Rumours and Stuff

[T.S Quint]

Are you serious? Where have you been?

I'm imagining that you can't just walk up to a police officer and say "He touched me" and they immediately charge them. There has to be some sort of evidence, whether it be CCTV footage, marking on the person or eyewitness accounts.

 

[IFR33K]

Would never have happened if he went to Bali

Well, let’s just say it mightn’t have been a woman pressing chargers….

 

[T-Boon]

Looking at those Crimes Act definitions does anal area include the buttocks? I would guess it does.

 

[King-Gutho94]

I'm imagining that you can't just walk up to a police officer and say "He touched me" and they immediately charge them. There has to be some sort of evidence, whether it be CCTV footage, marking on the person or eyewitness accounts.

Not sure how different it is but i am sure in DV cases the moment a woman makes a complaint to police the male has to be charged.

 

[JokerEel]

NRL star allegedly touched woman’s bottom

St George Illawarra forward George Burgess has been given a date for when he will fight a charge of sexually touching a woman in Sydney.

www.midwesttimes.com.au

Burgess did not get stood down

 

[pazzaeel]

Hopefully whatever it is that is alleged to have taken place is low end being a dick on the piss rather than something more serious.

Doubt that will make a difference in court

 

[hindy111]

I’m away for a few weeks in the Greek Islands atm so can you boys make sure things are under control whilst I’m away?!

Knocking back a few Mythos draughts watching the sun go down in Mykonos atm with the lovely wife and kids asleep, and even in all this majestic nature I can’t help but dream of a Parra premiership before I’m 45.

Your gone for 5 mins and look what happens.
Have fun in the Greek Islands
f**kwit

 

[hindy111]

I wonder what Hindy’s little birds have to say on the matter???

All The little birds told me a Parra players was making sure there wasn't a little bird where it shouldn't be. I had no idea what they where talking about. Now it makes sense

 

[emjaycee]

Doubt that will make a difference in court

The court is required to take these 2 things into account, so being a dick on the piss would surely come into calculations:

whether the person doing the touching does so for the purpose of obtaining sexual arousal or sexual gratification, or

whether any other aspect of the touching (including the circumstances in which it is done) makes it sexual.

 

[hindy111]

Spot on. We keep on asking how stupid are they?! And the answer is very stupid. Surely they learn from the likes De Belin, Hayne and the list goes on.

Young
Dumb
And full of cum

 

[IFR33K]

Your gone for 5 mins and look what happens.
Have fun in the Greek Islands
f**kwit

harsh mate. Possibly true thou

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Probably. But they had the 7 year jail thing as the barometer for a serious charge. This is less than half that. Why even have the 7 year rule?

I thought it was 11 years.

 

[emjaycee]

Looks like Dolphins will be without Milford and Wallace when we play them in Round 17.

 

[yy_cheng]

Young
Dumb
And full of cum

They should have glory holes in the change room

 

[T.S Quint]

I thought it was 11 years.

It was 11 years. But then didn't they stand down Dylan Walker for something that did not have that length of gaol term?

In any case, it is 5 years maximum for the charge of non-consensual sexual touching. He has been charged with 5 counts of this. So, if he's found guilty of each charge he could be looking at a maximum of 25 years (not likely but still).

 

[T.S Quint]

Looks like Dolphins will be without Milford and Wallace when we play them in Round 17.

Don't go changing the subject, dammit!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Looking at those Crimes Act definitions does anal area include the buttocks? I would guess it does.

It definitely does. The 'sexual touching' offence includes groping someone on the arse or the tit. Whether a crime has been committed hinges on whether the toucher thought there was consent. So stroking a random's bum as she walks past would probably mean no expectation of consent, but what if you'd been eye f**king each other for the preceding 20 minutes? I've done it in the past, assumed consent and it turned out I was right. Other times I was wrong. You don't always know if flirting is 'just flirting' or not, and shouting at chicks in noisy pubs can kill the mood.

Him: "ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME AROUND?"

Her (smiling and inaudible): ".........................."

Him: "WHAT?"

Sometimes it's just easier putting a hand on her bum. Get rid of the time wasters. But then if she doesn't like it she's unlikely to call the cops on you unless you're a f**ken jerk. In this case it was five counts of sexual touching. Whether it's five different women or five times on the same one, it's somewhat jerklike. But Drown has his technique and he has no doubt pleased a lot of women. Sometimes you get to smash some moistie in the toilet and other times you face criminal charges. You just never know your luck.

 

[eels_fan]

A can’t see any situation whereby we announce him on the team sheet on Tuesday with his court date not until Wednesday.

police would have checked the venue cctv before arresting and charging.

5 separate charges is specific and likely based on evidence already viewed.
If a complainants tells the cops “he touched me 5 times” they don’t slap 5 charges on you without evidence, you cop one initial charge whilst they investigate further.
I think Dyl may be in a spot of bother

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Please remember, no presumptions of guilt, he's not been convicted of anything at this stage.

We are NRL fans ffs. We are applying the no fault accusation rule.

 

[emjaycee]

Reading the article it seems as though it was one person who complained to the venue and the venue contacted the police. One would guess they looked at their CCTV footage beforehand however that doesn't guarantee that anything was captured.