Comments on: SA Youth Accused Of Gay Bashing Attack Gets Suspended Sentence

By: Snowtown Proud

Snowtown Proud — Wed, 05 May 2021 08:50:56 +0000

HARD TO BELIEVE-A South Australian torture of a homosexual gets less legal consequences than throwing an egg at the prime minister that didn’t even break.

By: What A Charity!

What A Charity! — Wed, 05 May 2021 07:30:52 +0000

Hostages,Blow torches(lighter),bolt cutters(secatuers),electric drills,traders,knife,syringe for $5000 profit to save the children?
Wow, I didn’t know the snowtown system cares.

By: Brian Dare

Brian Dare — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 01:02:15 +0000

How come Judge Liesl Chapman of South Australia is allowed to give a suspended sentence to Charlie Claire after the premeditated torture of another human being, because he has had a hard life and was high on drugs. The judiciary should not be allowed to wave away things like this.
Absolutely appalling

By: Jeffrey Ormsby

Jeffrey Ormsby — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 01:46:22 +0000

This whole article wreaks of injustice for the victim! The poor perpetrator!, what hard life he’s had! RUBBISH! I had a much harder upbringing than this man and I’ve managed to make nearly 54 years old without ever having touched a hard drug that was not prescribed by a doctor and I’ve certainly never lured anyone to torture them through the use of a gay OR straight dating website. The fact that this man was on drugs at the time the offence was committed makes the crime all the more heinous! It’s yet another crime to add to the long list of those undertaken against the victim, purely because of his sexuality and it STINKS! I know it’s the government make the laws, but this judge had the power to give this defendant a much harsher penalty than the one he received and deserved! Why does the justice system keep making excuses for people who commit crimes because they were on drugs at the time? THAT fact in itself, as I’ve already mentioned, is a crime, and in my opinion should be dealt with by an even harsher sentence! Too often, minority groups in our community, whether it be because of their sexuality, race, religion whatever. end up being the victims of violent crimes which leave many of them with life long psychological and physiological scars. It’t time to let our justice system know that it’s not OK and we will NOT tolerate it any longer! I borrow, if I may, the case of George Floyd in the United States recently. Did the people just sit back and say “oh yes, it was terrible, it was wrong, it shouldn’t happen”, and let that poor mans death pass in vain? NO! They got off of their backsides and protested in the streets and let the justice system know that the people are fed up to the hind teeth with the poor excuse that both they, and WE, have as a justice system. In this case, it was a gay hate crime. We all know that. It was freely published. We, the members of the gay community talk about Pride in our community. Well where’s the pride now that this poor gentleman has been violently attacked? Are we Proud to stand and say “it was terrible, it was wrong etc” and let what happened to this poor man, a member of our own, pass in vain? Are we going to keep on letting it happen to other members of our community and other minority groups without so much as raising an eyebrow? I, for one, WILL NOT, and that is why I have published this letter. Mr Morrison, State Premiers, WE WILL NOT TOLERATE INJUSTICE ANY LONGER!

By: Ray Dunbar

Ray Dunbar — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 23:23:52 +0000

I find this outcome an absolute travesty of Justice. To suggest that the perpetrator was a ‘remarkable young man’ is at the top end of disgusting. “First Offenders” need to be sentenced in line with the crimes committed, not handed a free pass to do it all again because the Judge thought he was a ‘remarkable young man’. The Community has the right to feel displeased and angry that such a sustained Criminal Attack has been dismissed with virtual impunity. ‘Just a minute young man, you can do it all again.’