Supplied Matty Field and Kate Leadbetter - couple killed in Alexandra Hills while walking their dogs.
Opinion by The Editor, Courier Mail 16th Feb 2021 5:41 AM
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Subscriber only No legal aphorism has been quoted more often than Lord Gordon Hewart s justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done . Lord Hewart s famed comment almost a century ago was ostensibly concerned with the topic of apprehended bias and the deleterious effect perceptions of prejudice can have on the justice system. The modern understanding of this adage is that it is in the justice system s best interests for proceedings to be conducted in open court as much as possible so the public can have faith in its processes.
Crime by PATRICK BILLINGS
Premium Content  A Magistrate has sent a stern warning to stalkers after a spurned lover got jail for mailing manure and penis candy with the note eat a bag of dicks to a young Brisbane woman. In sentencing Asperger s sufferer Blake Ian Lhotka, 24, to a month s jail, wholly suspended, Magistrate Rosemary Gilbert said he placed her wellbeing in real jeopardy . That is the issue with stalking. You may not intend that there be actual harm, she said. But it is the continued contact, having to look over your shoulder, being concerned where you might make further attempts to contact, contacting friends, contacting relatives.
Crime by PATRICK BILLINGS
Premium Content  A Magistrate has sent a stern warning to stalkers after a spurned lover got jail for mailing manure and penis candy with the note eat a bag of dicks to a young Brisbane woman. In sentencing Asperger s sufferer Blake Ian Lhotka, 24, to a month s jail, wholly suspended, Magistrate Rosemary Gilbert said he placed her wellbeing in real jeopardy . That is the issue with stalking. You may not intend that there be actual harm, she said. But it is the continued contact, having to look over your shoulder, being concerned where you might make further attempts to contact, contacting friends, contacting relatives.