Guy who threw girl off bridge guilty of murder... thank god!

[UFO]

Man guilty of daughter's bridge murder

Best news I've heard all day.... finally commonsense in the court system. Finally some responsibility forced to be taken by the guilty person, instead of getting off on a temporarily insane 'loophole'. Hope he rots in there the bastard.

Edited: story update Bridge murder father jailed for life

[DevilDRake]

Agreed. What a dick.

[adrian123443]

he was trying to get out of it by pleading insanity, IMO you murder someone you go to jail for a long time, if you murder someone and you are insane, then you should go to jail FOREVOR

[minux]

Jail is too good for someone like this. He will be kept out of general population.

[glenn l]

hope he gets the shit belted out of him regulery.

[Kunu]

bout time the legal system stood up to what it is and sent this inhumane prick to the clink....the only prob is like minux said he will prob not be in with the general population but insiders have ways and hell cop what he deserves!!!

[Sabbath']

What puzzles me, and (not really) shocks me is that it took them 5 days to come up with the verdict of guilty.

Throw in the "insane" plea and suddenly every bleeding heart brings up their objection to the guilty plea.

[minux]

Sabbath, the issue was they had to come to an agreement it was murder. It would of been hard to prove this case was pre-meditated.

[ClairBear]

Glad to see step one is a good result, now let's wait for the sentancing. I am just glad he in not in SA otherwise he would probably be fined $50 and sent on his way!!!

Let's hope the Judge throws the book at him and locks him away for a very long time.

[Sabbath']

Sabbath, the issue was they had to come to an agreement it was murder. It would of been hard to prove this case was pre-meditated.

I think the phone call to his ex-wife was a pretty good indication of pre-meditation.

Just moments before, Freeman had spoken to his ex-wife, who was waiting at the school to mark the milestone.

"Say goodbye to your children," he said. "You will never see your children again."

And then the action, of asking his daughter to climb into the front seat, and then getting out, picking her up walking to the side of the bridge and dropping her over the side.


You dont phone your ex-wife, tell her that she is never going to see her children again, and then follow through on that threat and not have some form of premeditaion. He may have gone insane after he had dropped her over the edge at the realisation of what he had done in his anger at his wife, but i believe the actions leading up to the moment when he dropped his own child off the bridge, as a form of retaliation to his ex-wife, were done out of a murderous intent to get back at his wife.

[Full Spectrum]

Sure he will never walk free again with us. but like pedophiles he will be protected for the rest of his life. it's just so sad that someone who killed their 4 year old child gets better treatment than us.

[CSP]

Did they get a brown ball or a red ball?



Oh, and in Australia, we have GAOLS not jails like they do in America.

[walesy]

i remember hearing about this when it happened, such a sad thing to happen to an innocent child, hope he rots in there, worthless POS!

[padrickz88]

What im dissapointed about is that he wont be put with al the other prisioners, useless piece of shit

[Bravotwozero]

What puzzles me, and (not really) shocks me is that it took them 5 days to come up with the verdict of guilty.

Throw in the "insane" plea and suddenly every bleeding heart brings up their objection to the guilty plea.

Better to take the time and prove beyond a shadow of a doubt. At least there will be no doubt about his guilt this way, and we don't want someone popping up in 10 years claiming he didn't get a fair trial a la Martin Bryant!

Did they get a brown ball or a red ball?



Oh, and in Australia, we have GAOLS not jails like they do in America.

Balls?

Unless you're a Brit or live in the 19th century we no longer use Gaol. Can't you troll the Ford forums instead? Or actually comment genuinely?

[CSP]

Balls?

Some people will get it. Some won't.

Unless you're a Brit or live in the 19th century we no longer use Gaol. Can't you troll the Ford forums instead? Or actually comment genuinely?

Go visit any Australia gaol... Jail is American. Gaol is what has ALWAYS been used in Australia. And I'm not trolling - never do.

[HamaTime™]

Better to take the time and prove beyond a shadow of a doubt. At least there will be no doubt about his guilt this way, and we don't want someone popping up in 10 years claiming he didn't get a fair trial a la Martin Bryant!



Balls?

Unless you're a Brit or live in the 19th century we no longer use Gaol. Can't you troll the Ford forums instead? Or actually comment genuinely?

Umm, yeah CSP is right, we refer to Jail as GAOL.

[Bravotwozero]

No he isn't. He's trolling again.

definition of jail from Oxford Dictionaries Online

[Grennan]

Jail is the local lockup. Goal is prison, atleast in this country.

[RiCeY]

If I had witnessed this act I would now be behind bars for killing the worthless piece of crap.

[ClairBear]

Gaol is an early Modern English spelling for jail with the same pronunciation and meaning. Although jail is now more common, gaol is still the favoured spelling in Australia. However, due to American influence in Australia, the spelling "jail" is now more common in popular contexts such as the media, the spelling "gaol" being mainly retained in historical use and in the legal profession.

[UFO]

stupid english language.

J.... as in Jerry or Jumping or Jolly... is the correct way to spell a place you lock people up in. "JAY-ALL".

G... as in Green or Gullible or Giving... is not the correct way. It's not "GAY-ALL".................... oh hang on, maybe it is with all the man loving going on in there .

So many stupid words spelt wrong- I reckon Julia (btw its not spelt Goolia... its with a "J") needs to make a new Minister..... Minister of Spelling.
For instance, the word "read" is spelt the same way in past or present tense, yet sounds different!!!

"I read a book the other day, I suggest you read it too".
But the colour "red" sounds the same too.... "I red a dark red culud book the utha day, I sajest you reed it too. Tha bloo wun woz good too". Yes it looks wierd and we'll all have to learn it all again, but at least it's phonically accurate.... the way a good language should be. Making up spelling just to differentiate a word isn't exactly necessary. Everyone knows which witch is which, but how often are you faced with the real life dilema of being confused between two witches and having to ask another person to differentiate between the two of them? "witch" is perfectly fine for both meanings.... as is "threw" for "through".

Sorry for highjacking my own thread, but just had to say something. Maybe someone should start up a thread on which words are "wrong" to them ?

[minux]

Far out...all this over a word...

Just use prison(after all Australia no longer uses Gaol unless it is for historical reasons). Will save any future issues.

[GAMBLR]

Anyone else thinking they should bring back the electric chair for people like this? Give's everyone else the same satisfaction he achieved by throwing that poor girl off the bridge.

And insanity is the incorrect term. He should've pleaded ''royally f***ed in the head''.

[satos]

His lawyers made him grow his hair like a madman so he could fool people to think that he was insane.
Well guess what this 'madman' is now going to gaol.
What they should do now is on the way there they should drop this worthless piece of crap of the West Gate like he did to his poor little daughter.
Makes me sick that there are people like that living amongst us.
May he rot in hell.