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Oh dear

donnashuggy — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 08:35:17 GMT

http://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/04/10/18/03/a-current-affair-reporter-ben-mccormack-taken-to-hospital-while-on-bail

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not_for_sale — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 10:46:19 GMT

If he was admitted for an "assessment", it may have been to a mental health unit!

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lyndal1838 — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 10:48:04 GMT

Well that is one way to stay out of the public's sight but is it the right way to use our hospital system?

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not_for_sale — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 10:50:29 GMT

I'm wondering if he attempted suicide.

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lyndal1838 — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 11:23:53 GMT

I would think that if it was a legitimate reason the report would have made more of it.

All we can do is wait for more information, if any more is released.

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lind9650 — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 06:56:36 GMT

Isn't it the usual trick Defence Lawyers now use, the excuse Mental Health problems to get a criminal off the hook? I would not be surprised.

Erica

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the_great_she_elephant — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 08:13:37 GMT

Not referringspecifically to this thread, but I am a little concerned that so much speculation and 'information' is being bandied around in public before the matter has ever come to court . If/when he is tried and found guilty, than I will be the first to condemn him, but it seems to be getting to the stage where there may be a perceived difficultty in finding an impartial jury and that could open a huge can of worms..

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the_great_she_elephant — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 08:15:42 GMT

And off topic , but it's lovely to see you back on the boards, Erica. You've been on my mind a lot lately and I was actually on the point of emailing you to ask how things were going.

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lyndal1838 — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 10:13:41 GMT

This matter is only the tip of the iceberg apparently.

My comments are mainly in reference to information about his previous behaviour that has been bought to our attention since he was arrested.

On another thread I commented that his previous behaviour alone made him someone best avoided.

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the_great_she_elephant — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 03:51:02 GMT

We've been through this before with another 'public figure' - there's an awful sense of deja vu, isn't there.

My comment wasn't referring to stuff posted here. I doubt anything we say will make much difference one way or aanother - I just felt some of the stuff I'd read in the papers was a bit iffy.

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donnashuggy — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 08:29:47 GMT

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4403700/Current-Affair-Ben-McCormack-mental-health-treatment.html

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donnashuggy — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 08:33:55 GMT

If he were a decent human being and innocent he would front up like anybody else

But no, the law protects him

OJ simpson and Osca pistorius anyone?

makes me sick

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davidc4430 — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 00:09:55 GMT

@donnashuggy wrote:
If he were a decent human being and innocent he would front up like anybody else

But no, the law protects him

OJ simpson and Osca pistorius anyone?

makes me sick

do we not all of us rely on the law to protect us in some way?

if we start picking and choosing which bits are ok or who can and cant get protection then we might just as well tear up the law books.

i allways laugh at the creamers who get pinged speeding....its revenue raising! i hear them cry.

everyone can avoid 'revenue raising speeding fines' by not speeding.

i never hear any of them say 'i can proove i wasnt speeding'

and i can garantee if one of their family members was killed by someone prooven to be even a 'few klms' over the speed limit they would want that idiot speeder hung.

i think the laws we have work pretty well.

this man may well be guilty of a crime but until hes proven guilty he should be deemed innocent by those who dont know hes guilty.

being arrested and/or charged doesnt make him guilty, thats for a court to decide.

otherwise we would string him up from the nearest tree because someone said he was guilty. someone who may well work for a newspaper and needed a big story?

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donnashuggy — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 00:21:19 GMT

All I think is that innocent or guilty he should be treated like everyone else and live with his bail conditions not use an escape because of WHO he is.

If found guilty, he will probably blame all those cases that he worked on....... you can see it happening, he will play the victim

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davidc4430 — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 02:03:21 GMT

what makes you think he is being treated any different to anyone else accused of a crime?

because he was taken to hospital for a reason we are not privvy to?

anyone on bail for any crime can go to hospital, it doesnt make them more or less guilty.

we (the public) only know what we are fed by the media. if they know the truth we most likely wont hear it if its not going to sell papers or get viewers.

lets let the courts decide guilt nor the media.

then i hes guilty we can argue about the penalty not being big enough.

if hes found mentaly impaired well thats for the courts too.

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donnashuggy — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 03:07:05 GMT

He cannot be hounded by the media like other people because his location is a big secret, how lucky is he?

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davidc4430 — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 03:19:50 GMT

@donnashuggy wrote:
He cannot be hounded by the media like other people because his location is a big secret, how lucky is he?

why should he be 'hounded' by anyone?

let the police do their job, if there is evedence of him comitting a crime then they will find it and present it to a court.

its not up to the media to be judge, jury and executioner.

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donnashuggy — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 03:33:27 GMT

I was responding to this : "what makes you think he is being treated any different to anyone else accused of a crime?"