Geraldton Beach Cricket Murder Update

UMMMMMMM What can one say ,its a tragedy and it is murder .Itll be some 15 year old kid with a substance abuse problem and a story that is so sorrowful it would have made Adolf Hitler weep .The bastard will get off with a couple of years .Treated equal ,yea right .

Hi GB,
Ive been keeping an eye on this case and realy feel for this chaps family. Its a very emotive issue which does not have an easy answer. Some would say that if he let them steal his drinks he would probably be alive today. However others would suggest that if they werent stopped, they would simply carry on terrorising more innocent familys.

People work hard and long for what they have and must have the right to protect it. The fact that these gutless bastards called for re-inforcements is typical of their culture.

I wonder if the Governments idea of paying people to have babies could be changed to paying some people NOT to have babies. within one generation I reckon you would see less substance abuse, empty courtrooms and prisons, law & order having more control and maybe significant cuts in personal tax.

Just an idea...........Lionel.

$hit what a mad mad world we live in :-(

Whats the matter with these people??

Yes it's a tragedy.
Yes I feel for the poor bloke and his family.
I want the full force of the law to apply to all who do such things, black, white or green. Fat chance!
But I wonder if any comments of mine in this forum are wise, given that the perps will soon front the Law?
As I've said in the past and will say again; it's time that all Australians thought of themselves as Australians and realized that nobody should be above the Law.

Footy,

We all have a right to make a comment and an opinion is just that.
I like many have a life once I close and lock the door to the 4by.

Just an observation though, looking back a little ways, seems that OT's draw a lot of interest and comment which tells me many are interested in a wide variety of subjects.

10% are lost cause rednecks, 10% believe in a utopian society. That leaves 80% absolutely confused nutters on this forum..hehehe...

Cheers....Lionel.

The next shocker is that the police are pleading for wittnesses to come forward, would they be game.?, and iwonder who actually saw the event take place,usually someone speaks out straight away. What a bleep ful situation, no arrests, and when they do what will happen ,to these morons, next to nothing. Shove a welding rod up each and everyone of their a..r..es and arc them to a pole thirty metres under the ocean i reckon!.

Axle.

A very sad situation indeed but comments like "But on the other side of the country calls are being made to treat indiginous people equally to non-indiginous." aren't going to help the situation.
It'sweeping generalisation that paints all indigenous people with the same brush and is a view that is simply racist and has no place in this, or any forum.
The culprits should be caught and punished to the full extent of the law, regardless of their ethnicity. They are scumbags because of their actions, not because of their skin colour.

Maybe an entry permit into "our" communities would keep them in "their' communities.... we have to have them maybe they should too...cuts both ways

what is good enough for one Australian is good enough for another Australian

We are suppossed to have a permit to enter "their country" but they can wander at will across any artificial boundaries

I say it is all Australia ......I have yet to seek entry permits to visit my country (and I have been to plenty where I was supposed too) and I won't......a campaign of simple civil disobedience would soon nulify the permit system

Now I will sit back and wait for the accusations of being racist (spelt realist) !

Two posts in less than 24 hours on the one topic.

This one is horrid.

Two unrelated links on this thread posted to incite racial hatred.

What the hell is wrong with some of you fellas? A man has died for Christ sake. Have a bit of empathy for his family.

Fair dickum I wound't share a bleep on a log with some of you clowns.

The fella has his head caved in, and your carrying on like a bloody bunch of ratbags!

If you had any guts, or feelings as a man you'd post words of support for the family in their time of need.

Kim

Thanks Lionel, you are correct.

Richard and Jim: I don't know if we would find much common ground around a campfire but maybe we'll be lucky enough to see one day. Until then I think we should just let this thread find its way to the archives.

I'm sure there are a lot of people in Geraladton going thru a lot more emotional turmoil than us little Forumites.

Happy New Year to all of you.

I post as a person who has actually 'lived' at Sunset Beach, Geraldton and is aware of the situation there.
It was not an accident, it was premeditated, ""according to Police, an inane comment sparked an altercation between Mr Neil and two passing men. The pair left, but returned soon after in a group of up to 25. A fight broke out and Mr Neil was badly injured. The Rowes were helping him to his car, and being pelted with rocks and bottles, when Mr Rowe was allegedly fatally clubbed over the head by a member of the larger group""

Late this year (2007 still) I spent some time at the Geraldton Court as a witness in a motor accident case. I was probably one of the only three Caucasian people at the Court, other than Court officials, scary really.

However, I have met and shared a drink with some terrific Aboriginal people up in the far north, I believe not all Aboriginal people are the same, as also not all Caucasian people are the same.
We tend to put people into 'groups' however we are all people, who with-out the diferent colour of the skin are (probably) the same anyway, other than our upbringing, beliefs and our educational opportunities, and colour's not an excuse for murder, as white people murder too.

From Sydney Morning Herald 28/12/07

A 21-year-old has been remanded in custody over the cricket bat bashing of a father of five in Western Australia on Christmas Day.

Mathew Roy McDonald, 21, of no fixed address, appeared in the Geraldton Magistrates Court today charged with grievous bodily harm.

He was remanded in custody until January 17 while he seeks legal advice.

Police said McDonald handed himself into police yesterday and was charged with causing grievous bodily harm.

They say the charge may be upgraded following the results of a post mortem examination

How many of you loud mouth racists would hand yourself into Police to to face accountability and probable incarceration for such action? Despite what has happened you've gotta hand to someone who has the guts to turn themselves in. So there.