Thursday, 4th of November, 2004

Well this morning, at the end of an hour-and-a-quarter-long judgement, Magistrate Ian Barnett dismissed my Dad of the ludicrous attempted murder charge that's been hanging over our family for some 2 years now. I'll have to save my distaste for Murdoch's NEWS empire for another day, because (courtesy, mind you, of APP), all their papers have a really good article about the judgement today. Here's the one from the main NEWS site: Doctor murder charge dismissed.
It gets a few details wrong (the amount in the will was even less, but most papers have quoted the very incorrect figure given originally by the police, and the committal was about 5 weeks all up, over a period of about 3 1/2 months), but still – vindicated we are, and Dad is indeed a "respected Sydney doctor". We're all extremely relieved, to say the least.
Our legal team were absolutely superlative, and everyone involved has been wonderfully supportive through it all. During the judgement this morning, the small local court was full to overflowing – people standing along the walls because there weren't enough seats… Now life can get back to normal, especially for Mum & Dad of course.

Edit: Here's the SMH article, finally… Similarly, it gets a few things wrong but also says a lot of good things.
And also, today a new article from News, by the Daily Telegraph gal.

2 Responses to “Oh man oh man oh man oh man”

1. Cassandra says:
   November 11th, 2004 at 2:02 pm

   hello:)
   Curious – do you read the comments you get on the lj syndicated feed?
   hmm..& while i'm at it, do you have advice on getting some affordable/reliable webspace to set something like textpattern up?

2. Peter says:
   November 11th, 2004 at 5:16 pm

   Oops! No, sorry I don't read the lj feed's comments. I didn't set it up myself and I don't know if one can set it to send the comments to someone anyway – and I don't really have any need to add it to my friends page ;)
   I am replying to you by email now!