Lady Di unlawfully killed?

I think that verdict was the least that could have been found. Yet there are *still* unanswered questions even allowing for the months of evidence and the twenty million pounds the inquest has cost. We still need information concerning the White Fiat Uno that reportedly sideswiped the car she was travelling in. We also need [...]

Interesting!

Odd that the mother of little Shannon Matthews should be arrested for ‘perverting the course of justice’. Really makes you wonder what she did! All sorts of suppositions could be correct… or wildly off the mark. My favourite was that the ‘kidnap’ was a complete fake from go to whoa and that they did it [...]

More preventable death on the roads.

Was reading a story about a father who arrived at the scene of a road crash where two of his young sons, his sister in law and two of her children were being loaded into stretchers. As he was checking on his 9 year old son, he was informed the 6 year old had died [...]

Pumpkin’s father captured!

September 17th saw us publishing a picture of a three year old New Zealand girl called Pumpkin (real name Xue Qian Xun) who’s father had apparently abandoned her at a railway station. We later learned that Pumpkin’s mother had been found dead in the boot of the car outside the family home and that her [...]

The Law is an Ass!

In Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens said “the law is an ass” and over the years the legal system has shown that there was good reason for his comment. Since his day of course things have gone slowly and steadily downhill to the extent that in the UK a woman is being made to stand trial [...]

Another death sentence

Yet again another Australian was sentenced to death for heroin smuggling. This time it was Hong Viet Nguyen a 40 year old of Vietnamese descent caught with 95- grams of the drug in his clothes. And how much did he sell his life for? Just US$10,000. You have to wonder at what’s happening in these [...]

Did McCann do it?

Uncomfortable reports are surfacing around the globe about ‘confirmed’ DNA testing that ‘shows conclusively’ little Madeline McCann missing now for over 4 months was given sleeping tablets in a sufficiently high dose to kill her! The DNA that produced these results is said to have been found in the boot of the hire car the [...]

Who’d be parent to a drug mule?

I’ve little sympathy for the Bali Nine directly, other than the usual human concern for them. They knew what they were doing when they tried to smuggle drugs out of Indonesia. They knew the penalties included a death sentence and were prepared to take the risk. They lost. On the other hand I have tremendous [...]

APEC extremists.

One of the problems with giving police extreme powers is that on occasion they tend to use them badly. Whilst APEC was on this week, a guy walking across the road in front of a motorcade was arrested in front of his 11 year old son and spent 22 hours in a cell with no [...]

Jury Duty – not once!

The world at large seems to have decided I’m either not a ‘fit and proper person’, or that I have no peer group since in all my years I’ve never been called for jury duty! Come to think of it… I can’t say I even *know* anyone who’s been called for jury duty? If you [...]

Bali Nine – deaths getting closer.

On the basis of a ‘leaked’ report in Indonesia it looks more and more certain that the death sentences imposed on some of the ‘Bali Nine’ drug smugglers, *will* be carried out. The report indicates that most of the legal arguments put forward in an effort to have the sentences of heroin couriers Matthew Norman, [...]

Fancy a fight?

I was just reading a story at news.com about a caretaker for a property owned by ‘Mission: Impossible’ star Ving Rhames. According to the story Rhames had several dogs protecting the property… some were Bull Mastiffs and and at least one was an English Bulldog. The report suggests the dogs were running loose in the [...]

I’ll follow my friend

Looks like Nicole Richie is off to the slammer for four days. But unlike her frazzled friend Paris Hilton, she did it with style marching out of the court with her head held high. I was never a particular fan of hers, but if she takes this the way she started she’ll have lifted herself [...]

Rizana Nafeek – update

The Saudi government has announced a suspension of her execution while negotiations are carried out on her behalf, by the Sri Lankan government and an appeal made for clemency or retrial. All we can do is hope it succeeds and we wish her and her supporters well. Original OA post on Rizana here, news from [...]

Rizana Nafeek

No word yet on whether this girl has been executed by Saudi Arabia or if her life has been spared. The case which highlights the lack of justice in the Saudi Arabian Shariah justice system is one being watched closely by Amnesty Internationals and human rights organisations around the world. It’s also being closely monitored [...]

Back again

Sometimes it’s easier just to give in than to fight. I think when it comes to the computer… I’ll just have to give in. There are things I want to say… and this is the only place I can get some of this down somewhere it might be read by a wider audience! For a [...]

The Not so Simple Life

With one of the stars of The Simple Life already behind bars (Paris Hilton) we are now watching the other part of the duo beginning *her* court case for driving whilst drinking. Nicole Ritchie is up in court for a second time on a DUI charge. This time she’s facing a mandatory 90 day jail [...]

Paris Hilton

Paris has been thrown back in the slammer screaming and crying for her mother. I’d promised myself not to write anything about her or her idiotic behaviour but find myself drawn like a moth to a flame. I’ve seen all sorts of comments about how sad it is and how unjust etc that she should [...]

Ronnie Biggs – should he be free now?

No doubt Ronnie Biggs was a robbing bastard and he led Scotland Yard on a merry dance for 36 years travelling around the world ending up in Brazil after a brief sojourn in Australia. Eventually, old, broke and sick, he decided to return to the UK to finish off the remaining 28 years of his [...]

Missing girl!

The picture below is of 12 year old Satra Mohammed of Dharruk, Western Sydney who went missing last night around 5:00 p.m. The police are very concerned for her safety. If you see her please contact authorities asap. Source: SMH.com.au EDIT: Luckily she’s been found safe and well… Update: smh.com.au

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