Simon Gittany Guilty

[pct001wine]

http://www.news.com.au/national/what-really-happened-the-murder-trial-of-simon-gittany/story-fncynjr...

Disturbing story.  I sense we haven't heard the last of this, I am sure there will be appeals.   So sad for the family and friends of Lisa Harnum, not to mention Lisa herself.   RIP.

[icyfroth]

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@buzzlightyearsgirlfriend wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

Despite her misguided blind devotion to Ghittany, I thought Rachelle Louse magnificent in her 60 minutes interview. Stunning looks and totally poised.

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Different strokes for different folks I guess.

I thought she came across as cheap, common and in absolute denial. They even had to bleep out all her uses of the F word. 

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That may well be, Buzz, but she certainly photographed well.

[buzzlightyearsgirlfriend]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@buzzlightyearsgirlfriend wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

Despite her misguided blind devotion to Ghittany, I thought Rachelle Louse magnificent in her 60 minutes interview. Stunning looks and totally poised.

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Different strokes for different folks I guess.

I thought she came across as cheap, common and in absolute denial. They even had to bleep out all her uses of the F word. 

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That may well be, Buzz, but she certainly photographed well.

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Not "may well be" she swore like a fishwife or a docker, very unseemly in my opinion.

Looking conventionally attractive (and an almost carbon copy of her predecessor - that is CREEPY!) doesn't make the woman "poised". Her swearing combined with her naivety and juvenile school-girl responses made her much less than "poised". 

She came across to me as another of Gittany's victims. She defended his use of hidden surveillance and stalking of Lisa Harnum. She needs professional help. 

[cherry*135]

Is she in denial?

If viewers were correct that Ms Louise is in denial, forensic psychologist Dr Bob Montgomery said it is a common response to this kind of situation.

Dr Montgomery sees a number of cases where partners support criminals in their denials.

His subjects are often in denial when he asks them if they will change their mind.

“Some of them are quite adamant,” he said. “‘No, no, I don’t care what you say.”

“They’re really saying, ‘by hanging onto this relationship and maintaining I got it right in the first place are all too important so I don’t care what you predict.”

The key is for people to go examine the evidence that will change their mind, rather than the evidence that will reinforce their views.

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/she-said-what-rachelle-louise-defends-boyfriend-simon-gittan...

[i-need-a-martini]

She told reporters (yesterday?) that she was writing a screenplay about the case.

I suspect she is pretty grateful that her fiances crime has landed her on her feet.

[cherry*135]

She also said :

RACHELLE Louise, the determined girlfriend of convicted murderer Simon Gittany, has vowed to put herself through law school to prove her jailed boyfriend innocent.

Louise has told Channel 7’s Sunday Night she would use the proceeds from her paid TV tell-all to fund her pursuit of justice for Gittany

[icyfroth]

She didn't turn up at court today for his sentencing hearing.

[freakiness]

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@icyfroth wrote:

She didn't turn up at court today for his sentencing hearing.

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Perhaps she watched the interview and woke up.

[purple_haize]

He only got 26yrs.............not long for taking a life.....

[freakiness]

with an 18 year minimum.  Not much is it. He'll be out before he's 60.  

[green.fields]

icyfroth wrote:

Despite her misguided blind devotion to Ghittany, I thought Rachelle Louse magnificent in her 60 minutes interview. Stunning looks and totally poised.

What's that they say about "all in the eye of the beholder". I am inclined to agree with Buzz's viewpoint on this woman. One hopes she wakes up rather sooner than later, guess she thinks all the publicity will give her a leg up to where ever it is she is hoping to go,.