Murder plot trio found guilty by jury

October 8, 2013 – 12:02PM

Christopher Knaus and Michael Inman

 

Alexander Duffy leaves the Supreme Court. Photo: Katherine Griffiths

Three young men who chased a teenager through Tuggeranong bushland with a baseball bat after preparing a car boot for his dead body have been found guilty by an ACT Supreme Court jury.

Alexander Raymond Iacuone, 23, Alexander Duffy, 24, and another man who cannot be named stood trial for two weeks in the court.

A jury took less than seven hours of deliberating to convict the men of conspiring to kill a 17-year-old, who had earlier fallen out with Iacuone.

The trio discussed plans to kill the teenager using a baseball bat, and obtained a shovel and mattock to help bury his body.

Advertisement

They then lined a car boot with a shower curtain to prevent his blood from spreading.

The victim was lured outside of his home by the unnamed defendant, who lied that he needed to talk about relationship problems.

Once outside, Iacuone ran at him with the baseball bat.

The victim fled, running through bushland near Lake Tuggeranong.

He was chased down, and eventually confronted by the trio.

Iacuone gave evidence that he wrestled with the victim, while the unnamed defendant hit both of them in the legs with a baseball bat.

The pair rolled down the spillway of a nearby dam on Tuggeranong Lake, and the victim was able to escape.

He was helped by a nearby resident, and the police were called.

Officers intercepted the trio’s car near the victim’s house, finding the bat, shovel, mattock, and shower curtain.

Iacuone and the unnamed defendant argued they never intended to kill the victim.

The pair said they were only intending to bash him, and that there was never any intention to actually commit murder.

Iacuone said he had been “a bit creative” when he told the others he wanted to kill the victim, who he said he had been scared of after numerous threats.

Duffy, who did not know the other two well and came into the plan at a later stage, said he was only a bystander, and had never intended to harm the victim.

He looked shocked as the jury delivered its verdict on Tuesday morning.

There were audible gasps from the public gallery as the guilty verdict was announced.

The men were granted bail by Justice John Burns, with all three never having breached bail before.

Canberra Times

Tom Barros comenta que o Icasa poderia estar na zona de classificação para a Serie A de 2013

 

Se não fossem alguns bobos tropeços no Romeirão, o Icasa há muito estaria no G-4. Vale uma observação: na vitória sobre Guaratinguetá, o Verdão voltou a sofrer gols nos minutos finais. Recaída inadmissível, máxime pelas experiências anteriores.

 

Tom Barros-Diário do Nordeste-07/10/2013

Tom Barros comenta que o Ceará precisa aprender a administrar vantagem no placar quando tiver um atleta a mais em campo

“Conseguimos o resultado. Mas, quando tivermos um jogador a mais, teremos também de saber administrar melhor”. Léo Gamalho, Atacante do Ceará, após a vitória sobre o Asa em Arapiraca

É para comemorar mesmo a reação do Ceará, que agora tem todo o direito de mirar o G-4. Mas a opinião de Léo Gamalho faz sentido: o time, quando teve um jogador a mais, foi envolvido pelo Asa e por pouco não estragou a vantagem obtida. Medo? Não quero acreditar.

Tom Barros-Diário do Nordeste-07/10/2013

Tom Barros comenta que 4 jogadores do Fortaleza não esquecem derrota para o Oeste na Serie C de 2012

 

Lição não esquecida foi o vexame que o Leão passou no PV em 2012, quando o Oeste o eliminou na rodada final. Situação vivida por quatro atletas que atuaram naquele jogo: Esley, Jackson, Waldison e Assisinho. Válida experiência.

