William O’Sullivan beat his 22-month-old stepson, Mason Lee, to the point where Lee died from his injuries some five days later.
Details of 37-year-old O’Sullivan’s sentencing were released in the Queensland Supreme Court yesterday. He pleaded guilty to four charges, including manslaughter and cruelty to a child under 16-years of age.
O’Sullivan has been sentenced to nine years jail, six years of which are not subject to parole. With time served he may be out in four years.
The story of short, tormented life of Mason Lee is heartbreaking. He died of horrific injuries and in terrible pain.
In 2009, Heidi Strbak inflicted a series of fatal blows on her four-year-old son, Tyrell Cobb, in their Gold Coast home. Last year Strback was found guilty of manslaughter. She was sentenced to nine years in jail. She will be eligible for parole in 2021.
Full column here.
Just for JB
https://dfat.gov.au/news/speeches/Pages/australia-and-the-green-climate-fund-supporting-new-climate-investments.aspx
http://climatecollege.unimelb.edu.au/seminar/has-australias-investment-green-climate-fund-been-successful
https://www.greenclimate.fund/documents/20182/24868/Status_of_Pledges.pdf/eef538d3-2987-4659-8c7c-5566ed6afd19
The Green Climate Fund has been going for awhile and has a long way to go to get to us$100 billion. by 2020.
Contribution would have to increase at least 10 fold which would put us at about $2 billion a year.
At the moment, the US, UK, Germany.,Norway , Japan and France seem to be carrying the bulk of the load.
Thanks JS. The news that the other advanced countries are doing the heavy lifting is of great comfort to me.
I shall celebrate with a magnum of Chateau Fat Rich Bastard 1962 at my club this evening.
Every time I see morrison look to the hillsong horizon and talk, I understand just how lucky the Nation was to avoid a Mark Latham PM ship. morrison has the same angry, shouting, dismissive of everyone craze to his “fair dinkum”? sermons.
Aw c’mon Dismayed. The spirit of the holy ghost races through his arteries and veins. You cant expect a bloke so filled to bursting with the old religious and righteous fervour to be calm and rational now can you?
I wont start to worry too much until his eyes light up sparks come out of his arse. About the time of the lead up to the next election.
Give ’em heaps.
And yet another unintelligible attempt at disapprobation. Why are we not surprised.
At the risk of being “attacked”, and in an attempt to reinvigorate and perpetuate the deep seated Aussie tradition of also “having a fair go”, may I opine that nowadays some folk, including on here, appear to erroneously consider the impetuous act of inappropriately insisting upon sitting on one’s backside is a demonstration of one’s “depth of compassion”. Especially so when such action is indecorous with the accepted standards of the majority.
%*#$@ the majority. It’s a free country isn’t it? How a bit of tolerance for free thinkers?
Nah. They will just buy the joint Henry.
Tracy – still haven’t listened to the teachers pet podcast but read yesterdays timeline and some of the hyperlinks (transcripts of police interviews). I thought the sister in laws one somewhat suspect. She states that:
*her husband would do anything to protect his twin
*she also states she would not want to incriminate her brother in law; moreover she was capable of being co-opted to help in doing her brother-in-laws uni work
*she is understandably vague on some matters
*she is very dodgy on signing an insurance form
*she is certain she didn’t go shopping with a credit card (that could have been used as a reward for falsely signing the insurance form; or could have been used by the teenage girlfriend)
*she is certain that a religious type did not knock on her door, though this is a line used by the twins
*she (and her husband) were willing and able to cover up for the couple by concealing their whereabouts from all other members of both families
*she credits her husband with common sense yet seems indifferent, unless she was unaware, of his having sex with school kids
On other matters, who knows what the girlfriend knew? We do know she was capable of duplicity as a result of her affair with the teacher.
Finally, I hope some further evidence is found as a result of the latest searches. Otherwise my only guess, if she was murdered, is that her remains could be located in the coastal locations that were visited by either of these parties during that time frame.
I hope none of this is cut as it all comes from the public domain, except my guesswork or observations.
Oh, and good luck against Spurs!!!
It sounds like not finding anything will no longer be an impediment to charges if the DPP goes for it, thirty six years is an awful long time for the family.
I hope they find something, in NSW not revealing the location of a body/remains can mean a sentence with no chance of parole.
This either came into effect or will be (Jack will correct me if I’m wrong) after the Mathew Leveson case.
Hi Jack, does the blog have a no comments via vpn rule? Been using one due to location and no comments seem to be getting through.
I don’t believe so, Mack. Send a few tests and I’ll let you know. Your IP is visible to me on this comment. Looks normal. I know some VPNs create a zero IP. That might be a problem.
A great result for the country!
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/adani-moves-closer-to-starting-construction-at-carmichael-coal-mine-with-rail-plan/news-story/508b6fbcbcfbbe086d738d6aecb41a7a
Tax havens anyone….
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/feb/22/adani-mining-giant-facing-renewed-claims-of-600m-in-india
result?? HA!
Anyway mazing how the cost of the railway line halved now that the Aussie tax payer isn’t paying for it.
If ex-PM Turnbull is still attempting to influence Oz politics he should not complain about receiving media attention in NY.
that was last week, you always have had trouble keeping up little milton.
I’d hazzard a guess he’s a little bitter about last week.
Maybe the guy’s on a roll….we’ll soon find out. 🤤
Try teaching English. Once upon a time grooming was something we were taught, were complimented upon and took pride in. Now it is something that can only be commented upon under parliamentary privilege. So whatever you do folks, don’t go telling all and sundry that you’ve been grooming your pet lamb or goat or whatever.
As a kid I used to go to bed with a tranny and listen to the test cricket from England. Can’t say that out loud now.
It’s very brave of you to come forward Perentie. I’m trying to visualise a tranny from the 1940’s , I’m guessing something in a sheer lavender chiffon and satin garter belt and black silk stocking with a crush on Wally Hammond?
Okay, so what or whom were you grooming? Who taught you? You took pride in it? You’re a worry you are.
loud message
http://www.thenyherald.com/2018/09/11/pedophiles-decapitated-corpse-found-on-judges-doorstep-after-bail-hearing/
More like a little thing called justice.
Aurora, made famous by Wayne’s World. Very blue collar kind of suburb of Chicago.