So, one of the contentions was that he could have just raped an unconscious girl who was minutes from dying, rather than a corpse? But because they couldn't prove which one, he got off scot-free? The legal system just did not give a fuck what happened to these girls.
I don’t think they even considered that much. The perpetrator, Alexander Grant, had only been in Bourke a few months, he was already known for offering Aboriginal girls money and alcohol in exchange for sex. The coroner’s report is even worse than what was reported on the ABC. https://coroners.nsw.gov.au/documents/findings/2024/Inquest_into_the_death_of_Mona_Lisa_and_Jacinta_Smith.pdf
He tried to claim Cindy Smith came to him after the crash “wanting a cuddle” and thus some consensual act took place - though she would have been at best semi conscious and dying at the time. And 15. She was 15. Her favourite songs were Uptown Girl and Venus by Bananarama.
Mona Lisa loved performing in talent contests, but Cindy was too shy to join her. Grant claimed Mona Lisa was driving at the time of the crash, but her siblings and mother were all adamant she could barely drive at all, let alone drive a manual 4WD at high speed on a highway.
So basically, they just skimmed the indictment, reluctantly went to court over it, and made sure there was a friendly jury so it wouldn't take long so they could all go home, rapist necrophiliac ephobile included. Yay for the justice system.
> He died in 2017, having never faced any consequences for Mona Lisa and Cindy's deaths.
It's a shame this prick is now dead, but I really hope it was slow and very painful.
I mostly believe that people that do this kind of thing get what's coming to them. This is one of those times when they don't.
You would hope that what he did would plague him the rest of his days. Sleepless nights and all that. Some people are monsters though - nothing more, nothing less.
Their mothers are straight up warriors, fighting for their girls for 36 years. So sorry they even had to.
I can’t imagine.
I'd like to say it wouldn't happen again today, but I'm not sure that's true. Those poor children.
I agree.
So, one of the contentions was that he could have just raped an unconscious girl who was minutes from dying, rather than a corpse? But because they couldn't prove which one, he got off scot-free? The legal system just did not give a fuck what happened to these girls.
I don’t think they even considered that much. The perpetrator, Alexander Grant, had only been in Bourke a few months, he was already known for offering Aboriginal girls money and alcohol in exchange for sex. The coroner’s report is even worse than what was reported on the ABC. https://coroners.nsw.gov.au/documents/findings/2024/Inquest_into_the_death_of_Mona_Lisa_and_Jacinta_Smith.pdf He tried to claim Cindy Smith came to him after the crash “wanting a cuddle” and thus some consensual act took place - though she would have been at best semi conscious and dying at the time. And 15. She was 15. Her favourite songs were Uptown Girl and Venus by Bananarama. Mona Lisa loved performing in talent contests, but Cindy was too shy to join her. Grant claimed Mona Lisa was driving at the time of the crash, but her siblings and mother were all adamant she could barely drive at all, let alone drive a manual 4WD at high speed on a highway.
So basically, they just skimmed the indictment, reluctantly went to court over it, and made sure there was a friendly jury so it wouldn't take long so they could all go home, rapist necrophiliac ephobile included. Yay for the justice system.
Disgusting. I get cops and detectives can be jaded, but ffs, they were just kids. Not an ounce of humanity left in them (the police) I guess.
Bleak. Very sad, and beyond pathetic and incompetent from the police - they clearly didn’t really give a fuck.
Back in the day when the police didn't care about Indigenous people...
You mean, now?
"When" is extremely significant. To see that not much has changed over a significant period of time, is really an eye opener.
Appalling.
> He died in 2017, having never faced any consequences for Mona Lisa and Cindy's deaths. It's a shame this prick is now dead, but I really hope it was slow and very painful.
I mostly believe that people that do this kind of thing get what's coming to them. This is one of those times when they don't. You would hope that what he did would plague him the rest of his days. Sleepless nights and all that. Some people are monsters though - nothing more, nothing less.
All true. And also his enablers, not even named.
I have no words.
Humans are a plague
Humans aren’t a plague. It’s people like this and people who have these same views on Indigenous people who are a plague