know I will never see the outside of a jail again — I'm going to die in jail," he said.

"Guilty, guilty, guilty to everything … I'm never getting out — who gives a s***."

There are times....not often enough, not nearly often enough when the particular suddenly sees the reality and blurts it out, ' I'm never getting out!!! Who gives a ?!..... '

And all across this wide brown land, everyone nods and carries on sipping a cool, ice blocked margarita and smiling at the dog... cry me a river, Thorburn.

 

[they'll get you]

There are times....not often enough, not nearly often enough when the particular *** suddenly sees the reality and blurts it out, ' I'm never getting out!!! Who gives a ****?!..... '

And all across this wide brown land, everyone nods and carries on sipping a cool, ice blocked margarita and smiling at the dog... cry me a river, Thorburn.

As only Troops can. Thank you for making my day hon.

 

[Deleted member 83851]

Oh yeah throw your lawyers under the bus.
He really is stupid isn’t he?
The family may do the usual thing and try to escape their past by changing their names but they will never be able to wash off Rick’s stink. Some justice achieved in Thorburn’s courtroom insight.
Rest in peace Tiahleigh.

 

[Morrisa]

Anyone have a subscription to the Australian? I'm reading a tweet Thorburn has been found unconscious in his cell and critical....again...or is this old news?

 

[they'll get you]

Anyone have a subscription to the Australian? I'm reading a tweet Thorburn has been found unconscious in his cell and critical....again...or is this old news?

Nothing I can see Morrisa.

 

[Gibbo214]

Anyone have a subscription to the Australian? I'm reading a tweet Thorburn has been found unconscious in his cell and critical....again...or is this old news?

We can hope.

 

[Strangeworld]

Tiahleigh Palmer’s mother hopes for inquest to find out how she died

The mother of murdered schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer is hoping an inquest into the 12-year-old’s death will give her answers about how her child died.

The inquest into the death of Tiahleigh, who was murdered by her foster father Rick Thorburn in 2015, is currently listed for two days, on June 8 and 9.

When Tiahleigh’s body was found, six days after she went missing, it was so decomposed no cause of death could be determined.

There were no obvious injuries apart from a bruise to her skull, the Supreme Court heard.

No Cookies | The Courier Mail

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I'm not sure how it turned out but I found an article from September 2020.

Convicted child killer Rick Thorburn in critical condition

I haven't seen a more recent one so far.

Anyone have a subscription to the Australian? I'm reading a tweet Thorburn has been found unconscious in his cell and critical....again...or is this old news?

 

[TootsieFootsie]

He must have survived I guess.

Convicted child killer of Tiahleigh Palmer jailed over sex offences at family day care centre

 

[Morrisa]

I'm not sure how it turned out but I found an article from September 2020.

Convicted child killer Rick Thorburn in critical condition

I haven't seen a more recent one so far.

I think The Australian accidentally retweeted old news....

 

[they'll get you]

Tiahleigh Palmer's foster father Rick Thorburn to be called before inquest into her death

Almost six years after 12-year-old Tiahleigh Palmer was murdered, her foster father will finally be forced to reveal how he killed the schoolgirl and provide answers to the "people who loved her".


Tiahleigh Palmer's foster father to be forced to reveal her final moments