 

Tom Barros-07/10/2013

Tom Barros comenta missão do Fortaleza no próximo domingo

 

Partida tensa. Dramática para o torcedor tricolor. A vitória encaminharia a vaga na segunda fase da competição. Mas não foi ruim para o Leão. Apesar de sair vencendo e ter tido oportunidades nos contra-ataques de matar o jogo, o Fortaleza superou as adversidades de um campo horrível para a prática de futebol. O time suportou a pressão e, no próximo domingo, com casa cheia no Castelão, vai depender só das próprias forças para garantir a vaga no mata-mata. Uma vitória simples será suficiente. Em casa, o time costuma ter postura mais ofensiva.

 

Tom Barros-Diário do Nordeste-07/103/2013

Audiência das novelas entre 30/09/2013 e 05/10/2013

SBT leva pegadinha para a Mipcom; Rede Record tem “Rei Davi” e “José do Egito”

 

Uma das feiras de conteúdo para televisão mais importantes do mundo, a Mipcom começou nesta segunda-feira (07) na França. Executivos de várias emissoras brasileiras estão presentes, entre elas Record e SBT.

Os canais estão preparados, pois a TV brasileira é uma das mais bem quistas no mundo. Segundo a jornalista Patrícia Kogut, o SBT viajou com algumas novelas dos anos 90, como “Éramos Seis”, “Fascinação” e “Ossos do Barão”, como também a famosa pegadinha do elevador protagonizada pela atriz mirim Anna Lyvia Padilha, que fez bastante sucesso em 2012, viralizando na internet.

Já a Record, segundo a colunista Cristina Padiglione, vai com suas últimas produções feitas na dramaturgia, como as séries bíblicas “Rei Davi” e “José do Egito” e a novela “Dona Xepa”, além de alguns outros sucessos como “A Lei e o Crime” e “Poder Paralelo”, ambas produzidas em 2009.

Além das duas redes, estão na Mipcom para realizar negócios a Globo, a Band e a TV Cultura. A feira se encerrará no próximo domingo (13).

 

Stabbed police officer released from hospital

2:21 PM Tuesday Oct 8, 2013

The officer’s police car was left splattered with blood.

The Auckland police officer stabbed in the face yesterday has been discharged from hospital today, while the man accused of attacking him has appeared in court.

Police have confirmed that Todd Martin, community constable for Mission Bay and St Heliers, was discharged from Auckland Hospital early this afternoon and will spend some time recuperating from his ordeal at home.

Meanwhile, a Mount Wellington man has appeared in the Auckland District Court this morning charged over the facial stabbing.

The 38-year-old has been charged with three counts of assault with a weapon and one of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

His occupation was not listed on court documents.

Mr Martin was attacked with a long-bladed knife yesterday while responding to reports of a man being threatening and abusive.

It is believed Mr Martin was stabbed through the nose. Another officer was believed to have been stabbed with a screwdriver.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Ian McMeeking told media the man was charged with assault with a weapon as opposed to assaulting a police officer as it carried a higher maximum penalty.

Assaulting a police officer carries a maximum charge of three years imprisonment, while assault with a weapon carries a maximum penalty of five years.

Community Magistrate Dianne Hale suppressed the alleged offender’s name until his next appearance on October 29.

He has been remanded in custody and ordered to undergo a psychiatric assessment.

Mr Martin was stationed at Newmarket and has been in the police force for nine years.

He was stabbed while talking to a man on Hapimana Rd, which leads from Tamaki Drive to the MJ Savage Memorial Park overlooking the Hauraki Gulf about 10.20am yesterday.

He was with two other officers. All were wearing stab-proof vests.

Acting Auckland commander, Inspector Jim Wilson said Mr Martin was “taken completely by surprise”.

“Without any warning whatsoever the suspect then drew a knife and stabbed him in the face,” Mr Wilson said.

“At that stage there was no indication he would become violent, he certainly wasn’t aggressive at that stage and it would appear that he took the officer completely by surprise.”

Mr Wilson said the suspect then turned his attention to the other officers, one of whom was armed with a Taser.

“They backed off, and it was at that stage then he turned and ran off across the park into some bushes.”

Another officer at a cordon on Patteson Rd saw the suspect riding a bicycle 25 minutes later.

