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22nd December 2016, 10:29 PM | #1 |
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The Claremont Killer
One of Australia's most famous cold cases, The Claremont Serial Killings, has just had a major breakthrough. Bradley Robert Edwards has been charged with two murders as well as several other offences, and may still be charged with a third murder, the presumed 3rd victim disappeared in 1996 and has never been found.
This case has been being investigated for over 20 years and is the largest and most expensive murder investigation in Australian history. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-2...murder/8144518 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-2...harges/8145066 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-2...illing/8144208 http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/west...4a88e00899e6df https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claremont_serial_murders |
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22nd December 2016, 10:51 PM | #2 |
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Looks like sustained, sensational police work. I'm certain they've got their man.
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With a state government likely to lose the next election and a police commissioner battling claims that he has been in the job too long, it wouldn't surprise me if the police "added blue metal to the mix".
This should be the trial of the decade if the media gives it more than a few sound bites or one-liners. |
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LOL You think that the police are different today?
Countless Royal Commissions conducted around the country have all found that if the police fear that the case they have against a suspect may not guarantee a guilty verdict then they are not averse to fabricating additional evidence to guarantee the guilty verdict. The police call this "adding blue metal to the mix" (blue metal makes concrete stronger). |
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I was a postgraduate student at the University of Western Australia at the time of these murders and lived close the scene. If I was working late and missed the last bus I had to walk home at night through at area close to where the disappearances took place.
One of the strangest encounters I had with the police was when I was rushing to my bus stop to catch the last bus. A police car pulled up beside me and started asking questions about where I was going. At first I thought they were concerned about the fact that I was walking close to a region where young women had disappeared and were planning to warn me and perhaps even offer me a ride. But it turned out that they were actually questioning me because I looked suspicious due to 'wearing dark clothes, walking quickly and carrying a large bag'. After a lecture about wasting their time due to this outrageous behaviour, I did miss the bus and had to walk home. It was also 'common knowledge' at the time that the police knew who did but couldn't get enough evidence to arrest the person. I remember friends telling me who it was and where he lived, and that he couldn't go anywhere without being followed. It turned out this original suspect was innocent. |
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Stolen kimono a clue
It is reported that DNA from a stolen kimono that was left at the scene of an attempted rape 28 years ago matched that recovered from the body of Ciara Glennon. This lead to the arrest of Bradley Robert Edwards who's DNA matched both samples.
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I wonder what he has done in the last 20 years since then? Has he lived without breaking the law? If so what is the point in spending heaps of $ in prosecuting him? Finding out the facts can be done without prosecuting him and would reveal far more. Like where that missing third person is. It is in his interest for him to deny all knowledge of that third person. Is it to deter others? Most crimes that are solved are solved within a few years. It is rare for one to be solved after so many years.
There is also the possibility that this person is not guilty of anything. If so the trial would be a massive waste of money. Or maybe the evidence is not strong. I would not trust any witnesses to tell the truth. Forensic evidence can be faulty. So not much is left. The links in the OP give no clue as to what evidence police have. I also wonder why the guilty person stopped committing those crimes? |
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What a pile of steaming nonsense. He killed three people, but if he has been clean since then all is fine?
Despite psion10's conspiracy theory of police malfeasance, charging someone with murder is not an act taken lightly in Australia. I think they have their man. And his 20 years of not littering will count for absolutely nothing. |
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All reasonable points but locally, the murders of these three women have never been far from the front page over the last 20 years or so. There is a strong public interest in the case.
An arrest and conviction would be quite the fillip for the police and the police commissioner. (No doubt, Colin Barnett is hoping that the good will from this arrest will extend to his government). ETA There is no statute of limitations on murder. |
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You know well enough. In the 80s and earlier decades police corruption in Australia (particularly NSW) was rife. It isn't now and there are a lot of reasons for it. But this is all off-topic.
There is absolutely no reason to imagine police in this situation have acted inappropriately. |
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You call what I have said steaming nonsense, yet you have not made any attempt to refute my post.
He should be prosecuted because of public interest? I think that is a rather weak point. I agree with the ETA. So my question stands, what is to gain from the prosecution? |
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What's to refute? Your ridiculous opinion that someone shouldn't be prosecuted for a triple murder because 20 "innocent" years have elapsed?
Some things, like global warming is a hoax and evolution is a myth don't deserve refutation. Just like your opinion of the fate of this accused murderer. |
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