An open court involving fair and accurate media coverage is thus the default position for Australian courts. The common law recognises only a limited number of well-defined exceptions. Lawmakers have developed hundreds more. One important common law limitation is in the area of contempt . This puts a halt to prejudicial coverage of a criminal matter from the moment an accused is arrested or charged right through until the appeal period has expired.
The support dog helping witnesses during the George Pell hearing Lawmakers in those states have decided the reputational damage attached to an allegation of a serious sexual offence is so damaging that an accused person should not be identifiable until it is proven there is at least a prima facie case to answer at trial. In Victoria, where Pell’s committal hearing is taking place, the accused can usually be identified.
Retired Detective Chief Peter Fox is the hero here for uncovering this paedophile. One for all the victims today 👏👏👏
drcbond Just heard about this on radio....disgusted that outcome was kept under wraps since December!!! 😡
At last
Pell needs to be locked up while awaiting sentence, before he absconds to the Vatican. flightrisk
Another pedophile bites the dust. A million to go. Any comments from Tony Abbot and John Howard?
Death by a thousand cuts.
MelAnalyst “Suffer the little children to cum unto me.”
Put him in jail without pants, let brothers enjoy this guy
Hopefully some solace for the victims. grub gaol
Degenerate filth.
Next comes the old gem “ My health has suffered from all the stress”.
Justice at last!! 👍🏻
julzzzz___ To be clear... Being “found guilty” and justice being served are two vastly different things. Long way off justice being served here.
Now for the Pope to fire him. Laicise?
Of course he’ll appeal..
Praise the Lord !
I live in the US now. Can you hear me screaming for joy from over here Georgey-poo?!!! 🎉🎉🎉😈💃💃
SBS auspol This will end up being what I call the two tiered justice system in Australia. Bloke down the road = Multiple years of prison dependent on how many offences. Famous/rich/elite = Little chance of prison. If imprisoned, small sentence in a secure, affable lockup.
Finally.
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Pell found guilty of historical child sex offences | Sky News AustraliaCardinal George Pell has been found guilty of five counts of historical child sexual assault.\n\nWe can now report that Pell, Australia's most senior Catholic, was convicted on the 11th of December after a lengthy trial.\n\nThe jury returned a unanimous verdict of guilty after a previous jury was discharged for failing to reach a verdict.\n\nPell is currently on bail, awaiting sentencing. \n\nHe is expected to appeal the conviction and has always strenuously denied all the allegations against him. \n\nThe 77-year-old took leave from his position as the Vatican's financial controller to fight the charges in Melbourne, last year.\n Hope he has his bag & toothbrush packed Bullshit - a media witch hunt - he was never going to get a fair trial 👎 BillDobell Well its a start, Pandora's box is now open...!
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