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    Australia - Richard Marshall 'too ill' to face buggery charges

    Richard Marshall 'too ill' to face buggery charges


    A FORMER children's television entertainer is too ill to face court on charges including buggery and rape, his lawyer said.

    Richard Marshall is bedridden with dementia and Parkinson's disease, his lawyer Greg Mead told the South Australian District Court today.

    Marshall, 80, has been charged with 10 counts of buggery, two counts of indecent assault, and rape and unlawful sexual intercourse.

    The offences allegedly occurred between 1971 and 1977, when Marshall was a prominent children's entertainer on Adelaide television and director of the Cottage Theatre company.

    Marshall was to have entered pleas to the charges today but was absent from court.

    "He's not physically or mentally fit enough to attend court and that situation won't change," Mr Mead told the court.

    Marshall's lawyers will seek further medical evidence to present to the court at a later date.


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    So the old bugger is pretty crook?

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    That's newsworthy??

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    buggery? Is that a Aussie pass time?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dirtydog
    with dementia and Parkinson's disease
    Buggered senseless? He must be a happy cobber..

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    Quote Originally Posted by dirtydog
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    when you are rich enough to have a legal team you don't need to concern yourself with the rules of the plebs

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    " Cottage ' theatre being true name? yes?

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    Also, I think the focus that the liberal MSM has on TV Moderators is unwarranted. They are not all bad.

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    70's embuggerment, Rodox revelry. Nice!!!

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    Adelaide used to be famous for sexual deviancy.

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    with a bum like jelly on springs." - Anon.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael View Post
    " Cottage ' theatre being true name? yes?
    I can only just believe they call a theatre 'Cottage' Theatre and nobody notice the connexion

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    Bugger me the old gits too ill to face the charges...Someone get round his house and Bugger the old git for some hours and see if he remembers anything...dirty old Shi*bag

    Allow his victims to Fu*k his brains out with blunt intstruments of their choice...

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    Quote Originally Posted by dirtydog
    Marshall, 80, has been charged with 10 counts of buggery
    Am I missing something here . . . since when is 'buggery' illegal?

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    Quote Originally Posted by panama hat View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by dirtydog
    Marshall, 80, has been charged with 10 counts of buggery and rape
    Am I missing something here . . . since when is 'buggery' illegal?
    Probably when it's associated with 'rape'.

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    Well I'll be buggered, old Dickie boy is a bronzer eh?

    Quote Originally Posted by panama hat
    Am I missing something here . . . since when is 'buggery' illegal?
    I have a feeling that it may have been illegal then. Now we are all enlightened and he is just gay.

    I know these things because I used to be a poofter until my mates told me about girls. (Now I am a lesbian).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dug View Post
    Adelaide used to be famous for sexual deviancy.
    Thought that was Tasmania?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Attilla the Hen
    Thought that was Tasmania?
    Nope. Always South Australia and particularly Adelaide (the city of churches, coincidentally)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lily View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Attilla the Hen
    Thought that was Tasmania?
    Nope. Always South Australia and particularly Adelaide (the city of churches, coincidentally)
    Churches Yes same trouble in U.K.

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    Well, bugger me!

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    Normally I have no sympathy whatsoever for these people, but these cases in which they "dig up" charges that are over 30 years old are frightening and an abuse of the power of the State. We've had these cases in the USA too, they usually involve some psycho bitch who goes to a shrink after a lifetime of emotional "problems" and is "found" to have "repressed memories" of "abuse" from her childhood. Many psychologists and psychiatrists are insane themselves, and this nonsense can easily result in an innocent man being accused in a case in which it is very difficult to defend himself.

    PS: I have no idea who this is, he's apparently an Aussie celebrity, but the simple fact he probably has a lot of money and is too old to defend himself can be ample reason for some people to bring unfounded allegations against him now. Yes, sadly there are people that greedy, evil and manipulative in this World.
    Last edited by BobR; 29-07-2009 at 07:00 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dug View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by panama hat View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by dirtydog
    Marshall, 80, has been charged with 10 counts of buggery and rape
    Am I missing something here . . . since when is 'buggery' illegal?
    Probably when it's associated with 'rape'.
    Right. I only read the OP, not the link. Thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobR
    PS: I have no idea who this is, he's apparently an Aussie celebrity, but the simple fact he probably has a lot of money and is too old to defend himself can be ample reason for some people to bring unfounded allegations against him now. Yes, sadly there are people that greedy, evil and manipulative in this World.
    Not in Australia, they have not advanced as far as the US yet, so there is none of the Michel Jackson type "Pay me and I will forget all about the old up the Bum trick you pulled".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Johnny Longprong
    I know these things because I used to be a poofter until my mates told me about girls. (Now I am a lesbian).

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    Quote Originally Posted by blackgang View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by BobR
    PS: I have no idea who this is, he's apparently an Aussie celebrity, but the simple fact he probably has a lot of money and is too old to defend himself can be ample reason for some people to bring unfounded allegations against him now. Yes, sadly there are people that greedy, evil and manipulative in this World.
    Not in Australia, they have not advanced as far as the US yet, so there is none of the Michel Jackson type "Pay me and I will forget all about the old up the Bum trick you pulled".

    That's not what I meant, if you can get him convicted criminally, then it's easy to sue him in civil court.

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