Joomla! site syndication http://pariahnt.org/Bill_Day 2010-03-13T19:24:47+01:00 http://pariahnt.org/Bill_Day http://pariahnt.org/Bill_Day/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2007-07-30T00:53:33+01:00 http://pariahnt.org/Bill_Day http://pariahnt.org/Bill_Day/content/view/15/ Inconsistencies in the evidence against Kyle Horace:More reasons why he should not have been convictedNo form of sexual assault can be excused. Those who have experienced a forced violation of their person may receive a life sentence of psychological harm. The perpetrators may receive a lesser sentence. However, society's righteous indignation to defend the victim and punish the offender has often resulted in innocent people being accused and imprisoned. Inconsistencies in the case against Kyle Horace indicate that his conviction was unsound and a young man was wrongfully sentenced to seven years in the Darwin Correctional Centre.The transcript of a rape trial is not pleasant reading. The complainant, witnesses and accused are forced to re-live the trauma of a life changing event, in this case after they have grown from childhood to maturity. However, the frankness and personal nature of the evidence presented to the court is necessary for the jury to reach a verdict beyond reasonable doubt. Likewise, distressing evidence for all involved must be here re-examined if we are to question the verdict of the jury and the comments of the judge in Kyle's trial. The future of an innocent man depends upon it. text/html 2007-07-27T08:43:57+01:00 http://pariahnt.org/Bill_Day http://pariahnt.org/Bill_Day/content/view/14/ Federal interventionBILL DAY - draft of letter (Sun, 24 Jun 2007) to The Editor - The AustralianDear Sir,Have we learnt nothing from the disastrous and illegal invasion of Iraq? Without consultation and in their frustration, will Australia's discredited neocons attempt to forcibly apply their social theories to Northern Territory Aboriginal communities? Labor Governments and Oppositions have failed to speak for their most loyal voters. However, Aborigines are survivors. Although they will not resist with guns and bombs their resistance to the latest interventions will be sure and effectiveYours sincerelyBill DayPO Box 425MAYLANDSWA 6931Mobile: 0408 946 942 text/html 2007-07-27T04:37:51+01:00 http://pariahnt.org/Bill_Day http://pariahnt.org/Bill_Day/content/view/12/ No justice for Kyle Horace Kyle Horace: Arrested at 15; charged at 17; tried as an adult at 18; sentenced in 2007 to 7 years for a crime he did not commitTried as an adultOn March 22nd, 2007, in the Darwin Supreme Court, the Northern Territory Chief Justice Brian Martin sentenced Kyle Horace to seven years imprisonment commencing from 23rd November 2006. Kyle will serve a minimum of five years in the Darwin Correctional Centre, better known as Berrimah Prison, before being eligible for parole. Kyle was born of Aboriginal descent in Wyndham, Western Australia on 24th March, 1988.In late 2006, as a well-built adult he stood in the dock before an all-white Darwin jury, charged with the rape of a 13-year-old white girl more than three years previously, in May, 2003. He was tried as an adult, although when the alleged offence was committed Kyle was legally still a child of 15 years and two months. The police did not even move to charge Kyle until August 2005, two-and-a-half-years after the supposedly violent sexual offence that he vows he did not commit. However, the courts interpreted Kyle's protestation of his innocence as a lack of remorse.Kyle (left) at 15 with brothersby Bill Day 17 Apr 2007 Sentencing remarkskyledefence@hotmail.com text/html 2007-10-30T21:13:19+01:00 http://pariahnt.org/Bill_Day http://pariahnt.org/Bill_Day/content/view/18/ A View From the Long Grass By W. Bartlett Day The Mayor of Darwin recently announced that Aboriginal drifters and white trash' would be harassed and driven from the city. Tourists like to see Aborigines but begging is getting worse' he told the Northern Territory News on February 11, 1999. The mayor called for a revival of the harassment campaign which began on Clean Up Australia Day in 1996 when the Darwin homeless were blamed for the city's litter problems. Later the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory advocated that Aborigines creating a nuisance in public places should be monstered and stomped on by the community' (NT News April 17, 1997). Despite his zero tolerance policy, it was the Chief Minister who was thrown out by his own party. The latest tirade against the homeless was marked only by its racially-specific abuse. It is more usual to lump the homeless together as itinerants' or long grassers'. text/html 2007-08-12T14:49:16+01:00 http://pariahnt.org/Bill_Day http://pariahnt.org/Bill_Day/content/view/16/ How the balandas subverted democracy in ManingridaGLW issue #268 (http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/1997/268)- 26 March 1997:By Bill DayManingrida is a town of about 600 on the coast of Central Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, servicing about 1500 people. Although the town is mainly Aboriginal, remnants of the old colonial administration remain in managerial positions.The Maningrida Progress Association (MPA), which operates the community-owned businesses in the town, was controlled by an entrenched group of paternalistic balandas (whites) until almost a year ago, when members of the Aboriginal community organised an election campaign to seize control. After the successful elections, the new committee promised to make the association more accountable.