GUILTY Bali - Sheila von Wiese Mack, 62, found dead in suitcase, 12 Aug 2014 #5

[Kamille]

Feds: Heather Mack’s sentence in murder would have been doubled in US

Had she been convicted in the United States instead of Indonesia, Heather Mack’s sentence for her role in her mother’s slaying would have been more than twice as long, federal prosecutors suggested in a memo last week.

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The pair, who attended Oak Park-River Forest High School, would have faced more than 24 years “on the low end” in the U.S., federal prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum for Robert Bibbs, Schaefer’s cousin.

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Mack, 21, has indicated in Cook County court filings that she is under threat of U.S. prosecution, citing “an ongoing federal criminal proceeding.” A federal magistrate judge also signed off in January on a search of an iPhone FBI investigators believe belonged to Mack.

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Prosecutors said Bibbs “certainly could have prevented the murder had he contacted law enforcement.” In a separate memo, Bibbs’ attorney called him a “pathetic cheerleader” to the murder plot while seeking a lighter sentence.

http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fe...ence-in-murder-would-have-been-doubled-in-us/

 

[byo]

Looks like OS needs a little help. Wonder who will be paying for this?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/bali.housekeeper/?ref=nf_target&fref=nf

And the city in which she is requesting the live in babysitter for is about a 15-20 minute drive from Kerobokan. Didn't she claim to live a lot farther away than that? :waitasec:

Thanks, Kamille.

Here's a direct link to the FaceBook post you referenced: Bali Housekeepers & Babysitters
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[Weezer Fan]

Looks like OS needs a little help. Wonder who will be paying for this?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/bali.housekeeper/?ref=nf_target&fref=nf




And the city in which she is requesting the live in babysitter for is about a 15-20 minute drive from Kerobokan. Didn't she claim to live a lot farther away than that? :waitasec:

I am so impressed with your sleuthing, Kamille!!!! And why did she take Stella if she needs live in care 5 days a week???? Fishy fishy.

 

[Weezer Fan]

I have not been able to find Robert Bibbs sentencing date. Any one know when it is?

 

[Kamille]

I am so impressed with your sleuthing, Kamille!!!! And why did she take Stella if she needs live in care 5 days a week???? Fishy fishy.

Thanks Weezer Fan :blushing:

I've been following her since the first time I saw her with HM, outside the prison on one of their "girl's days out" and IMO I knew she was not the "motherly" type. And she appears to be very far from the "housewife" that she put down on the guardian paperwork. Her children are in full time private school, she is a property manager for rental villas, I still don't see a husband in the picture and she seems to be out all the time, day and night.

So I still want to know why she agreed to take Stella as well.

MOO

 

[Kamille]

I have not been able to find Robert Bibbs sentencing date. Any one know when it is?

I think it's supposed to be this week sometime? :waitasec:

 

[Kamille]

O/T...sort of...

HM's roommate, Australian Sara Connor, was sentenced to another year in prison during the prosecution appeal of her sentence, bringing the total to 5 years.

I wish the prosecution had actually appealed HM's sentence. But since there was no more money forthcoming from the US, I guess they decided the well had run dry and left well enough alone.

In SC's case, since no money had changed hands in the original trial, they had no problem appealing hers. I wonder why AS didn't try to help her and her boyfriend? :waitasec:

You can see her "legal team" at the following link.

http://www.news.com.au/world/sara-c...r/news-story/51a86b4c40982b9785da594ef7bf6fd9

MOO

 

[ajaylee]

http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/judge-puts-heather-mack-in-a-pickle-says-she-waived-the-5th/

A Cook County judge may have put Heather Mack in a legal pickle Thursday, ruling she has waived her constitutional right not to incriminate herself by talking to “anyone who would listen at any time” about her mother’s brutal 2014 slaying in Bali.

Now Mack could find herself testifying, by telephone or other means, at a July 28 hearing in the courtroom of Cook County Judge Neil H. Cohen over her refusal to answer allegations made in a civil case by the estate of Sheila von Wiese-Mack, according to her attorney.

But she would do so with the threat of a U.S. prosecution hanging over her head.

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Favia's hanging in there, but it sounds like Cohen is fed up with HM.

Also:

Schaefer’s cousin, Robert Bibbs, also faces sentencing in Chicago next week for helping plot von Wiese-Mack’s murder.

I can't find it on Pallmeyer's calendar for next week, though.

 

[Kamille]

I agree that HM has waved her rights by blabbing to anyone who would listen, lying repeatedly, telling different stories about what happened and confessing in front of a video camera.

