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Murder trial in Mauritius

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  • #32
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    Sounds like she really did risk it for a biscuit.:o
    Considering how popular her and her family are in this country, Im fairly sure that there would be friends and possibly even family members using boards.

    Just because the Mauritian legal system doesn't show this matter the decorum it requires, doesn't mean we should follow suit.


  • #33
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    They'll probably go round and round in circles, go through the motions, then convict the pair of them, which is probably what they wanted to do in the first place. They're probably thinking of future tourism.


  • #34
    grizzly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,789 ✭✭✭grizzly


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    Sounds like she really did risk it for a biscuit.

    Like school in summer.


  • #35
    grey_so_what
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,749 ✭✭✭✭grey_so_what


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    Sounds like she really did risk it for a biscuit.:o

    Not Funny.


  • #36
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    Would it not be normal practice to hold on to the phones and laptop until after the trial?
    I dunno why they are putting so much emphasis on the sex guide book but I suppose it's to be expected, no lawyer is going to miss this opportunity.
    I only hope her family get some answers after the trial.


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  • #37
    woodoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,219 ✭✭✭woodoo


    Given the way these things often go in micky mouse countries. If i was the husband i'd be out of that country incase they try to pin it on him.


  • #38
    kelle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,243 ✭✭✭kelle


    I wonder if things would have been different if her husband had gone up to the room instead? Being a footballer, he might have been able to tackle them.

    We'll never know.

    A few weeks after Michaela's murder, her father called to my husband's uncle's house to sympathise with us at his wake. It was impossible to know what to say to him :( At least our uncle had lived a reasonably long life with a lovely wife, children and grandchildren - Michaela was a healthy young beautiful woman in the prime of her life, snuffed out at the hands of someone else.
    And what he's going through now is just horrendous, along with the rest of her family.


  • #39
    SunSet357
    Site Banned Posts: 5 ✭SunSet357


    woodoo wrote: »
    Given the way these things often go in micky mouse countries. If i was the husband i'd be out of that country incase they try to pin it on him.

    And what if he did it?


  • #40
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    Plazaman wrote: »
    WTF ?? :rolleyes:

    Anyway, seemingly the court is full of law students following the case. I'm assuming they're third level students and not teenagers but seem to be giggling and acting like teenages laughing a mispronunciations such at "bath tube" instead of "bath tub" and someone leaning against the light switch in the court.

    Considering the judge is meant to be the top dog, don't know why he doesn't clear the place. Must be heartbreaking for the families. Defence and prosecution will go all out due to the high profile of the case trying to make a name for themselves so I predict it will descend rapidly and if there's a conviction at the end of it instead of a mistrial, I'll eat my hat.

    Although have heard this evening that the judge has asked that there be no teenagers in the court room from monday.

    THe defence team do appear to be trying everything in the book to get their men off, including the comments on the 'sex book', the three mobile phones, and now something about a laptop that wasn't included in the items taken for evidence, so its internet history could be checked. Its like they are trying to pin something on the husband.

    :(


  • #41
    hondasam
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    irish-stew wrote: »
    Although have heard this evening that the judge has asked that there be no teenagers in the court room from monday.

    THe defence team do appear to be trying everything in the book to get their men off, including the comments on the 'sex book', the three mobile phones, and now something about a laptop that wasn't included in the items taken for evidence, so its internet history could be checked. Its like they are trying to pin something on the husband.

    :(

    I think it's no one under the age of 18 while the police officer is been questioned. There could be more about the sex book.
    We have no idea what might come up.


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  • #42
    GAAman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭GAAman


    stupidusername wrote: »
    Well I suppose the reason is probably as unreliable as it's coming from the guy who confessed, which is supposedly invalid now.

    As said, it was her husband who told the police why she went to the room. He was waiting downstairs for her


  • #43
    Varied
    Closed Accounts Posts: 725 ✭✭✭Varied


    Know the family, I cannot imagine what it is like sitting at your own sisters murder trial, to have a bunch of sweaty, smelly goons making a laugh and joke out of it.

    Even more amazing, people in this thread are doing the usual "*shrug* no big deal lolz!!!11". I wouldn't have the patience to sit there and take that ****.


  • #44
    fasttalkerchat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    Varied wrote: »
    Even more amazing, people in this thread are doing the usual "*shrug* no big deal lolz!!!11". I wouldn't have the patience to sit there and take that ****.

    Its the after hours trolling section. I would like to think that the majority here don't really think what they are saying here.


  • #45
    ArmaniJeanss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,308 ✭✭✭✭ArmaniJeanss


    irish-stew wrote: »
    THe defence team do appear to be trying everything in the book to get their men off, including the comments on the 'sex book', the three mobile phones, and now something about a laptop that wasn't included in the items taken for evidence, so its internet history could be checked. Its like they are trying to pin something on the husband.

