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Hi. It's late. I need to hammer this out before I go to bed. Some of the facts maybe scrambled, but bear with me.
Martin Bryant is registered disabled, due to his IQ (66) and psychiatric tests carried out in his late teens. He's a functioning moron. A fantasist. Clumsy, gormless, gauche, naive and stupid. He's currently serving a life sentence for the murders of 35 people, among other charges. It is alleged that he took two assault rifles to a Tasmanian heritage holiday attraction, went to a cafe and opened fire, with devastating accuracy. Killing a bunch of people. All head or neck shots. Some double hits. According to eyewitness reports from survivors he was shooting combat-style, an AR15 and an SLR, from his right hip. Martin Bryant is left-handed, he had previously only ever fired a .22 single action rifle. He then prowled the car park, killing more holiday-makers. He hijacked a car, killed a passenger and locked a hostage in the trunk. He then murdered a woman and her two young children. He drove to a nearby guest house. Here he kept police and Australia's terrorist response unit at bay in an overnight siege. Testimony from officers on the scene say that gunfire was coming from different parts of the besieged building at the same time. Remember, this clumsy, left-handed, imbecile was working alone. Next morning, smoke billows from the guest house, the building is burning. Martin Bryant runs from the fire into the arms of the police. He has, apparently burst out of a burning building, from a fire he set himself. He has burns on his arse and lower back. No burns on his head, arms or hands. He is taken into police custody and put into solitary. Charges are brought. He pleads 'not guilty', repeatedly, for quite a while. His only contact is his lawyer. His lawyer quits, he is appointed a state lawyer and a psychiatrist. Shortly thereafter he pleads guilty. While this is happening the scenes of the crime, the cafe and the guest house, are destroyed. The Prime Minister overrides the rule of law and declares a coroner's enquiry unnecessary. Because Bryant pleads guilty there is no hearing, merely a review of the state's case and a sentencing. All the time Bryant is in custody there is no line-up. no identity parade. In fact no positive identification of him is ever made. In fact, testimony of witnesses (who are never called) state that the man they saw shooting up Tasmania was significantly dissimilar to the guy in the dock.
There's all kinds of other incongruities.
Anyway...
I wanted to know if anyone was familiar with this case, had any new or enlightening information, had an opinion they'd like to share.
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