Zozza 117 Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 Looks like there is hope that justice for Scott Watson might finally be served. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300043462/sounds-murders-scott-watsons-case-sent-to-court-of-appeal I wonder after all these years how Rob Pope sleeps at night. He must know deep down he is largely responsible for destroying the best years of an innocent man's life. I'm about halfway through this documentary this morning. I can't stop shaking my head at what Pope's outfit got up to as they set about framing the yachtie Scott Watson. Sickening really. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RushMan 27 Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 Quick question from the article... sentenced in 1999 for 17 years, why is he still in jail? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 544 Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 Can't get parole if he doesn't admit to doing it. kind of a problem if he didn't do it. I've got no opinion on if he did or didn't. But this admitting guilt before parole thing is a bit of an issue... armchairadmiral and lateral 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RushMan 27 Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 Parole is for early release isn’t it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
44forty 76 Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 My great Aunt lives on Mangere mountain and saw a ketch matching the description the police put out . it anchored in the manukau near the yacht club about a week after New Year’s Eve . She took a lot of interest in the boat because it’s very rare to see an out of town keeler of all things up there . She called it into the police more than once and they didn’t follow her up . i was surprised to read somewhere a few years ago that a ketch matching the description was spotted heading north off the Taranaki coast , just a few days after New Year’s Eve . Again no follow up and pretty high chance it was the same boat my aunt saw at Mangere . who knows what the hell happened but the police missed a glaring oppurtunity with flashing bloody lights on top not following up on those two sightings of a boat matching the description taking an unusual route north . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 544 Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 1 hour ago, RushMan said: Parole is for early release isn’t it? I don't know, I've never needed it... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Priscilla II 244 Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 The tiger blanket hairs linked to Olivia found weeks later after an initial forensic inspection have a lot in common with the Hutton & Johnstone planted shell casing belated found four months later that screwed Arthur Alan Thomas. Be your worst nightmare banged up for 20 years for a crime you never committed and this case along with others lays great weight for the urgent the need for an independent legal mechanism than can test for injustices prosecuted by the state although now far to late for Peter Ellis. lateral and armchairadmiral 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Priscilla II 244 Posted June 27 Report Share Posted June 27 Well worth a read akin to a Shakespearean tragedy. https://www.noted.co.nz/currently/currently-crime/the-full-interview-gerald-hope-and-scott-watson Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rossd 6 Posted June 27 Report Share Posted June 27 7 hours ago, RushMan said: Quick question from the article... sentenced in 1999 for 17 years, why is he still in jail? Not sure what the sentence was but the non parole time was 17 years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 723 Posted June 27 Report Share Posted June 27 33 minutes ago, rossd said: Not sure what the sentence was but the non parole time was 17 years. Yep, but they wont let him out because he wont accept that he is guilty... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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