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UPDATE-Gerard Baden-Clay will return to court on September 3 2012
- Previous threads can be found using the links below, One being very first and so on…
One (26/04/12) here Two (14/05/12) here Three (17/05/12) here Four (20/05/2012) here Five (23/05/12) here Six (26/05/12) here Seven (28/05/12) here Eight (30/0512) here Nine (02/06/12) here Ten (08/06/12) here Eleven (11/06/12) here Twelve 13/06/12 here Thirteen 17/06/12 here Fourteen 20/06/12 here Fifteen 22/06/12 here Sixteen 24/06/12 here Seventeen 26/06/12 here
A MAGISTRATE said he was “flabbergasted” that police would need four to five months to scour Gerard Baden-Clay’s finances – a process set to delay court proceedings.
The Money trail will take months to unravel
Prosecutor Danny Boyle told Magistrate Chris Callaghan they would be unable to give Baden-Clay’s defence team the full brief of evidence because an investigative accountant would need until mid November to analyse bank accounts and insurance policies.
Baden-Clay, 41, who did not appear today, is charged with murdering his wife Allison on April 19 and dumping her body on the banks of a creek.
An earlier court hearing was told Baden-Clay is $1 million in debt and stood to gain about that from his wife’s life insurance and superannuation policies.
Mr Boyle said police were also waiting on computer and phone examinations, as well as post mortem results.
“The post mortem tests are outstanding … the forensics pathologist was away last week and this week until Wednesday,” he said.
A recent court hearing heard police still do not have a cause of death.
Police have so far taken statements from 330 people and still have another 50 to 100 to go.
“The investigative accountant is still to come,” Mr Boyle said.
“The accountant has indicated that it will be mid November.”
Magistrate Callaghan said he was shocked it could take so long.
“You’re joking, aren’t you,” he said.
“I can’t believe for a minute that it’s going to take five months for an accountant to look into the finances of one person.”
Mr Boyle said the records were “voluminous”.
Magistrate Callaghan ordered that the brief of evidence be handed to the defence by no later than August 20, except for the accountant’s statement.
The matter will return to court on September 3 for a committal mention.
Gerard Baden-Clay-How does the Puzzle look on MOTIVE?
Murder shall be taken to have been committed where the act of the accused, or thing by him or her omitted to be done, causing the death charged, was done or omitted with reckless indifference to human life, or with intent to kill or inflict grievous bodily harm upon some person, or done in an attempt to commit, or during or immediately after the commission, by the accused, or some accomplice with him or her, of a crime…
This high profile case has captured the imagination of everybody it seems. From the day Allison went missing, the suspicious behaviour of her husband, to the search, The discovery of her body, The funeral, The investigation, The media, and Arrest which came from nowhere and then the Bail application, the Bomb Threat, then Bail was denied and now GBC is on remand in Jail
So here we are many months later and what do we have. We obviously have a highly circumstantial case of Murder against Gerard Baden-Clay at the moment.
I think any ONE aspect taken in isolation could be seen to be suspicious.
But as one links all the pieces together they start to paint a much bigger picture.
Means, Motive, and Opportunity is a popular cultural summation of the three aspects of a crime needed to convince a jury of guilt in a criminal proceeding. Respectively, they refer to: the ability of the defendant to commit the crime (means), the reason the defendant had to commit the crime (motive), and whether or not the defendant had the chance to commit the crime (opportunity). Opportunity is most often disproved by use of an alibi, which can prove the accused was not able to commit the crime as he or she did not have the correct set of circumstances to commit the crime. Ironically, motive is not an element of many crimes, but proving motive can often make it easier to convince a jury of the elements that must be proved for a conviction. Furthermore, a showing of the presence of these three elements is not, in and of itself, sufficient to convict beyond a reasonable doubt; the evidence must prove that an opportunity presented was indeed taken by the accused and for the crime with which he or she is charged.
Motive, that being the massive financial debt, the affairs and the promise to leave his wife to his mistress, Toni McHugh.
Opportunity, did Gerard have the opportunity to murder his wife. Could of someone else done it? Was he helped in anyway?
Means, if he did murder her, How did he go about it. How was she killed?, where was she killed?, When did it happen?, Where was she taken? The list goes on.
The pieces of clues to this puzzle are significant and reach wide. We are going to have a go at documenting them right here folks UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADINGS
MOTIVE
that being the massive financial debt, the affairs and the promise to leave his wife to his mistress, Toni McHugh.
PLEASE KEEP ALL DISCUSSION ON THIS THREAD TO THIS SUBJECT ONLY
I will use my discretion and delete irrelevant comments
MOTIVE thread
OPPORTUNITY thread
MEANS thread
Gerard Baden-Clay-How does the Puzzle look on OPPORTUNITY?
Murder shall be taken to have been committed where the act of the accused, or thing by him or her omitted to be done, causing the death charged, was done or omitted with reckless indifference to human life, or with intent to kill or inflict grievous bodily harm upon some person, or done in an attempt to commit, or during or immediately after the commission, by the accused, or some accomplice with him or her, of a crime…
This high profile case has captured the imagination of everybody it seems. From the day Allison went missing, the suspicious behaviour of her husband, to the search, The discovery of her body, The funeral, The investigation, The media, and Arrest which came from nowhere and then the Bail application, the Bomb Threat, then Bail was denied and now GBC is on remand in Jail
So here we are many months later and what do we have. We obviously have a highly circumstantial case of Murder against Gerard Baden-Clay at the moment.
I think any ONE aspect taken in isolation could be seen to be suspicious.
But as one links all the pieces together they start to paint a much bigger picture.
Means, Motive, and Opportunity is a popular cultural summation of the three aspects of a crime needed to convince a jury of guilt in a criminal proceeding. Respectively, they refer to: the ability of the defendant to commit the crime (means), the reason the defendant had to commit the crime (motive), and whether or not the defendant had the chance to commit the crime (opportunity). Opportunity is most often disproved by use of an alibi, which can prove the accused was not able to commit the crime as he or she did not have the correct set of circumstances to commit the crime. Ironically, motive is not an element of many crimes, but proving motive can often make it easier to convince a jury of the elements that must be proved for a conviction. Furthermore, a showing of the presence of these three elements is not, in and of itself, sufficient to convict beyond a reasonable doubt; the evidence must prove that an opportunity presented was indeed taken by the accused and for the crime with which he or she is charged.
Motive, that being the massive financial debt, the affairs and the promise to leave his wife to his mistress, Toni McHugh.
Opportunity, did Gerard have the opportunity to murder his wife. Could of someone else done it? Was he helped in anyway?
Means, if he did murder her, How did he go about it. How was she killed?, where was she killed?, When did it happen?, Where was she taken? The list goes on.
The pieces of clues to this puzzle are significant and reach wide. We are going to have a go at documenting them right here folks UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADINGS
OPPORTUNITY
Did Gerard have the opportunity to murder his wife? Could of someone else done it? Was he/she helped in anyway?
PLEASE KEEP ALL DISCUSSION ON THIS THREAD TO THIS SUBJECT ONLY
I will use my discretion and delete irrelevant comments
