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Guilty horse puncher’s
mates see the funny side
to deliver penalties that society expects.
‘‘It’s not just NT — the
whole of Australia has lost
control and responsibility.’’
And another reader writes:
‘‘The reason neither copper
shot him was because then
they would be in front of the
judge being charged with
manslaughter,
pulled
through the wringer and
probably put in jail.
‘‘Police are trained to
shoot, yet if they do they are
persecuted. Yet scum like
this bloke get away with
whatever they want.’’
Phar Slap says the magis-
trate should have used a new
NT Government law to ban
Rioli from the city centre entertainment strip for a year.
‘‘No, that’s too sensible
and, possibly, effective. Police should sue him through
the civil courts for lost time,
vet bills, etc.’’
James writes: ‘‘No jail for
horse puncher — what a
surprise. Pathetic society
we have.’’
And Nick says: ‘‘When is
the judicial system going to
wake up in the real world?
Another reader says that
Rioli has besmirched his
family name.
EXODUS BAGGED
Rioli outside court yesterday
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One ticket
down, one
more to go
TERRITORY Opposition
Leader Terry Mills said
yesterday the exodus of
100 Yuendumu people to
South Australia could have
been avoided.
Mr Mills threw his support
behind CLP MLA Adam
Giles after the member talked to the exiled group.
But he said: ‘‘I do not support the exodus.
‘‘Braitling MLA Adam
Giles acted appropriately
by talking to these
people in the absence of
any support from the
Labor Government.’’
The 100 people fled the
remote community about
270km northeast of Alice
Springs after riots broke
out about two weeks ago.
By SARAH CRAWFORD
COLLINGWOOD tragic Sam Liston has found God
can work in mysterious ways.
Last week Mr Liston prayed to God to send him a
ticket for the AFL Grand Final.
He did not get the golden pass but instead, against
all odds, he will get a second chance to watch his
heroes at the Melbourne
Cricket
Ground with the
grand final rematch
this weekend.
Now he is on the I am trying
hunt for a ticket to
absolutely
Saturday’s match.
‘‘I am trying absol- anything to
utely anything to get a
ticket,’’ he said.
get a ticket
As soon as the showdown ended between
the Pies and the Saints
last Saturday, Mr Liston leapt on the internet and
booked flights to Melbourne.
‘‘I was in absolute shock, but it has given me a
chance to reassess and get a ticket.’’
Mr Liston said he was boarding the flight to Melbourne on Friday night with or without his ticket of a
lifetime. He said he does believe in miracles.
‘‘Hopefully someone decides they can’t go and
gives me their ticket,’’ he said.
PHONE SCAM
TERRITORIANS have been
warned of a telephone
scam asking people to
join a class action against
bank fees.
The callers claim to be
ringing on behalf of organisations who have decided
to pay out on the class
action — but ask for a
payment of 10 per cent
upfront to ‘‘speed up
the process’’.
Acting Commissioner of
Consumer Affairs Sandra
Otto said the caller then
requests details, such as
the BSB, and bank account
name and numbers.
‘‘You should never release
your personal details to
anyone over the phone,
particularly your banking
details,’’ she said.
VIRGIN DELAYS
VIRGIN Blue customers
faced more delays yesterday morning after further
problems with the airline’s
computer systems.
A Virgin Blue spokeswoman said there was a
slowdown of its technology, leading to some
delays.
‘‘We’re working through
the system at the moment
to just get it to be as robust as possible and to
make sure that something
like this doesn’t continue
to happen. So we’re working through that,’’ she told
Macquarie Radio Network.
Virgin Blue issued a statement saying reservation
and check-in systems
were working.
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Mr Liston prayed to the gods last week
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Rioli’s Facebook page
FRIENDS of Randall Rioli
think his conviction for attacking two police officers
and a police horse is funny.
Several messages of support on his Facebook page
end with ‘‘ha ha’’.
One says: ‘‘Let’s go Berrimah so we can punch some
more horses.’’
Rioli, 24, was detained in
court for just two hours on
Tuesday as part of his
mandatory jail sentence.
He was also fined $1300.
Rioli, a cousin of former
Essendon footballer Dean
Rioli, was drunk when he
punched the officers and
horse in Mitchell St.
Magistrate
Michael
Carey’s decision not to send
him to Darwin Prison outraged readers of the NT
News.
A flood of messages to ntnews.com.au yesterday said
sentencing him to ‘‘the rising
of the court’’ was lenient.
Ted writes: ‘‘What a joke.
Defence for punching a horse
and police: they got in your
way. But it’s okay because he
feels terrible.’’
Andy says: ‘‘The insipid
‘justice’ system is too gutless
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