Woman arrested for Kingston murder

it is questionable if it was in self defence, it’s a one sided arguement because of what she did. I don’t believe in hanging her but holding her responsible for her actions is the best way to show her that she can’t just do whatever she wants and get away with it. And i know for a fact that she was also wounded by the knife in the attack she was in hospital with a serious wound to her knee/leg.
She did actually co-operate with the police from the beginning and the reason that they are only charging her now is because they didn’t have enough to charge her in 2008 or 2009 and the federal police were busy in Moranbah and Mackay getting a background on her.

sepi said :

there is also the question of how come it has taken so long to charge her. news items have said that she told police her version of events the day after. so why are they charging her now years after?

If you read what’s in the media, her version of events was that he tried to sexually assault her, so she stabbed him. Obviously these claims had to be investigated thoroughly before arresting her.

The ACT does have a crime of murder. It’s just difficult for the prosecution to prove because you have to show either intention to kill or what is usually called reckless indifference to human life. In other jurisdictions it is enough to show intention to inflict grievous bodily harm. So if you bash someone meaning to leave them broken and bruised and you go too far and kill them, that’s murder in NSW and manslaughter here. Combine that with our low rate of homicide and abracadabra, (last time I looked), no murder convictions in the ACT for around a decade.

Child offenders are just that, children. For those who believe sending children to adult criminal facilities is fine, seeing how Queensland deals with 17 year old offenders might give you reason to reconsider your view: http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2009/s2779222.htm

To my mind, a really good justice system would see ‘law and order’ freaks beaten to death at local shopping centres for the entertainment of the masses- but call me old-fashioned.

I think she deserve to be flogged with a cat-o-nine tails for her obvious wasting stabs. One stab to the heart was all that was needed.

there is also the question of how come it has taken so long to charge her. news items have said that she told police her version of events the day after. so why are they charging her now years after?

I’m not criticising, just a bit fascinated – were they waiting for a confession, has another witness come forward – something must have changed.

astrojax said :

there’s also the question of why she drove the knife in – you know, the circumstances of the incident, mr evil. maybe they fell on the bullet or something…

As has been stated in several news items previously, she apparently stabbed him numerous times. No doubt in self defense, of course.

there’s also the question of why she drove the knife in – you know, the circumstances of the incident, mr evil. maybe they fell on the bullet or something…

To be fair, she was only 17 at the time, and there’s no way she could have possibly known that driving a knife into someone could possibly kill them.

xtremecrim said :

either way she should be sentenced as an adult for the simple fact it’s MURDER no matter what age she committed the crime i say handle things the ways the yanks handle it if it’s a serious crime you be tried as an adult……

of course, so a seven year old fires a gun and kills someone should be hanged by the neck until they cheer up as any adult might? someone dying doesn’t make it ‘murder’ – only the actual, you know, facts determine that.