Manase D Day

[Mark from Brisbane]

How it get to this point from prosecution??? It's a complete debacle

For those of us that followed the Brett Stewart case you could say exactly the same thing.

The evidence was incredibly flimsy , no DNA, no witnesses and remember the jury threw it out in about 20 minutes and some were said to be in tears at what he had to go through when it was clearly a giant set up for cash.

BUT, it seems the police prosecutor’s have big egos and don’t like taking a backward step when in fact they should.

This appears ( purely from what the media are reporting ) to be going a similar way.

 

[winnyason]

For those of us that followed the Brett Stewart case you could say exactly the same thing.

The evidence was incredibly flimsy , no DNA, no witnesses and remember the jury threw it out in about 20 minutes and some were said to be in tears at what he had to go through when it was clearly a giant set up for cash.

BUT, it seems the police prosecutor’s have big egos and don’t like taking a backward step when in fact they should.

This appears ( purely from what the media are reporting ) to be going a similar way.

How does it get this far I still don't get it

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

They are not in court today ( everyone having a long weekend!). Trial resumes on Monday)

Judge Hanley is the managing judge at Parramatta and usually handles the list on Friday mornings, and would have 2 or 3 serious sentence matters to do after that.

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

For those of us that followed the Brett Stewart case you could say exactly the same thing.

The evidence was incredibly flimsy , no DNA, no witnesses and remember the jury threw it out in about 20 minutes and some were said to be in tears at what he had to go through when it was clearly a giant set up for cash.

BUT, it seems the police prosecutor’s have big egos and don’t like taking a backward step when in fact they should.

This appears ( purely from what the media are reporting ) to be going a similar way.

The fact the Stewart prosecution went ahead despite the flimsiness of the evidence was a direct result of the fallout and criticism of the DPP when no charges were laid over the Bulldogs Coffs Harbour scandal. Simply, if they didn't prosecute Brett it would be a bad look.
Manase's case is quite different.

 

[Shoe1]

No media reports since midday yesterday, does that mean nothing worth reporting just legal jargon ??

Often they don’t sit on Friday

 

[The Wheel]

Often they don’t sit on Friday

Poets Day

 

[Dan]

The fact the Stewart prosecution went ahead despite the flimsiness of the evidence was a direct result of the fallout and criticism of the DPP when no charges were laid over the Bulldogs Coffs Harbour scandal. Simply, if they didn't prosecute Brett it would be a bad look.
Manase's case is quite different.

Was going to say more or less this. Brett Stewart was sadly a victim of circumstance and the time

 

[Bearfax]

Look. Enough of this. I say send it to the video ref. They always get it right, dont they?

 

[Peter C]

The fact the Stewart prosecution went ahead despite the flimsiness of the evidence was a direct result of the fallout and criticism of the DPP when no charges were laid over the Bulldogs Coffs Harbour scandal. Simply, if they didn't prosecute Brett it would be a bad look.
Manase's case is quite different.

Personally, in the end I think it was better for Brett that his case did go to trial, because in the end he was found to be totally innocent rather than what would have happened if the charges were dropped due to lack of evidence, there would have always been doubt in a lot of peoples' minds.
Without the trial those fraudsters would never have been exposed

 

[eagleron]

Personally, in the end I think it was better for Brett that his case did go to trial, because in the end he was found to be totally innocent rather than what would have happened if the charges were dropped due to lack of evidence, there would have always been doubt in a lot of peoples' minds.
Without the trial those fraudsters would never have been exposed

There are still d1ckheads out there that refer to him as a rapist, when it comes to

 

[eagleron]

There are still d1ckheads out there that refer to him as a rapist, when it comes to

When it comes to Manly as everyone on here knows there's a million haters out there and regardless of the jury and a ton of evidence all these morons care about is that he was charged, nothing past that point is remotely of any into them

 

[The Who]

It appears the court didn't sit on Friday as there was no media coverage of the trial. I'm wondering if this was because the judge excused the jury from attending that day and instead took them to the scene at night to get a better feel of the lighting, the surroundings, the height of the wall etc?
It appears that the case resolves around one person's eye witness account, so the quality of the lighting at night in determining vision accuracy is an important factor.

 

[eagleron]

When it comes to Manly as everyone on here knows there's a million haters out there and regardless of the jury and a ton of evidence all these morons care about is that he was charged, nothing past that point is remotely of any into them

Clearly the Shiraz got to me there

 

[NYEagle]

It appears the court didn't sit on Friday as there was no media coverage of the trial. I'm wondering if this was because the judge excused the jury from attending that day and instead took them to the scene at night to get a better feel of the lighting, the surroundings, the height of the wall etc?
It appears that the case resolves around one person's eye witness account, so the quality of the lighting at night in determining vision accuracy is an important factor.

Just checking, but haven't we moved on from eyewitness accounts and lighting in 2022 to things like fingerprints, DNA?.

NYEagle

 

[skull61]

It's been claimed he was carrying a steak knife, but that's easily explained.... he thought there was going to be a barbecue after the dance.

Did he get an invite to Vaughan’s Bbq

 

[Yaz Eagle]

Any update on the case as nothing being reported today?

 

[The Who]

Just checking, but haven't we moved on from eyewitness accounts and lighting in 2022 to things like fingerprints, DNA?.

NYEagle

I'm assuming that the Crown hasn't found the alleged weapon, or it doesn't contain any DNA. If they had the prosecutor would certainly have stated this in his opening statements.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

I'm assuming that the Crown hasn't found the alleged weapon, or it doesn't contain any DNA. If they had the prosecutor would certainly have stated this in his opening statements.

No weapon or DNA as far as Ive heard , makes for a very weak case I’d say !!

 

[47MVEagle]

I heard the weapon ended up in the dishwasher in the church hall kitchen.

 

[mave]

I heard the weapon ended up in the dishwasher in the church hall kitchen.

Good to see these young men cleaning up after themselves!

I wish my teenagers would.