    :(

    In fairness it sounds like the defence team is doing exactly what they should be doing, in other words, doing their job. Pick holes in the evidence of the prosection, and put forward some other alternate theories, however loose they may be. A two pronged attack.

    Long term it's better they get the best possible defence rather than a poor defence being used a ground for appeal.


  • #46
    getzls
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 806 ✭✭✭getzls


    woodoo wrote: »
    Given the way these things often go in micky mouse countries. If i was the husband i'd be out of that country incase they try to pin it on him.
    He can't leave. He will be called as a witness.


  • #47
    omgitsthelazor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 186 ✭✭omgitsthelazor


    From the sounds of things they're turning this trial into a Phoenix Wright game. Sad for the family.


  • #48
    aidan24326
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭aidan24326


    snubbleste wrote: »
    I'm sure boards.maur had similar threads in relation to our court cases such as the C case or X case or various laughable tribunals.

    I can't get over the amount of attention this case is getting. Sure there was an Irishman murdered in Boston last year, no President attended his funeral nor was he related to a GAA manager.

    Well done on a really stupid post. This case was always going to be high profile. You have an Irish girl murdered on her honeymoon in one of the top honeymoon destinations in the world. It would have made headlines regardless of her GAA connections.


    SunSet357 wrote: »
    And what if he did it?

    He didn't, and there has never been any suggestion of that. The poor guy is going through enough without morons like you posting that sort of nonsense. Like others have said bear in mind that some extended members of the Harte and McAreavey families may read these boards. They've enough to contend with without this sort of crap. He's not a suspect and never has been, and if the defence try to steer it in that direction it will be a new low for the law profession.


  • #49
    scholar007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 902 ✭✭✭scholar007


    irish-stew wrote: »
    Although have heard this evening that the judge has asked that there be no teenagers in the court room from monday.

    THe defence team do appear to be trying everything in the book to get their men off, including the comments on the 'sex book', the three mobile phones, and now something about a laptop that wasn't included in the items taken for evidence, so its internet history could be checked. Its like they are trying to pin something on the husband.

    :(


    Why did they have 3 phones? Why would you need a book on sex on your honeymoon? Its when you get home after the honeymoon that you need a book to read up on to keep herself interested. :confused:


  • #50
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 25,909 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    As much as I hate defence lawyer tactics they gotta do what the gotta do. We'll never know the details of the prosecution evidence either. If the family, given where they're from, apply the same standards to the police in Mauritius as they do at home I doubt they could support any verdict in this case.


  • #51
    [Deleted User]
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    scholar007 wrote: »
    Why did they have 3 phones? Why would you need a book on sex on your honeymoon? Its when you get home after the honeymoon that you need a book to read up on to keep herself interested. :confused:

    Jesus I've read some stupid **** in my time but I can actually see the drool dripping from every word of that.


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  • #52
    scholar007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 902 ✭✭✭scholar007


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Jesus I've read some stupid **** in my time but I can actually see the drool dripping from every word of that.

    :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:


  • #53
    fasttalkerchat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    scholar007 wrote: »
    Why did they have 3 phones?

    A lot of people have more than one phone if they live near the border.


  • #54
    scholar007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 902 ✭✭✭scholar007


    fasttalkerchat wrote: »
    A lot of people have more than one phone if they live near the border.


    Why?


  • #55
    StupidLikeAFox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,915 ✭✭✭StupidLikeAFox


    Theres a fair amount of wankers on this thread


  • #56
    [Deleted User]
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    scholar007 wrote: »
    Why?

    Are you ****ing serious?


  • #57
    fasttalkerchat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    scholar007 wrote: »
    Why?

    One for the north and one for the south... there are different networks both sides of the border.


  • #58
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 25,909 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    fasttalkerchat wrote: »
    One for the north and one for the south... there are different networks both sides of the border.

    I think you're going to have to type slower to explain it to scholar007.


  • #59
    scholar007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 902 ✭✭✭scholar007


    fasttalkerchat wrote: »
    One for the north and one for the south... there are different networks both sides of the border.


    Why would you bother? What about roving? Sure isn't Ireland all the one now in all but name?


  • #60
    fasttalkerchat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I think you're going to have to type slower to explain it to scholar007.

    I'm trying to work out if he was taking the piss. Poor form.
    There should be a news section on Boards to stop serious stories getting thrown into AH.


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  • #61
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 25,909 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    scholar007 wrote: »
    Why would you bother? What about roving? Sure isn't Ireland all the one now in all but name?
    Seriously, just stop, it's boring.
    fasttalkerchat wrote: »
    I'm trying to work out if he was taking the piss. Poor form.
    There should be a news section on Boards to stop serious stories getting thrown into AH.
    There is but it gets no traffic.


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