“He thought that [he] was likely to escape so he called upon the [man] to surrender. [He] was clearly intent on leaving the area so the officer pushed him off his bicycle before Tasering him.”

As well as the knife, the alleged offender was carrying tools in a bag which could have been used as a weapon, including a hammer, police said.

The scene were the police officer was stabbed in the face at Bastion Point. Photo / Dean Purcell

The New Zealand Herald

Números do TV TOTAL nos últimos 30 dias

CLIQUE AQUI para visualizar o ensaio completo

Country	Views
Brazil	16,996
United States	1,575
Portugal	1,461
Canada	92
Sweden	79
France	60
Australia	56
United Kingdom	55
Angola	51
Switzerland	50
Germany	36
Japan	35
Cape Verde	35
Argentina	31
Italy	30
New Zealand	29
Turkey	22
Mozambique	22
Mexico	20
Spain	17
Netherlands	17
Chile	16
Russian Federation	16
Venezuela	16
Republic of Korea	11
Peru	11
Colombia	10
India	10
Ireland	9
Belgium	9
Serbia	8
China	8
Saudi Arabia	8
Israel	7
Hungary	6
Malaysia	6
Ecuador	5
Norway	5
Pakistan	5
Poland	5
Uruguay	5
Czech Republic	5
Sao Tome and Principe	4
Bolivia	4
Greece	4
Ukraine	4
Philippines	4
Panama	4
Singapore	4
Denmark	3
Nicaragua	3
Costa Rica	3
Indonesia	3
Ghana	3
Finland	3
Luxembourg	3
Viet Nam	3
Lithuania	3
Austria	3
Mauritius	2
United Arab Emirates	2
Paraguay	2
El Salvador	2
Morocco	2
Kuwait	2
Dominican Republic	2
Qatar	2
Senegal	2
Taiwan	2
Algeria	2
Iraq	2
Burkina Faso	1
Jersey	1
Slovakia	1
Romania	1
Cuba	1
Lebanon	1
Moldova	1
Egypt	1
French Guiana	1
South Africa	1
Congo	1
Bulgaria	1
Macao	1
Malta	1
Croatia	1
Iceland	1

 

Seoul urges Pyongyang to stop slandering President Park

 

SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Yonhap) — South Korea urged North Korea Tuesday to stop its repeated name-calling toward the South’s president as the communist country ratcheted up a bashing campaign over Seoul’s calls on the country to discard its nuclear arms.

Last Friday, North Korea’s National Defense Commission issued its name-calling criticism toward President Park Geun-hye after she called on the North to give up its nuclear ambitions at the ceremony for Armed Forces Day on Oct. 1 in Seoul.

“If Park Geun-hye and her cohorts recklessly scramble to nullify our nuclear armament in order to topple our regime, it will amount to digging their own graves,” according to the defense commission’s statement.

It was the first anti-Seoul criticism in three months that laid flak directly on Park.

The country released a similar statement on Saturday, warning Park and her cohorts to “behave yourself.”

   “North Korea’s slandering toward the South is going beyond the limits,” the Ministry of Unification in Seoul said. “The North should immediately stop its insulting remarks of the publicly-elected president as well as its threats toward our citizens.”

   Such remarks by the North will get the country nowhere and only further accelerate its isolation, according to the statement.

Experts said the communist country is ratcheting up its anti-Seoul bashing campaign amid little progress in the inter-Korean relations.

South Korea and the U.S. have shown strong reservations toward the China-led efforts to resume the long-stalled six-party talks to denuclearize North Korea. The North has repeatedly shown interest in restarting the disarmament-for-aid dialogue involving the four nations plus Russia and Japan.

Earlier on Tuesday, the North said it ordered its military to be in a war posture because of the American nuclear-armed aircraft carrier, which entered the South Korean port of Busan last week to join a joint naval war exercise with Seoul and Tokyo.

pbr@yna.co.kr

(END)

 

Yonhap News Agency