Thread: Peter Falconio - Barrow Creek

Originally Posted by veryan

Re riots.

We are all right, although when I was at my mother's we had helicopters going around all night for hours. I guess they were looking to see if any of the rioters were spreading to her area. The shops were advised to be closed too. I live in Chelsea and I was a little worried the night before last, as I could hear youngsters running around outside late at night. But everything has been fine.

Fraser spent five years of a seven year prison sentence in jail for importing cocaine. That is a pretty long time to be in jail as well as in the company of other criminals.

I noticed he did not hold the interviewer's gaze and to me appeared a pretty dodgy guy who intends to make money out of the case.

I always look at eyes, to me eyes are a give away.

Hi Veryan,look after your self girlfiend,the pictures we are getting from the UK are terrible...stay safe.

I noticed he did not hold the interviewer's gaze and to me appeared a pretty dodgy guy who intends to make money out of the case.

You think the five years of cowing re no eye contact could be a prison condition?
Still good guy/bad guy,if he is getting to the truth of the issue it must be a good thing you must admit?

Originally Posted by veryan

There were other vehicles passing by the incident and the longer BBB stayed there the more chance someone would identify him.

Also, read on the Times website from an Ozzie that if you shine a torch into the bush at night the leaves and grass reflect the light back and it is very difficult to see.

Apart from the fact that he says rifle instead of gun seems pretty interesting to me. And a gun crack does affect hearing.

Much doubt existed in the minds of many people as to the veracity of your account of that night. I used to live out bush in the Northern Territory and am able to clear up a few points. Firstly, the question was asked about why his dog did not locate you, hiding in the spear grass only a few metres away. The most likely reason is that it had not been trained to perform such a function, and that if it was not downwind of you, it would not have been aware of your presence, nor what its master wanted it to do, as he searched for you. Secondly, why did he not see you on the ground in the light of his torch? Probably, his eyes had lost their adaption to the darkness and in any case he would not have been directing the beam of the flashlight down at a steep angle, but more distantly, and the light yellow of the spear grass [I drove over that very same stretch of road on the following day!] would have reflected so much light back into his eyes as to make it very difficult to see anything, particularly if it was motionless. And his sense of hearing would not have been improved by the loud report from the rifle he had just used. My car broke down the day after the incident and there I was, waiting for some crazed killer to show up, and wondering how far into the bush I would have to go to hide and erect my tent, in order to be reasonably safe that night. My question is: will the information I provided help you to answer your critics? Nobody has a perfect memory, but I believe that you got most of what happened that night correct. Put this behind you and remember that the memories will fade eventually. Regards, Shan Eris, Adelaide, South Australia

Sound like maybe Chris Malouf wrote that little essay...but geez gov,we fired of a pistol not a rifle come onnnn lets get it a little bit right

Originally Posted by fiftysomething

Have just picked up on something which may be interesting.....

The night before Joannne and Paul Falconio were due to leave Alice Springs she says that whilst they were out having dinner the police arrived to take her to the police station to be interviewed. Joanne says that their flight to Sydney was booked for the following day, the 8th August.

During that interview:

KERR: .....the reason we're going this is because there are things we are having difficulty with. Things that we can't explain.

ME: Hmm. And Pete might still be alive you know.

KERR: Yeah. How long, how long since this day is it?

ME: It's a month today.

The impression we're given is that this interview took place on the 7th August.

So if they left the day after this interview, the dates don't add up....what happened to that extra week?

Hi Fifty,interesting....so why would the police do house/err dinner calls before the BC Incident?you think they got an inkling that the duo were toying with doing a runner?
Good old Alice is limited in ways out of the place..hmmm any flights hell west and crooked would have done.

