very bizarre case. The Herald Sun reported that prosecutors "Dropped a charge against a Melbourne man who took part in a suicide pact with his girlfriend but survived."
Flavell told police he drove to a remote spot in Sunshine where Targosz hooked up the hose to the car exhaust.
He said he got out of the car while Targosz remained and eventually died. How can the reporters hear this testimony, and then say that he "survived" the suicide pact? They're nuttier than him! And to the prosecutor, what do you mean that "there was no reasonable chance of a conviction"? Fill me in on what I am missing.... Surely there is something that I am missing here.
Let me ask this: Am I the only one wondering how this man managed to get away unscathed?
The report states that "Douglas Lawrence Flavell, 65, was due to stand trial on a charge of aiding his girlfriend Everlyn Targosz, 44, to commit suicide," but "Crown prosecutor Sarah Thomas withdrew the charge today, telling the County Court there was no reasonable chance of a conviction."
Flavell some how got to walk away a free man, despite witness statements tendered during an earlier court hearing revealing that he and his girlfriend had filled up their car with petrol, bought a plastic hose, and bought cheeseburgers from McDonald's, before executing their plan on November 26, 2005.
Flavell told police he drove to a remote spot in Sunshine where Targosz hooked up the hose to the car exhaust.
He said he got out of the car while Targosz remained and eventually died. How can the reporters hear this testimony, and then say that he "survived" the suicide pact? They're nuttier than him! And to the prosecutor, what do you mean that "there was no reasonable chance of a conviction"? Fill me in on what I am missing.... Surely there is something that I am missing here.
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