ACT jail death: Victim’s mum warned justice officials her son’s life was in danger

NOVEMBER 12 2016 – 11:00PM

Kimberley Le Lievre

The grieving mother of Indigenous inmate Steven Freeman, who died in prison in May, says she intends to pursue the inadequate treatment of her son “to the fullest possible extent”.

Narelle King said she warned ACT justice officials her son’s life was in danger during a court hearing about a year before he died.

Narelle King is in grief over the death of her son Steven Freeman, who died in custody at the Alexander Maconochie Centre earlier this year. Photo: Rohan Thomson

Ms King was responding to the independent inquiry, released on Thursday, by former integrity commissioner Philip Moss. The inquiry found wide-ranging failures of the ACT’s justice system, involving corrections, police and health authorities.

A coronial inquest to determine how Mr Freeman died is set to begin in December.

“Once the inquest hearing ends, my grief and pain over my boy’s death will not,” Ms King said.

“No person, Aboriginal or otherwise, should be treated this way by the justice system.”

Ms King said she held grave fears for her son after the near-fatal bashing at the prison, which took place within hours of Mr Freeman’s arrival. He was on remand at the time on charges of disqualified and drink driving, and possessing an offensive weapon, but was lumped with sentenced prisoners.

Ms King recalled the “haunting image” of her son being brought into the courtroom after being in hospital, in a gown “loosely tied at the back showing his nudity except for his underpants”.

“It was so demeaning and I was so worried seeing the blank look on his face as we tried to convince the magistrate that his life was in danger,” she said.

A year later, he was found dead in his cell.

The independent inquiry exposed failures that Ms King said she had long suspected but had been kept in the dark about.

She highlighted the lack of CCTV footage of her son’s cell at the Alexander Maconochie Centre at the time of the bashing, and the shortcomings by ACT Policing in dealing with the investigation.

“My son was never the same after that bashing,” Ms King said.

“The inquiry has confirmed my suspicions that the monitoring of Steven after his head injury was not adequate. The report states that no one at the AMC even assessed Steven to see if he had impaired function.”

The report revealed Mr Freeman did not receive adequate follow-up medical checks after he returned to prison from hospital. He did not have his cognitive functioning assessed, despite fears he may have suffered a permanent brain injury.

Ms King said she was still coming to terms with the loss of her son, and this Christmas would be difficult for the family.

“To think that this Christmas I won’t be laying presents under the tree for my son, Steven, will make his loss seem more real,” she said.

 

Source : The Canberra Times

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Domingão do Faustão irá ao ar neste domingo , 13/11/2016 , às 17h40

 

Faustão mais cedo
Neste domingo o programa de Fausto Silva na Globo começará mais cedo, às 17h40, porque não haverá transmissão do futebol.

Um dos seus destaques será a “Dança dos Famosos”, recebendo no júri artístico Bruno Gagliasso, Gabriela Pugliesi e Gaby Amarantos.

 

Flávio Ricco com colaboração de José Carlos Nery

Estoque no fim: futuro das sessões de filmes do SBT é incerto

Cena de “O Exterminador do Futuro: A Salvação” levado ao ar nesta sexta-feira

O SBT não tem nada definido sobre o futuro da sua programação de filmes.

Com o pouco material que ainda existe, bons resultados continuam sendo alcançados no “Cine Espetacular”, às terças-feiras, e no “Tela de Sucessos”, às sextas. Méritos ao seu programador.

Mas ninguém sabe como será já a partir do próximo ano.

Como foi amplamente noticiado, o SBT abriu mão de uma parceria de muitos anos com a Warner, mas que ainda lhe assegura o direito de algumas exibições.

Algo próximo a raspar o fundo do tacho.

Pior que isso é que existem sérias dúvidas em relação ao que virá pela frente. Ou se compra material de uma nova distribuidora ou será necessário trocar as sessões de filmes por outros programas.

 

Flávio Ricco com colaboração de José Carlos Nery

Bruna Marquezine ainda não tem trabalho definido na Globo

Bruna Marquezine vive uma cantora de boate em série da Globo

Recém-chegada de uma viagem ao Líbano e Jordânia, com apoio da ONU, para conhecer a realidade de refugiados, Bruna Marquezine ainda não tem nada decidido sobre um novo trabalho na Globo.

Oficialmente, ela continua de férias, após gravar “Nada Será Como Antes”, considerado até agora o seu trabalho mais adulto.

De qualquer forma, e como a própria Globo admite, existem grandes chances da sua escalação em uma das novelas do ano que vem.