Originally Posted by Brigalow

Falconio murder anniversary stirs memories

Today marks 10 years since British backpacker Peter Falconio went missing in the Australian outback, sparking a major manhunt and the longest murder trial in Northern Territory history.
The judge who sentenced Bradley John Murdoch to a mandatory life sentence for killing Mr Falconio says he's surprised by how much public interest there still is in the case.
Justice Brian Martin says many innocent people suffered as a result of Mr Falconio's death.
"I feel great sympathy for those innocent people who got caught up in this terrible event," he said.
"We should not lose track of the fact, despite all the fascination about it, that it was a terrible event because a young man was murdered for absolutely no reason whatsoever.
"The trauma and tragedy associated with that ... simply has not abated."
The lead investigator into the killing of Peter Falconio says there is almost no chance of finding his body.
Falconio and his girlfriend Joanne Lees were travelling on the Stuart Highway, north of Alice Springs, when Bradley Murdoch ambushed them.
With her hands bound, Lees fled into the bushes and was later picked up by a truck driver.
Falconio's body has never been found and NT Police Commander Colleen Gwynne says it is likely to stay that way.
"(It would) be like finding a needle in a haystack," she said.
She says the 10-year anniversary will be another difficult day for Joanne Lees and the Falconio family.
"There's not a day that goes past that this isn't on their minds," Commander Gwynne said.
Bradley Murdoch remains in Alice Springs prison, where he is serving a minimum 28-year sentence and cannot apply for parole until 2033.
Commander Gwynne says the Falconio family wants Murdoch to finally reveal where he dumped the body.
"That's what any family would want," she said.
"But Bradley Murdoch will, I have no doubt ... retain his stance that he is an innocent man and, therefore, the hope of him telling us that is almost zilch really
"Joanne's way of dealing with it, I think, she likes to distance herself, because it is a way to sort of move on with her life, and we respect that.
"We do keep in contact with the Falconios from time to time, and recently there has been some contact there."
The former partner of Murdoch says he still maintains he is innocent and wants another day in court to prove it.
Jan Pittman says there was no way Murdoch could have had a fair trial before a jury found him guilty, in 2005, of murder.
"Hopefully, eventually it will come to that day."
Territory journalist Mark Wilton was the first reporter to interview Joanne Lees after the murder.
He says the interview lasted for more than an hour.
"Joanne sat pretty much the entire interview in a semi-foetal position, legs tucked underneath her in an armchair," he said.
"She looked like a person who'd been through a massively traumatic experience.
"An hour or two before this happened they (Lees and Falconio) were quite happily just hanging out in a Kombi at Ti Tree."
Meanwhile, the murder continues to hold the interest of tourists in the Territory.
Falconio was murdered 13 kilometres from the Barrow Creek Roadhouse on the Stuart Highway.
When Joanne Lees was rescued, she was taken to the Roadhouse to contact the police.
Karen Halliday from Barrow Creek says a lot of tourists stop at the roadhouse just to ask questions about the case.
"There's a bit of a mixture really, of disbelief that it happened, a lot of people ask why it happened, why hasn't the body been found?" she said.
"Where do we think it is? That sort of thing.
"A lot of people that come through, they're actually shocked that it has been that long

It just amazes a person how far out of touch some people are with real life..Dhhh

The judge who sentenced Bradley John Murdoch to a mandatory life sentence for killing Mr Falconio says he's surprised by how much public interest there still is in the case

So a stroke of his pen and the world is at peace?

Falconio's body has never been found and NT Police Commander Colleen Gwynne says it is likely to stay that way.

Originally Posted by Brigalow

Falconio murder anniversary stirs memories

Today marks 10 years since British backpacker Peter Falconio went missing in the Australian outback, sparking a major manhunt and the longest murder trial in Northern Territory history.
The judge who sentenced Bradley John Murdoch to a mandatory life sentence for killing Mr Falconio says he's surprised by how much public interest there still is in the case.
Justice Brian Martin says many innocent people suffered as a result of Mr Falconio's death.
"I feel great sympathy for those innocent people who got caught up in this terrible event," he said.
"We should not lose track of the fact, despite all the fascination about it, that it was a terrible event because a young man was murdered for absolutely no reason whatsoever.
"The trauma and tragedy associated with that ... simply has not abated."
The lead investigator into the killing of Peter Falconio says there is almost no chance of finding his body.
Falconio and his girlfriend Joanne Lees were travelling on the Stuart Highway, north of Alice Springs, when Bradley Murdoch ambushed them.
With her hands bound, Lees fled into the bushes and was later picked up by a truck driver.
Falconio's body has never been found and NT Police Commander Colleen Gwynne says it is likely to stay that way.
"(It would) be like finding a needle in a haystack," she said.
She says the 10-year anniversary will be another difficult day for Joanne Lees and the Falconio family.
"There's not a day that goes past that this isn't on their minds," Commander Gwynne said.
Bradley Murdoch remains in Alice Springs prison, where he is serving a minimum 28-year sentence and cannot apply for parole until 2033.
Commander Gwynne says the Falconio family wants Murdoch to finally reveal where he dumped the body.
"That's what any family would want," she said.
"But Bradley Murdoch will, I have no doubt ... retain his stance that he is an innocent man and, therefore, the hope of him telling us that is almost zilch really
"Joanne's way of dealing with it, I think, she likes to distance herself, because it is a way to sort of move on with her life, and we respect that.
"We do keep in contact with the Falconios from time to time, and recently there has been some contact there."
The former partner of Murdoch says he still maintains he is innocent and wants another day in court to prove it.
Jan Pittman says there was no way Murdoch could have had a fair trial before a jury found him guilty, in 2005, of murder.
"Hopefully, eventually it will come to that day."
Territory journalist Mark Wilton was the first reporter to interview Joanne Lees after the murder.
He says the interview lasted for more than an hour.
"Joanne sat pretty much the entire interview in a semi-foetal position, legs tucked underneath her in an armchair," he said.
"She looked like a person who'd been through a massively traumatic experience.
"An hour or two before this happened they (Lees and Falconio) were quite happily just hanging out in a Kombi at Ti Tree."
Meanwhile, the murder continues to hold the interest of tourists in the Territory.
Falconio was murdered 13 kilometres from the Barrow Creek Roadhouse on the Stuart Highway.
When Joanne Lees was rescued, she was taken to the Roadhouse to contact the police.
Karen Halliday from Barrow Creek says a lot of tourists stop at the roadhouse just to ask questions about the case.
"There's a bit of a mixture really, of disbelief that it happened, a lot of people ask why it happened, why hasn't the body been found?" she said.
"Where do we think it is? That sort of thing.
"A lot of people that come through, they're actually shocked that it has been that long

