Scott Watson

[The Atheist]

That doesn't work as the boat started with 5 and 3 were left on including Wallace after Smart and Hope disembarked.

That's right - so long ago I'd forgotten that bit.

 

[Samson]

That's right - so long ago I'd forgotten that bit.

And my ethical concern?
For relevance would we be named in a parallel case?

I hope the moderators will forebear here because this may be an error by the splendid female adjudicator.

Wallace is probably collateral damage in a case I find impossible to judge.
Maybe Fixit has a view.

 

[The Atheist]

And my ethical concern?
For relevance would we be named in a parallel case?

The suppression wasn't made to protect him:

In granting suppression, Judge Tony Zohrab said Wallace’s high public profile meant that publication of his name risked identifying the alleged victim.

I hope the moderators will forebear here because this may be an error by the splendid female adjudicator.

Nothing to do with the mods here - it's public news, and whether it's an error by the judge or not doesn't matter now, the details are out and the situation can't be retrieved.

 

[Chris_Halkides]

Denial of parole

"The board's chairperson noted his family were also of the belief he had not committed any crime and this reduced the benefit of the support they would offer him on the outside."

"However, Wallace was adamant he dropped Hope and Smart off at a wooden, two-masted ketch - a description supported by another witness on the water taxi - while Watson owned a single-masted steel sloop called Blade at the time." link.

Regarding the second paragraph above, there are commenters here with more knowledge of the case than I have, but for anyone unfamiliar with the case, this might highlight one of the core issues. I suppose that the denial was to be expected.

 

[The Atheist]

It's insane.

Wallace killing himself hasn't helped, but Watson has now been in jail for 21 years, 4 years beyond his non-parole period.

All because he won't admit it. If he cried and said he was sorry he'd be a free man.

The justice system in this country is not.

 

[Samson]

He has an appeal pending. Covid will delay and thus deny justice.
Having said that, the timelines into Shakespeare Bay trouble me.

 

[Fixit]

"The board's chairperson noted his family were also of the belief he had not committed any crime and this reduced the benefit of the support they would offer him on the outside."

"However, Wallace was adamant he dropped Hope and Smart off at a wooden, two-masted ketch - a description supported by another witness on the water taxi - while Watson owned a single-masted steel sloop called Blade at the time." link.

Regarding the second paragraph above, there are commenters here with more knowledge of the case than I have, but for anyone unfamiliar with the case, this might highlight one of the core issues. I suppose that the denial was to be expected.

Chris, I haven't got the full decision yet but it seems the Board has chosen Scott as someone who needs to acknowledge "his" crimes before he can be paroled. There are plenty of other lifers who had not been required to do that, 2 of whom have current appeals due in the Court of Appeal and a third whose case has been accepted for investigation by the new CCRC. Furthermore, it seems he did not have an independent psyche report and got hammered, again, by the Corrections psyche.

I think the decision will be reviewed and should be.