 

Flávio Ricco com colaboração de José Carlos Nery

É incontestável o amadurecimento do jornalismo na TV

William Bonner foi aos EUA acompanhar as eleições para o “Jornal Nacional”

Jornalismo, para os donos de TV, sempre foi considerado um brinquedo caro, por tudo que se exige para apresentar um trabalho à altura.

Mas também é aquilo que, para todas as emissoras, cria os laços de confiança mais fortes com o público e mercado anunciante.

Uma colada na outra, nesses últimos dias, tivemos eleições no Brasil e Estados Unidos, nos levando a verificar que quase não existiu diferença na cobertura de uma e outra.

Os grandes impedimentos do passado foram superados com o tempo e a transmissão de um evento internacional, nos dias de hoje, acontece com a mesma facilidade e atenção dos fatos locais.

O jornalismo foi um dos setores que mais amadureceu na televisão brasileira e aquele que melhor está sabendo se aproveitar das novas tecnologias.

 

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Kiwi man dies from injuries after jumping off Venice bridge

10:17 PM Saturday Nov 12, 2016

A Kiwi man who jumped off Venice’s famed Rialto Bridge and smashed into a passing water taxi has reportedly died from his injuries.

The 49-year-old, who lived most of the year in St Tropez on the Cote d’Azur, was reportedly drunk in August when he decided to hurl himself off the stone bridge, which spans the Grand Canal.

But instead of dropping into the water, he landed on a water taxi that was passing beneath the bridge at the time.

Italian newspaper Il Messaggero yesterday reported the man had died from his injuries at hospital in Mestre, Venice.

The force of the impact smashed the boat’s windshield and scattered broken glass across the prow.

A colleague dove into the canal after the man who got up and was screaming in pain, Il Messaggero reported.

The man, believed to be working on a yacht that was visiting Venice, was taken to hospital with fractures and severe trauma.

He had been in a coma since being admitted to hospital in a critical condition.

At the time, authorities said they would conduct tests to determine whether the man was under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

He would have faced charges of endangering public transport if he had survived.

After the incident, Venice mayor Luigi Brugnaro tweeted that he’d had enough of this and other types of bad behaviour.

“I insist on (introducing) special powers to the city to uphold public order. Pickpockets, vandals, drunks! A night in the cells.”

Venice, which has a strict ban on swimming in its canals, has fought a running battle with uncouth and unsociable behaviour on the part of the 20 million tourists who descend each year.

In the past the city has issued decrees against men wandering around bare-chested, families eating packed lunches in St Mark’s Square and the feeding of pigeons.

Source : New Zealand Herald

Malcolm Turnbull ‘not welcome’ as official guest at Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

NOVEMBER 12 2016 – 11:54PM

Jodie Stephens

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull would not be welcome as an official guest of Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras under a motion passed at the organisation’s annual general meeting on Saturday.

In March, Mr Turnbull became the first sitting Australian prime minister to attend the event. But activists angered by his support of a divisive plebiscite on same-sex marriage say he should not be invited in 2017.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his wife, Lucy, greet revellers on Oxford Street during this year’s Mardi Gras parade. Photo: Supplied

Cat Rose and Patrick White, of Sydney-based activist group Community Action Against Homophobia, brought forward the motion to say Mr Turnbull was not welcome as an official guest while he “denied equality” to the LGBTIQ community.

“We ask the Board to act in accordance with this position and issue a public statement as it applies to the current Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and the 2017 Mardi Gras parade and does not invite him as an official guest to the parade,” the motion read.

The board still has to consider the motion, which was passed 75-63. Ms Rose said she expected the board’s support.

“The reason against it was given as: does Mardi Gras ever uninvite anyone?” Ms Rose said. “We put the argument that it’s the prime minister of Australia, and he’s really used and abused our community.”

Ms Rose criticised Mr Turnbull for appearing at this year’s parade for a “photo opportunity”, only to bring “even more homophobic attacks in the form of the plebiscite”.

Mr Turnbull had no comment on the motion, but he has previously given a spirited defence of the proposed plebiscite, which was formally killed off in the Senate on Monday night.

Introducing the plebiscite bill in September, Mr Turnbull said marriage equality was “a big moral issue” best decided by a public vote.

“It is an issue of conscience for millions of Australians,” he said. “If ever there is an issue to be put to a plebiscite, this is one that can and should be, because it is a very straightforward question.”

Following the plebiscite’s defeat, Mr Turnbull said on Friday there were “no plans to take any other measures on this issue”.

 

 

Source : The Canberra Times