Eastman Rides Again

The police now offer a reward to shoot mr eastman in the head. Someone should try it, the sooner rather than later.

He’s back on that old tactic again (his mates at ANU found that loophole for him years ago), trying to get judges disqualified. And then he sacks his lawyers.

Like a lot in this town, I had the odd dealing with Mr E over a few years. I found him unpleasant, obnoxious and abusive. Does this (I ask myself in Rudd style) mean that I think he did it? No.

The fact that he was found guilty and lost some appeals is far more persuasive, as is the result in the inquiry into his conviction. But it is not and cannot be determinative and I am glad his fate was determined by people who heard the whole of the evidence. I still feel a bit uncomfortable about the conviction, but I don’t know enough to assume it was wrong.

His continued use of the courts is, no doubt, a pain and a pest and a public expense. But he’s not the only serial litigant in the country. If, however, it transpired that (a) he was simply incapable of instructing his defence and (b) he was deprived of a fair chance of acquittal because of that, then he should litigate until he gets a satisfactory trial. I expect that many of us, if we convicted of an offence and were innocent or not guilty, or genuinely believed ourselves to be so, would not be happy to rot in prison until we died. I cannot, on what I know, exclude the possibility that Mr E is simply in that position.

still reckon it was kenny koala.

Just say he was declared a nutcase, where would he go then?

Fruitloop maybe, but what if a lot of people’s gut feelings that he didn’t do it is actually proved to be correct?

If there’s one thing I think we can all agree on, it’s that David Harold Eastman is an a-grade, certifiable, pants-on-head fruitloop. Isn’t there some way we can stop him wasting the court’s time with this nonsense? Hasn’t anyone told him “you lose, to infinity no returns, no comebacks” yet?

I laughed when I heard that he finished today’s court appearance by sacking his lawyers after failing to have the judge hearing the appeal dismissed!