The Crown v Gerard Baden-Clay, 26th June - Trial Day 11, Week 3

[drsleuth]

Can Allison's parents, friends, siblings be called on to refute all this utter garbage sprawlling out of his mouth???? :furious:

 

[Freya1977]

David Murray ‏@TheMurrayD 1m
Allison was a gifted ballerina as a child. There was huge pressure on her to perform - Gerard #badenclay

Great, now he's going to blame the Dickies for how she was raised.

 

[Cattail]

I know no one likes GBC and I think he is guilty.

But depression is not a character flaw.

When he says she had depression he is not attacking her character.

If there were things she couldn't do due to depression it is no more a character flaw than if she couldn't do things due to a broken leg.

I am not taking anything he says as being against Allison or an insult to her.

 

[PrimeSuspect]

3.15pm: Gerard Baden-Clay has taken the stand, telling the jury he was 43 and married to his wife Allison since August, 1997.

“When she went missing it would have been coming up to our 14th wedding anniversary,” he said.

Barrister Michael Byrne QC: “Did you kill Allison?”

Gerard Baden-Clay: “No I did not.”

He said he did not leave his children alone in the house to go to Kholo Creek: “Definitely not, never.”

He said he did not take step to dispose of his wife’s body or clean up afterwards.

Baden-Clay: “We were planning on spending the rest of our lives together… after the infidelity I had in the past.”

He said he got the marks on his cheek from shaving on April 20, 2012.

“Never,” he said, when asked if he was ever scratched by his wife.

Baden-Clay said he was vice president of the Brookfield State School P & C and on committees for the kindergarten his children went to.

He said he first met his wife at Flight Centre.

“We both worked at Flight Centre. Allison had worked at Flight Centre for some years, she had originally been a consultant at one of the offices in the city…,” he said.

“I joined flight centre after some years in accounting and felt that it really didn’t suit me and I joined because a friend of mine who Imet at KPMG, Ian Walton, spoke to me and said it was a great opportunity, so I went to Flight Centre in 1994.”

He said he joined the company as a consultant and lived with his brother Adam and parents at Wavell Heights.

“I joined as a sales consultant at the Toombul Flight Centre…,” he said.

Baden-Clay said he provided travel advice and booked tickets for airfares and accommodation.

He said he “fell in love with the company” and was quickly asked to start a new component of the company as a national manager on George St in Brisbane


http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...-allison-in-2012/story-fnihsrf2-1226966924597

GBC falls in love at the drop of hat. :facepalm:

 

[Makara]

Katrina Blowers ‏@katrinablowers 1m

#badenclay now telling court where he was when Princess Diana died. @7NewsBrisbane


Who bloody cares!!!

Give me strength!! :banghead: Nobody gives a rodent's rump where you were Gerard! Just get to the bit where you killed Allison! :tantrum:

 

[drsleuth]

Kate Kyriacou @KateKyriacou · 1m

Gerard says he was "gun shy" after the experiences with Larium when it was recommended that Allison go on anti-depressants. #badenclay

Gerard says after discussing it together, they agreed with the doctor's advice and Allison was put on Zoloft. #badenclay

Gerard said they were told a possible side effect from Zoloft was causing more anxiety, loss of libido. #badenclay

Kate Kyriacou @KateKyriacou · 9s

Gerard says it wasn't immediate, but over weeks and months, Allison did start to improve. #badenclay

Gerard: She had less episodes of anxiety and panic attacks. #badenclay

 

[PrimeSuspect]

David Murray ‏@TheMurrayD 53s
Panic attacks were the most visible and frightening expression of the illness she had - Gerard #badenclay

 

[ollijack]

OMG am just at page 9.....I am in shock....

 

[Neuromancer]

Kate Kyriacou @KateKyriacou · 6s

Gerard says the job he found "paid very very well" and the job Allison found "hardly paid anything". #badenclay

Wow - every chance he can get to put Allison down to boost his pathetic ego...

 

[drsleuth]

Kate Kyriacou @KateKyriacou · 16s

Gerard says the panic attacks were frightening. Her whole body would shake, she'd lose control of her body. #badenclay

Gerard says the depression was more Allison being laid low, curled up and quiet. Over time this became less and less. #badenclay

Gerard: We both, Allison and I, believed strongly in the power of positive thinking. #badenclay


Gerard says she got benefits from the doctor's sessions, the medication and the feeling that "we were doing something". #badenclay

 

[Fuskier]

... it's almost as if this in-law family are 'driven' to destroy Allison. Allison seems to have become the 'bad/defective' object and they 'dump' all their contempt, derision and mockery on to her.This is sounding like there is some deeper pathology in those who are doing this now. My opinion only.

 

[JK673]

Listening to all this rubbish he is going on with, I firmly believe HE has an illness...NOT Allison !!!

He is inocchio:

And making me :stormingmad: :sick:

 

[drsleuth]

Kate Kyriacou @KateKyriacou · 12s

Gerard on income in 2001: We weren't taking business class trips around the world every couple of months. #badenclay

Gerard says that was the time when he decided to go into real estate and start making some decent money. #badenclay

 

[Freya1977]

I know no one likes GBC and I think he is guilty.

But depression is not a character flaw.

When he says she had depression he is not attacking her character.

If there were things she couldn't do due to depression it is no more a character flaw than if she couldn't do things due to a broken leg.

I am not taking anything he says as being against Allison or an insult to her.

He is MAKING them an insult to her. He's taking credit for "80, 90, 95%" of the parenting by saying she was incapable to the point that he did everything besides breastfeed their children.

He's making her sound irrational, paranoid, etc etc.

I've had depression and anxiety my entire life, I certainly don't think it's a character flaw, but he is using it against her to cover his .

 

[Trooper]

he's a stone cold sociopath..


those poor men in the Arthur Gorrie.. they cant get away from it..

cruel and unusual punishment.

 

[Makara]

Kate Kyriacou @KateKyriacou · 3s

Gerard says Allison lived a "Monopoly board" lifestyle in London, exploring and seeing shows. #badenclay

Gerard says they stayed for six months before returning to Switzerland to work at the scout centre. #badenclay

Monopoly Board! Yeah Gerard, go to jail, go directly to jail, do not pass Go, do not collect $200.

 

[Thinking]

Wouldn't it be great if Kerrie-Anne Walker, or one of Allison's family, just jumped to their feet and yelled "What an utter load of old bollocks" ?

I wouldn't put it past some of the ladies from the family and friends bunch I saw in court on my visits - go girls!

 

[Mountain Misst]

Enrol for speed reading course - join websleuths!!!

 

[AllyG]

Hey GBC, skip to the end...

 

[marlywings]

... it's almost as if this in-law family are 'driven' to destroy Allison. Allison seems to have become the 'bad/defective' object and they 'dump' all their contempt, derision and mockery on to her.This is sounding like there is some deeper pathology in those who are doing this now. My opinion only.

I agree Fuskier!! It's really quite pitiful & embarrassing that they even thought about going to such pathetic depths as this.