Okay, thanks. I was not aware there was no premeditated murder in Qld.
But I notice there is this .... (BBM)
302 Definition of murder 302 Definition of murder
(1) Except as hereinafter set forth, a person who unlawfully kills another under any of the following circumstances, that is to say
(a) if the offender intends to cause the death of the person killed or that of some other person or if the offender intends to do to the person killed or to some other person some grievous bodily harm;
(b) if death is caused by means of an act done in the prosecution of an unlawful purpose, which act is of such a nature as to be likely to endanger human life;
(c) if the offender intends to do grievous bodily harm to some person for the purpose of facilitating the commission of a crime which is such that the offender may be arrested without warrant, or for the purpose of facilitating the flight of an offender who has committed or attempted to commit any such crime;
(d) if death is caused by administering any stupefying or overpowering thing for either of the purposes mentioned in paragraph (c);
(e) if death is caused by wilfully stopping the breath of any person for either of such purposes;
is guilty of murder.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/cc189994/s302.html
And, to me, roughing up and scaring a drunk girl, locking her out on a 14th floor balcony, and expecting her to act like a sober, thinking person, fits the bill.
Some time ago we looked up the multitude of people that have gone over highrise balcony railings on the Gold Coast. It is not an unknown quantity in that place.
