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In fact, arrogance seems to be the theme in both the alleged perpetrator and the police.
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Great question. I’d also love to know about pursuing the proceeds of crime post-deathI was looking at WS's list of verified professionals for an Australian lawyer to answer this question, but the only one listed has not posted for 7 years! So maybe someone here can help as my searches have proved unsuccessful ……What happens in Australian law if a suspect dies during a criminal investigation but before a trial? (I don’t have anyone in mind, just speculating.)
Sadly I do believe this question will become reality as the authorities continue to drag their feet. I’ve no doubt mental impairment will be Aka’s chosen defence until then. He’s spent his entire life play acting and this is his final role.I was looking at WS's list of verified professionals for an Australian lawyer to answer this question, but the only one listed has not posted for 7 years! So maybe someone here can help as my searches have proved unsuccessful ……What happens in Australian law if a suspect dies during a criminal investigation but before a trial? (I don’t have anyone in mind, just speculating.)
And there in lies a problem! We know from evidence presented in court that AKA attempted (and in the case of MB succeeded!) to convince his targets to distance themselves from their family and friends. Therefore, if any of his victims had committed suicide, his involvement would not be known nor linked to him. The victim’s nearest and dearest could still be wondering to this day what had troubled the deceased and the reasons behind their loved one's finite act. This then gives credence to possibly why other victims have not come forward - the dead tell no tales. There are many unknowns in AKA's activities whilst abroad ("..errr…errr…I don't remember...) and in Australia, but my feeling is that the alleged swindling was a constant for around 50 years!! We just haven’t heard everything and presumably never will, unfortunately.He made some of them, if not all, feel suicidal. That is tragically a consequence of being ripped off.
Yes and as TLV page says, once it goes to trial all information will be removed. No doubt this very thread will do the same.Personally I feel like the NSW Police should have been ready to pounce on RB the day the Coroners finding was handed down, or shortly thereafter. I worry justice will never be served in this case. It was just bungled for way too many years IMO. Besides the NSW Police, where the hell are our other govt departments in this too? Hello DFAT? What is your excuse? And Centrelink? How much taxpayer dollars did you pay to this scammer?
BBM. This!!! Agree, three questionable deaths that should be investigated (IK and both Walkers) IMOO.Sadly I do believe this question will become reality as the authorities continue to drag their feet. I’ve no doubt mental impairment will be Aka’s chosen defence until then. He’s spent his entire life play acting and this is his final role.
Aka came onto the Australian Law Enforcement and Government authorities radar more than once and yet nobody seemingly joined the dots. NSW Police shambolic (perhaps worse than that) handling of Marion’s case is definitely worthy of an independent inquiry into all aspects including how an individual is able to play the system in Australia for over 50 years.
One final thing, is Law Enforcement even investigating the strange death of IK and a number of others that have been unlucky enough to get caught in his evil web, or is that now brushed under the carpet now that the Coroner’s inquest is complete?
I am just rewatching the coronial enquiry, the part where Diane is giving evidence. She seems to be shaking and seems very nervous. I feel she was between a rock and a hard place. I cannot imagine the stress living with somebody who has a real interest in poisons and has talked about how easy it is to poison somebody to ER. I would think she was frightened about saying the wrong thing as she would have had to go home with him that night.
Yes, I think she has had a difficult life with him and is possibly too exhausted from being controlled.At the beginning her voice was shaking, however I noticed a change in her body language after the first break, she had her arms crossed over her chest, more short in her answers too. No doubt he was there in the break coaching her. I also find her rude and almost indifferent… at that point in the inquest a woman was missing, presumed dead, but she seemed not interested. I think this is how she lived her life, just not interested in what her husband did, and that really suited him. all my opinionIt's hard to feel sorry for her but I agree somewhat. She had a wide variety of other choices open to her but maybe nobody has ever checked in with her as to whether she knows of safe routes out of that relationship (if she wanted out). Plus she's possibly too controlled and long term brainwashed to take an alternate route, even if aware.
I can't see the vid in my region but I remember her evidence and I thought she was extremely deceptive and disrespectful with her hmmm 'dunno' answers.
JMO MOO
I agree to a point.Yes, I think she has had a difficult life with him and is possibly too exhausted from being controlled.At the beginning her voice was shaking, however I noticed a change in her body language after the first break, she had her arms crossed over her chest, more short in her answers too. No doubt he was there in the break coaching her. I also find her rude and almost indifferent…at that point in the inquest a woman was missing, presumed dead, but she seemed not interested. I think this is how she lived her life, just not interested in what her husband did, and that really suited him. all my opinion
Shes nervous because she worried centrelink is also watching what she says.I am just rewatching the coronial enquiry, the part where Diane is giving evidence. She seems to be shaking and seems very nervous. I feel she was between a rock and a hard place. I cannot imagine the stress living with somebody who has a real interest in poisons and has talked about how easy it is to poison somebody to ER. I would think she was frightened about saying the wrong thing as she would have had to go home with him that night.
Yes, you make sense. I guess she is in knee deep. I believe she has a lot to say, but can’t as it would implicate her too. All my opinionI agree to a point.
When she was young and impressionable maybe she was swept up in his BS stories.
But she has had ample opportunity to leave him if she wanted to. Her family had the funds to help her and the kids before they were adults.
She is one smart woman.
She knows full well of his deceptive ways and played her role like a trooper IMO
Theres a lot more to Dianes past and her deception of ripping off the Aust Government for decades. This is why she never had a job, so she could move fast when needed too.
She lied through her teeth at an inquest for a missing person. A missing woman, a mother, with her loved ones right there in that court room. And she lied.
She lied about her parents " cafe" because she KNEW that she was taking centrelink funds for decades, claiming they had no money. She lied about where and what yrs exactly she was in the UK, both before she had kids and after she had kids. If you listened again to her testimony she doesnt actually say what she was doing in the UK pre kids.....AC tries a few times to get the timeline but she just jumbles it all up like he does.
She lied about not knowing Ric had various names. She lied about him even using FD as his name. Then the Lux paper showed otherwise.
Her family never owned any cafe. That was all BS. They were in the real estate game and she still is. Properties they bought under her name.
They arent destitute. They just want the world to think they are.
It wasnt just Marions family she was covering up but the Aust Centrelink fraud and property fraud.
Just my opinion of course.
Which reminds me, I must post up about some other property links
I've watched The Thief Collector over the weekend and boy oh boy are there similarities to AH!Thank you, @KathPlumber!!! I watch every true crime doc and listen to podcasts regularly. I can’t believe “The Thief Collector” slipped past me— especially since I live in New Mexico and have driven through the Alter’s remote home location. The correlation with this case of a man who committed crimes his whole life and never suffered consequences and who thought he was smarter than everyone is eerie. To me this explains a lot about how RB charmed everyone and got away with it all. It also makes me wonder if he collaborated on the book with a team of Bali friends as a narcissistic lark— meanwhile laying his life of crime out for all to see. Just like Jerry Alter did in New Mexico. — FWIW on Reddit a viewer wondered if Alter might be D B Cooper and/or the thief behind Isabella Stewart Gardiner museum, Boston, unsolved theft in 1990. Hmmmmmm…