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Ah jaysus isn’t it terrible.
Horrible stuff all round. Poor girl.
Then you have absolute idiot me-feiners like this doing the rounds. The bad of twitter outweighs the good on a fairly regular basis these days https://twitter.com/CatherineDeveny
Rape and murder it seems
insightful stuff :rolleyes:
You have some neck on you
It seems it’s even worse than that. I’m not sure how much worse you can get than rape and murder but that’s the impression I’m getting from following Australian media.
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You have some neck on you[/quote]
Its longer than his legs.
I just hope they can locate the body and the family get some closure. I complement the Victorian police on their sterling work and was only too glad to assist them in creating a diversion so they could close in on the real suspect with raising his suspicions.
Awful stuff. Chilling to think she was having a conversation to her brother on the phone as this scumbag was stalking her. A really sad outcome unfortunately.
In more positive news, my new found maturity has been emphasised by my restraint and lack of posts on this case until things became clearer.
[quote]Rape and murder it seems
It seems it’s even worse than that. I’m not sure how much worse you can get than rape and murder but that’s the impression I’m getting from following Australian media.[/QUOTE]Surprise murder?
Spill it Sidney.
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Spill it Sidney.[/quote]
Munting?
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[]The man is 41 and from Coburg.
[]He didn’t know Jill and (if he is responsible for her disappearance) it appears to be an opportunistic attack.
[]He allegedly is the ‘blue hoodie man’ according to The Age, but not confirmed.
[]He hasn’t been charged with anything yet.
[]Sources in The Age say it’s a “full-on homicide investigation”, but that’s not confirmed.
[]Sources say he’s not co-operating with police.
[]The man in question has no prior criminal history no serious criminal history (thanks SARsquatch).
[]Jill’s whereabouts still unknown.
[]8.28pm: Crime editor of The Age has called the man her “alleged killer”[/url], although he’s yet to be charged. Jason Om from ABC24 reminds us that [url=“https://twitter.com/jason_om/status/251258364569481216”]he hasn’t been charged with anything, so let’s not jump to conclusions just yet
[]8.33pm: Earlier today a guy on Facebook made this image from the various short face-shots from the security tapes. Will be interesting to see whether he was accurate.
[]8.36pm: Clarification, according to 3AW (who have given the best coverage of this case IMO), he was investigated by the “Homicide Squad Missing Persons Unit detectives”. The fact that the word “homicide” is in there might be the cause for The Age to call it “a full-on homicide investigation”. In short: we don’t know much, in the absence of official statements The Age seems to be just flailing wildly with conjecture.
[]8.58pm: Herald Sun reports the “The man arrested over the disappearance of Jill Meagher is expected to face abduction and murder charges.” They don’t give a source for this.
[]9.02pm: Seems as good a time as any to link to this: A Guide to Sub Judice -> why the media (and anyone else) should be incredibly careful about what they’re reporting here.
[]9.10pm: AAP reporter tweets that there has been a massive pizza delivery to the St Kilda Rd Police Station. Sign of a long night ahead.
[]9.12pm: According to several tweets, Channel 7 are reporting that the suspect has been charged with abduction and murder. As yet unconfirmed.
[]9.15pm: Peter Mitchell from Ch.7 has tweeted that the man is expected to face murder charges, but again at this stage it’s still just speculation.
[]9.24pm: ABC journalist Karen Barlow: “Things seem to be moving fast now in the Jill Meagher case. The Herald Sun is reporting there will be a court sitting later tonight.”
[]9.35pm: Lateline reporter Hamish Fitzsimmons: “@VictoriaPolice have just said no charges have been laid yet against the 41yo man arrested in connection to disappearance of Jill Meagher…Told me they’ll update big media contingent later tonight here at St Kilda Rd station”.
[]9.42pm: Sky News Chief Ahron Young: “No charges have been laid against the 41yo man over Jill Meagher disappearance”. Unsure if this means “no charges have been made yet” or “no charges will be made”. Stay tuned.