So Favia is the lone remaining attorney now advocating for HM? I thought she was Stella's attorney? Look how well she advocated for her and her rights. She is the lowest kind of attorney and makes me sick.

Not sure what the hold up is for Bibbs sentencing. It was supposed to be this week but nothing was on the docket for his judge. So now there's nothing for next week either? :waitasec:

MOO

 

[ajaylee]

I don't know what's going on with Bibbs' sentencing either.

One data point: I followed Brandon Vandenburg's rape trial. IIRC, he was found guilty in two trials, his sentencing date was announced, and then it was delayed for several months, no idea why. I think it was something to do with letters of support received late in the trial that might affect the judge's sentencing decision.

So I guess it's not unheard of for sentencing to be delayed like this.

 

[ajaylee]

Duplicate

 

[Kamille]

Aussie DJ reveals: How I bribed my way out of Kerobokan prison

Mr Taylor’s account includes the moment he realises he needs to convince authorities he was an addict — the only problem was MDMA wasn’t as convincing as cocaine to “prove addiction in court”.

“We’d paid the Balinese police forensics lab to discover that the MDMA I’d been busted with actually tested positive for cocaine, as this would be a more convincing substance to prove addiction to in court.”

What he longed for was to be charged under Article 88, which is the Indonesian law for failing to report your drug addiction to authorities. Mr Taylor used money donated by family and friends to “negotiate” a three-month sentence for himself with the prosecutor and judges who were trying his case.

He thought it was all settled. And then came the bombshell via his Indonesian lawyer.
“As we sat with my resourceful girlfriend on the blistering tiled floor of the crowded visitor’s courtyard, he’d told me that authorities were now demanding another 10 grand — which I didn’t have — or they couldn’t guarantee that I’d be charged under Article 88.”

More at link...

http://www.news.com.au/entertainmen...n/news-story/b841a3f2f7a80a67ba39d010e4ced879

 

[Kamille]

In other Bali news, Schapelle Corby has been deported and Sara Connor does not want to appeal her extended sentence to the Indonesian Supreme Court. However the prosecution still has time to do it. I wonder if they will appeal again to request even more time for her?

 

[Weezer Fan]

Is this the same judge HM and TS had? Judge Wirya


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[FigTree]

Thanks Kamille for the link regarding the FB baby sitting job.
I am stunned.
So this is for Stella?
So if that is the case, Stella will now have another person looking after her.
WTH??!!
I understand that home help is very cheap in Indonesia comparatively, and many people have home help, but this is a child that needs looking after in a safe and secure environment.
This is like pass the parcel.

 

[FigTree]

In other Bali news, Schapelle Corby has been deported and Sara Connor does not want to appeal her extended sentence to the Indonesian Supreme Court. However the prosecution still has time to do it. I wonder if they will appeal again to request even more time for her?

Is this the same judge HM and TS had? Judge Wirya

I thought that too WF - I heard it on the radio and thought the same.


The most noteworthy characters in the Schapelle Corby saga
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...a/news-story/12aa5be97e541022ab80416b4884c66f

Schapelle Corby: The drugs, the circus and a long-awaited return
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-39997092

 

[Kamille]

Is this the same judge HM and TS had? Judge Wirya


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Not sure any of the 3 judges were ever named in HM and TS's trials. There were at least 2 prosecutors named.

Eddy Artha Wijaya
Ni Luh Oka Ariani

IMO, all three judges, the prosecutors and the defence "team" headed by AS were all in on the bribes during HM's trial.

ETA: Found the name of the presiding judge at HM and TS's trials.

Judge Made Suweda

 

[ajaylee]

It looks like the RB sentencing is set for 10:00 AM Friday, June 2.

We're not likely to see it, but I wonder how TS is going to react. He's clearly already having a hard time. It's quite possible RB is going to get more time than HM - all because of TS and his greed. Mr.Thinks-he-is-streetwise and his cousin got suckered by Ms. $$$ Cray-cray.

Kamille, this is a belated thanks for fantastic work tracking Oshar! I'd love to know how much the estate is shelling out for Stella's care every month - and how much of it will find its way to HM. I think they're both going to struggle with drug issues in the coming years.

 

[Weezer Fan]

I wonder if any US agency will check in with Stella.


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[Hiandmighty]

Yes, Camille, fabulous job.

The end result here is what happens when stupid people think they are so smart. Darwinism at its finest (though two already procreated)...