Another Massey, this one on the run after fifth bail breach

If Porrit gets 2 minutes in gaol for mutilating his mother then I’m pretty sure ole Higgo will give Ma Baker’s money back too.

and neither of those things are metaphors, dammit. cliches yes, metaphors no.

mike; how is digging up an out of context quote from 6 months ago relevant to you winning the arguement?

btw; is that policy announcement of yours (post 9) an off the cuff thing or one that is part of official CAP policy?

Further edification…

BAIL ACT 1992 – SECT 37
Enforcement of bail agreements

37. (1) Where—

(a) a person granted bail fails to comply with his or her undertaking to appear; and

(b) that person or another person has entered into an agreement pursuant to a bail condition to forfeit an amount of money;

the Magistrates Court may declare that amount, or any part of it, to be forfeited and order the person who entered the agreement to pay the sum so forfeited to the Territory.

(2) Where the Magistrates Court orders an amount to be paid to the Territory under subsection (1), that amount may be recovered by the Territory in the Magistrates Court as a debt due to the Territory irrespective of whether the amount exceeds $50,000.

My plan involves amending the act to change the word ‘may’ to ‘must’. Not all that complex if there is the political will for change.

And no tom-tom, I’m not having a dummy spit at all. I’m actually loving the spring weather today. 🙂 But…if Aurelius insists on playing the man and not the ball then he deserves to be hoisted on his own petard. (There, two metaphors for the price of one)

Aurelius said :

Mike, you’re not overly familiar with how bail works, are you?
Or you’ve been watching too many American TV shows.
Take a walk down to the courts, and get one of their “Judicial Processes for Dummies” book. It might make you less of an obvious n00b in future posts.

Please, enlighten us O wise one

I remember the siege. I was watching legally downloaded Movies, your honor, all night when there were armed police all over my neighborhood. I didn’t actually know the suburb was locked down, however. Thank goodness I didn’t run out of smokes.

wow. what a dummy spit.

Aurelius. I have been responsible for bailing hundreds of people in my time so I am quite familiar with both the mechanics and the concept. You are obviously referring to bail ‘without security’. Fair enough, you can’t get blood out of a stone however I would question why anyone with a long record should benefit from such judicial largesse.

However, bail with security means the court actually holds the cash. Where bail is broken it is a simple matter of the bench declaring it forfeit. Yes there is no current mechanism for doling it out to the army of dobbers out there. Which was the purpose of my post. Common, bloody sense son.

Perhaps you should stick to bitching about coppers picking on your driving ability or writing howlers like this one….

“What sad loser in PALM trawled the history books to find some obscure justification for naming a street after the Starship Captain?”
Arelius Feb 26 2008.

Mike, you’re not overly familiar with how bail works, are you?
Or you’ve been watching too many American TV shows.
Take a walk down to the courts, and get one of their “Judicial Processes for Dummies” book. It might make you less of an obvious n00b in future posts.

When a defendant absconds, I want to see ALL bail money forfeited. No bleeding heart exceptions. 20% of that sum should then be offered in the form of a no-strings attached reward to any person turning in the runner (resulting in an arrest).
Start turning these criminal networks against each other. Trust me, there is no more honor amongst thieves than there is common sense among the judiciary.

So votes anyone? Or do you still prefer the way the Stanhope team is running public safety?

Mike Crowther
Community Alliance Candidate
for Ginninderra.

But people say that ‘we’ are wrong about the judicial system in this town.

Swaggie said :

So make it known to your prospective MLAs that you want the ACT judicial system to stop being so lenient on everyone…

Spot on Bevan

So make it known to your prospective MLAs that you want the ACT judicial system to stop being so lenient on everyone…

Another example of why Terry and his colleagues deserve the ACT Iron Cross, with ineptitude clusters and crossed bleeding hearts.

Did they recover the rifles he pilfered from the burg in Deakin? Being on the run takes on a whole new meaning when the crim is armed to the teeth.

“His Gran, Jan Massey, who had put up $2,000 to bail him last month is trying to get her money back despite the absconding.”

Good luck with that!

I imagine someone won’t be getting a Christmas card from their Gran this year……

This article also states that Massey is considered a danger to the community yet he was released on bail into the community FOUR count’em FOUR TIMES!