Honestly, I am so confused right now, I don't know what to think anymore. Brissiechicks comment about the 13 months gave me goosebumps.
The last page on thread 4 should be added here as there I think there was progress being made.
Can't really find anything about the male business partner mentioned in article.
No wonder there were PEOPLE of interest, the police must certainly have a lot of information to sort. :banghead:
Agreed !
From April 27, we have this, from a Courier Mail article, complete with photo of GBC shaking then-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's hand
His company, Settle Westside, took out a $300,000 loan with a former business partner in December 2011.
The business partner now works for a competing real estate agency.
A former business associate said Mr Baden-Clay was "very outgoing and very professional about running his business"
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...built-on-honesty/story-e6freoof-1226340594889
Obviously, many will have seen it weeks ago, but there may be newbies who haven't
Then there's this link which provides an overview and links pertaining to GBC's career projectory (which seems to have experienced as many ups, downs and tail-spins as the recent, failed Korean rocket)
http://www.yatedo.me/p/gerard+baden-clay/normal/4c2ebf5b0612eff57a455714b077cea3
(again, many who've been with the case from the outset will be familiar with it, but at the same time, others may not have seen it)
I'm remembering now a comment in another forum, where a poster alleged they had found nothing to substantiate GBC's alleged accounting credentials
From the timeline on
http://www.yatedo.me/p/gerard+baden-clay/normal/4c2ebf5b0612eff57a455714b077cea3 it appears he moved from accounting to a job as a travel agent. Seems an odd career side-swerve, doesn't it?
And below, from the Courier Mail article linked above:
His career began in the early 90s, working as an accountant for KPMG and later Designer Work Wear.
From there, he moved on to the tourism industry, landing a job with Flight Centre as a travel consultant in Toombul.
That same year, 26-year-old Allison Dickie, a pretty girl with a dancing background who spoke six languages, was installed as the manager of Flight Centre's Ipswich store
His career seems to have see-sawed as much as his weight (winner of the quadrangle-run, 1988-1990)
One of the more puzzling aspects for me (ditto those with whom I've discussed it) is why two business partners would hand over $300,000 -- and then exit the business? Why? They'd been partners in the business since 2008. More than anyone, they'd know the shape that business was in by the time they parted with $300,000. They would have known the calibre and acumen of the individual to whom they were lending such a large sum of money and presumably would have known reasonably well the chances they had of retrieving that money. They clearly didn't want to stick around to safeguard their investment, surely? So why would they hand over the money and head for the door (same day, according to the media reports)?