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I’ll be glued to my phone for updates mate.I am working but will keep an eye on the blogs and here.
Its been a long wait. I pray that the victims and their families see justice served.
Is he likely to be found guilty or not? Stopped following updates just after he was captured.
I envisage that we won't have to register to get access to this video like we had to with the edited audio recordings of the last part of the trial.a video of proceedings to to be put on the Supreme Court website for those who can’t attend.
Hopefully "soon" = next Thursday afternoon (day of the verdict).Justice Hall’s written reasons, which are likely to stretch to hundreds of pages, will be available almost as soon as he is finished.
Hopefully weeks and not months.But the sentencing of Mr Edwards for crimes he has already admitted — and on the murder charges if found guilty — will almost certainly have to wait weeks, or maybe months.
Do they really get to bunk up in "Supermax". 2 or more to a room?A prison insider has told The West Australian that Mr Edwards was likely to remain in Casuarina and could be housed in the prison’s special protection unit, for prisoners who are at special risk from the mainstream prisoner population.
But during his time on remand on the murder charges, Mr Edwards is said not to have been disruptive at all — which would seemingly rule out a bunk in the new “Supermax” section of the prison, which is slated to be completed by the end of 2022.
It was in a newspaper report at the time if I recall correctly. Was mentioned in an alternative site that we cant mention...I was trying to find a profile of the CSK from before BRE was arrested. Didn’t FBI specialists construct a profile? I’m having difficulty finding it online. If anyone could help it would be appreciated.
The POST, which has been reporting on the murders and a previous abduction and rape at Karrakatta Cemetery since they occurred, will publish full reports on the new developments in its next edition.
The paper’s coverage is expected to feature in the ABC’s 7.30 report on the night of the verdict.
Today's just out weekly edition of the Post Newspaper's page 1 "D-DAY FOR EDWARDS" lead article, includes:
I wonder if Bret will be live on the ABC TV 7.30 report next thursday night for commentary on the verdict?
Hopefully those of us not in WA will be able to watch it too somehow.
Don't miss the special edition of The West on Friday with a comprehensive analysis of the verdict in a special 16 page wrap of the newspaper that looks at the next steps and what the future holds for Mr Edwards.
Subscribers to the West Australian Newspaper's Claremont: The Trial newsletter, would have received an email this arvo which included what's in store for next Friday:
I don't need 16 pages of advertising bait to know what the next steps are and what the future holds.
The next steps are sentencing submissions and the sentencing. As a result of those BRE will be in pokey for at least a decade, or with luck for life never to be released.
Other next steps will be some 'startling revelations' teased out of course. Some Perth journalists will write books. And The West will try and spin it out as long as possible for more ad revenue.
Couple of things for you.I was trying to find a profile of the CSK from before BRE was arrested. Didn’t FBI specialists construct a profile? I’m having difficulty finding it online. If anyone could help it would be appreciated.
Channel 9 are advertising just now on tv "live cross from 9am" on Thursday morning.
I've been told there will be interesting "tv event" going to air the very same night Thurs 24 Sept on Channel 9 (after the news).
Couple of things for you.
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“This person is probably very bright, very much in control of himself, has all of the outward appearances of a very stable person.
He's no Ted Bundy for sure. He's stayed in the same job for life without any real advancement. He only got the job in the first place because his father already worked for Telecom Australia.
As for being a very stable person, I don't think running around Huntingdale in a kimono with women's undies on his head is particularly stable. In fact it's downright manic.
Plus his Huntingdale Hospital episode is yet another example of being unstable.
His family would have been acutely aware he was not normal.
Anything juvenile or medical may be suppressed, especially if any revelation impacts others (eg another juvenile was a victim).We might get something of a juvenile record and medical history through sentencing. I'll be astonished if there's nothing of significance there.
I still struggle with the fact that there was nothing done in Telstra about the HH attack. He did that in the course of his work FFS. My partner, who worked for a telco, says that because it was the public service at that point they couldn’t sack him unless he got a serious jail term. His curiosity is whether he was allowed to continue working around people in organisations or transferred into an area where he was simply working on infrastructure.He's no Ted Bundy for sure. He's stayed in the same job for life without any real advancement. He only got the job in the first place because his father already worked for Telecom Australia.
As for being a very stable person, I don't think running around Huntingdale in a kimono with women's undies on his head is particularly stable. In fact it's downright manic.
Plus his Huntingdale Hospital episode is yet another example of being unstable.
His family would have been acutely aware he was not normal.
And how did he get to work around so many children and teenagers at WA Little Athletics for so many years without someone saying something to get him banned from doing this?His curiosity is whether he was allowed to continue working around people in organisations or transferred into an area where he was simply working on infrastructure.
I still struggle with the fact that there was nothing done in Telstra about the HH attack. He did that in the course of his work FFS. My partner, who worked for a telco, says that because it was the public service at that point they couldn’t sack him unless he got a serious jail term. His curiosity is whether he was allowed to continue working around people in organisations or transferred into an area where he was simply working on infrastructure.
I often wonder if people did speak up but were ignored. I’m sure you know the drill: someone says something but others defend the person because they appear normal and helpful and ultimately the person (or people) making the accusation are the ones ostracised. Or the fear of that stops people from coming forward. In my experience, people are pretty rubbish in these situations (I have been the person who has spoken out).And how did he get to work around so many children and teenagers at WA Little Athletics for so many years without someone saying something to get him banned from doing this?
Anything juvenile or medical may be suppressed, especially if any revelation impacts others (eg another juvenile was a victim).
I agree 100% that it’s highly unlikely that the 1988 Huntingdale assault was his first activity of that nature. It seems far too planned and organized to be something that either happened on the spur of the moment or was a first attempt.It might but the Huntingdale victim whose identity has been successfully suppressed was a minor at the time.
Had he been caught for that particular crime, it's my understanding that any juvenile offences up to five years prior as a matter of course would have streamed into and been taken into consideration at sentencing.
IMO by the time he broke into the Huntingdale victim's house at 19yo, wearing stolen lingerie and carrying pre-prepared knotted stockings, yanking the phone out of the wall and attacking her in her bed, he was already a very confident, experienced burglar and predator. That doesn't happen overnight.
I agree 100% that it’s highly unlikely that the 1988 Huntingdale assault was his first activity of that nature. It seems far too planned and organized to be something that either happened on the spur of the moment or was a first attempt.
I am not only interested in what people have to say about their experiences outside of what we officially know; I am interested in whether there are other things that may actually lead to charges. I would usually assume Macro would have looked at this extensively, but maybe not given the extreme pressure to focus on the trial. Of course there is the fact that evidence may have been lost, such as in the case of the woman and the purple satin dress.
And I wonder if people were protecting him. What Jezza said about him going around with undies on his head, and other things we have been made aware of - there has got to be other stuff that was known about and ignored, deliberately or otherwise.
I should also clarify that while I think the judge may take the entire history into account for sentencing, I am not sure we’ll ever know about juvenile matters. And the judge may order suppression of certain things simply to protect the victims.
And I wonder if people were protecting him. What Jezza said about him going around with undies on his head, and other things we have been made aware of - there has got to be other stuff that was known about and ignored, deliberately or otherwise.