It just amazes a person how far out of touch some people are with real life..Dhhh

The judge who sentenced Bradley John Murdoch to a mandatory life sentence for killing Mr Falconio says he's surprised by how much public interest there still is in the case

So a stroke of his pen and the world is at peace?

Falconio's body has never been found and NT Police Commander Colleen Gwynne says it is likely to stay that way.

Woww that sounds like a finite statement...you think maybe a bit of wink wink nod nod in there?

"But Bradley Murdoch will, I have no doubt ... retain his stance that he is an innocent man

And so he should you think?

"We do keep in contact with the Falconios from time to time, and recently there has been some contact there."

Cutting loose time ?

Meanwhile, the murder continues to hold the interest of tourists in the Territory.

Go onnn,are you for real?ya better enlighten judgy poo then why.

Originally Posted by Brigalow

Hi Fifty,interesting....so why would the police do house/err dinner calls before the BC Incident?you think they got an inkling that the duo were toying with doing a runner?
Good old Alice is limited in ways out of the place..hmmm any flights hell west and crooked would have done.

Oops,,,seems Im getting my Peter and Paul's a merry mess.....

Just wondering,if and when they...that is Peter and Jo did purchase tickets to there different destinations then what was going to happen to the Kombi? hell the sale of that would have coved a lot of his tax bill.
Was there any mention of intended sale?

Originally Posted by Brigalow

Oops,,,seems Im getting my Peter and Paul's a merry mess.....

Just wondering,if and when they...that is Peter and Jo did purchase tickets to there different destinations then what was going to happen to the Kombi? hell the sale of that would have coved a lot of his tax bill.
Was there any mention of intended sale?

Hi Brigsy...pay attention, boy!

The point is that in one sentence JL is saying she and Paul were booked on a flight (the 8th) the day after she was asked to go for the interview.
Her description of that incident reads as though after the interview,on the 7th, they left. Yet during the interview she states that a month, to the day, has passed since the BCI....therefore she must have been kept in Alice for a week longer than she would like to admit. Why? Were the interviews far more rigorous and disturbing for her (i.e. pointing to her being involved)than she'd like her readers to know? And there is no way that what she includes from the interview in her book would fill the 4+hours she says she was there....selective memory, don't ya think?

Re: selling the Kombi....again the impression given is that it would not be sold until they'd sorted out what Peter was going to do, trip or no trip to PNG. So it could have been that they'd considered selling it in Darwin but for some reason I thought it was Brisbane.

Have just found this......anyone wishing to obtain a FREE COPY of

FIND!FALCONIO Dead or Alive by Keith Allan Noble can do so by emailing him at ......findfalconio@gmail.com

Originally Posted by fiftysomething

Hi Brigsy...pay attention, boy!

The point is that in one sentence JL is saying she and Paul were booked on a flight (the 8th) the day after she was asked to go for the interview.
Her description of that incident reads as though after the interview,on the 7th, they left. Yet during the interview she states that a month, to the day, has passed since the BCI....therefore she must have been kept in Alice for a week longer than she would like to admit. Why? Were the interviews far more rigorous and disturbing for her (i.e. pointing to her being involved)than she'd like her readers to know? And there is no way that what she includes from the interview in her book would fill the 4+hours she says she was there....selective memory, don't ya think?

Re: selling the Kombi....again the impression given is that it would not be sold until they'd sorted out what Peter was going to do, trip or no trip to PNG. So it could have been that they'd considered selling it in Darwin but for some reason I thought it was Brisbane.

Hi Brigsy...pay attention, boy!

Sorry....silly megetting a little bit ahead of my self...hell I even manages a double posting as well..Dahhh a slap in the forhead is given.
Hmm maybe Ive caught what JL has...lack of double checking me thinks.