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Comment on Cape York man’s conviction overturned after court finds magistrate made ‘inappropriate’ remarks

FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

No I didn’t. In Australia the registered owner of the car is legally responsible and assumed to be driving the car unless they nominate the person who was.

The evidence was exceptionally weak

How is a car running from police, getting its wheels blown out, continuing to run for another few kilometres, and then being abandoned “exceptionally weak”? The police had his car. If he can’t name who was driving it, he is responsible. That’s literally the law.

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Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Read the article ffs

they are required to provide a statutory declaration naming the person they believe was driving, or alternatively giving as much information as possible about the location of the vehicle and who had access.

Police told Ngakyunkwokka: “If you don’t do the stat dec [statutory declaration] and name a person, you can be charged”. He was not told that he had to complete the statement even if he could not nominate the driver.

The police lied to him about what he needed to do. He acted on the advice they gave him.

Your hypothetical is both irrelevant and not correct, based on the information in the article that you refuse to actually read.

You are not smarter or more knowledgeable in the law than a district court judge.

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- FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  The police didn’t lie to him. Those are what he had to do if he didn’t want to be charged.
  
  What part do you think is a lie?
  
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  - Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Read it again. It’s not my job to educate you. Especially not if you’re being wilfully ignorant.
    
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    FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Which part do you think is a lie?
    
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