[]9.47pm: @VictoriaPolice:[/url] There is no update on the Gillian Meagher investigation. Any updates will be relayed via our website [url=“http://www.vicpolicenews.com.au/”]http://www.vicpolicenews.com.au
[]9.48pm: Photo outside VicPol headquarters on St Kilda Rd right now
[]10.01pm: Police about to brief media
[]10.10pm: Media briefing from Victoria Police expected shortly. Apparently they’ll stream it live on 3AW, you can watch here: http://streaming.mytalk.com.au/watch3aw (load that link into VLC to stream the video. They’re currently just doing some game show stuff but said they’d cross to the conference when it starts.)
[]10.18pm: Apparently no cameras will be allowed in the police briefing, unsure if the audio stream will still go ahead on 3AW.
[]10.28pm: Ahron Young from Sky News: “Guys this isn’t good”. Says that he’s not at the briefing but “has been told a few things” and is being very careful about what he says.
[]10.34pm: ABC News: BREAKING: Police expect to charge 41-year-old man with the rape and murder of Jill Meagher: https://twitter.com/abcnews/status/251298562237923328
[]10.39pm: Note from me: “Charged with murder” does not necessarily mean that Jill is dead. As far as we know police have still not found her body and no word on a confession. Press conference happening now. 3AW about to broadcast it, listen here: http://streaming.mytalk.com.au/watch3aw .
[]10.46pm: Sky News said that a police sergeant (they said his name, although didn’t catch it) confirmed that the suspect would be charged with rape and murder. Still unconfirmed whether he was the man in the blue hoodie.
[]10.51pm: 3AW crossed to Sky News for media briefing, listen for info.
[]10.52pm: The Age posted a photo of the suspect (his head/heands at least) here:http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/man-arrested-over-jill-meagher-case-20120927-26nu7.html . Looks like he’s the man in the blue hoodie.
[]10.56pm: Clarification/Update: There was a media briefing (happened already), no camera/audio was allowed. Police told media that the man was expected to be charged with rape and murder. There will be a hearing in a few hours, probably in the early hours of the morning. He’s still talking to the police. Don’t think we’ll know too much more until the hearing though.
[]11.01pm: They’re talking about it on ABC News 24 right now, watch here:http://www.abc.net.au/news/abcnews24/
[]11.03pm: ABC reporters have confirmed that Jill Meagher is dead. Body is yet to be found.
[]11.10pm: Hamish Fitzsimmons from Lateline has been doing really solid reporting on this. “Police are now trying to locate Jill Meagher’s body. No other person is being sought for questioning.”
[]11.14pm: Specific details are sparse at the moment, because the media briefing from the police was off the record. Much more will be made public when the police officially charge the man.
[]11.27pm: 3AW says that the man is currently assisting police in finding Jill’s body.
[]11.28pm: I need a beer.
[]11.47pm: Thanks for all the kind words folks. I’ve got an early meeting tomorrow but I’ve acquired my beer and I’ll keep updating as long as possible.
[]11.49pm: @AhronYoung[/url] says that there will be no news conference from the police tonight. (thanks[url=“http://www.reddit.com/r/melbourne/comments/10k0q7/man_arrested_in_jill_meagher_case/c6e64ws”]matsky[/url]). [url=“https://twitter.com/hamishfitz/status/251316758043049986”]@hamishfitz says that it looks like the hearing will be some time away (although unsure if that means hours, days or more).
[]12.05am: @AndrewJaffrey: Police in Melbourne are now searching a field for a body after a 6 hour interview with a POI tonight.
[*]12.07am: @AndrewJaffrey[/url]: “husband has arrived at St Kilda police centre. He was informed his wife was murdered at 5:15 this afternoon. Feel for him”. (thanks [url=“http://www.reddit.com/r/melbourne/comments/10k0q7/man_arrested_in_jill_meagher_case/c6e6ean”]lewigie)
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As per that, they’re confirming she’s dead and that the suspect is assisting in locating the body.
Not that surprising I suppose but sad all the same.
I don’t know and am only reading between the lines. Journalists there were apparently given an off the record press briefing which is a very unusual move. “There is lots more to the story”, according to the head of Sky News in Melbourne.
What I don’t get is why did she ring her brother if she felt threatened, why didnt she ring the husband, he was only 800 metres down the road?
Heart breaking stuff.
Shitty news-fucking Aussies. Pray for her family.
Kev was on ball with the Lebaneese rape gangs 