Posts by Russell Brown

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  • Hard News: Chaos in Kingsland,

    I was busy last night, but I've just listened to the clip on Stuff, with headphones -- and I'm very surprised at how clearly I heard "I shot that prick", even allowing for the fact that I've been primed to hear it.

    I guess I could construe it as "I can't breathe" too, but it's not what I hear.

    I can understand why it was not allowed in evidence, but there was more there than I thought there would be.

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  • Hard News: The Orcon Great Blend…,

    Does that extend to video of the quiz?

    That evidence has been suppressed.

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  • Hard News: The Orcon Great Blend…,

    Can we please have a final list of the titles and presenters so we can better remember them

    Actually, we'll have video of them available soon.

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  • Hard News: The Orcon Great Blend…,

    Thanks everyone -- it was a fabulous evening. And, in the end, rather a late one.

    I'm giving myself the day off.

    Just marking time till lunch ...

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  • Hard News: The Orcon Great Blend…,

    No comment.

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  • Hard News: Chaos in Kingsland,

    You're not listening hard enough. Just towards the end you can also hear where he hid Hoffa's body.

    I changed the post upon releasing that the part in question was excised from what the jury heard.

    Which seems a little like tampering with evidence to me ...

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  • Hard News: Chaos in Kingsland,

    The edited tape of the 111 call played to the jury is here.

    The disputed transcript is here.

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  • Hard News: Chaos in Kingsland,

    apart from the obvious MoDA issue, isn't that "treating"

    He wasn't asking anyone to vote for him ... so perhaps I shouldn't have said "campaigning", even in jest.

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  • Hard News: Chaos in Kingsland,

    Short version from Philip's link:

    The 111 call was made by the appellant when he reported the deaths of his family members. On 30 January, the Court of Appeal dismissed the appellant’s appeal against the ruling as to admissibility. 3 Mr Bain has been granted leave to appeal further to this Court on the admissibility of part of the recording. The part of the recording to which objection is taken contains what the Crown says is an admission: “I shot the prick” or “I shot that prick”.

    But as he says, there's quite a lot else to read there.

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  • Island Life: The resignation of Captain Worth,

    Definitely a low baseline comparison, but Garth George is somewhat closer to making sense than normal.

    Did anybody else get the impression he used the word "sexegenarian" with some relish?

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