24/2/16 SMH REPORTING ON SKD COURT CASE

[Kingbilly]

It also needs reminding to the public that Shaun did not turn himself in as has been widely reported.

Not sure what you are implying other than he was taken to the police station by the police after they picked him up, which is not the case. SKD turned up with a Roosters official, is that not turning himself in ?

[Darkone]

He will be back playing for us next week.....

Temby has got her by the throat

Magistrate should chuck it now & Sean can have a good weekend....for a change

[Salvatori Grubber]

Looks like its heading that way, but never underestimate what a sole judge can rule on.

[Salvatori Grubber]

So which alleged incidents correspond with the Charges made by Peris?

Assault occasioning actual bodily harm
Presumably this is for the arm-grabbing resulting in bruising. SKD denies that this happened and says that she physically attacked him, and he was restraining her. The set of events as outlined by her team has been denied by SKD and I don't see how the judge can say he's guilty, given that there's no evidence other than hearsay. They could point to his glib 'joke' to his Mum, but it appears to me that his team have proven her to be an opportunist, and hopefully that's what they'll put her accusation here down to.

Six counts of common assault
Presumably for the alleged head-butting, the arm grab and 'kicking' her out of bed a few times. Again, fully denied by SKD. Where your evidence at, G?

Stalking
Not sure what this is for. Perhaps for grabbing her phone and rifling through it without consent? Sounds a bit stalk-y to me, although fark me I know I'd do it if I thought my missus was doing the dirty on me. It hasn't been denied by SKD. Surely this can't stick.

Harassment
Sounds like another way of cutting the 'phone-spying'; I can see an ambulance-chaser saying, "What he did with your phone, we could argue harassment and stalking…". It's likely the alco-pop and photo-smashing as well. This also hasn't been denied by SKD. I could understand a judge saying that this constitutes harassment, but I mean, gimme a break.

Destroying property
The phone-chuck and smash, presumably. Not denied by SKD. Again, I could understand a judge ruling in her favour here.

So what does this all mean? Probably nothing as I know less than squat about the legal system, but I have watched A Few Good Men, and Inherit the Wind a few times, so as far as I'm concerned I'm a fcuking serious legal mind.

I'll speculate:

Assault occasioning actual bodily harm – Not guilty
Six counts of common assault– Not guilty
Stalking – Not guilty
Harassment – Guilty
Destroying property– Guilty

Small fine and a new phone.

Thoughts?

[Woodsta]

Gee I hope he has unlimited texts on his Mobile Plan?

[Parkway_Drive]

Verdict to be handed down on Monday.



Shaun Kenny-Dowall trial: Roosters player denies being jealous, controlling towards ex-partner Jessica Peris, court hears


By the National Reporting Team's Natasha Robinson
Updated 15 minutes ago
PHOTO: Kenny-Dowall rejected suggestions he sought to control his former partner's social life. (AAP: Dan Himbrechts)
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NRL player Shaun Kenny-Dowall has denied he was jealous, controlling and had problems controlling his anger during the third day of the Roosters centre's domestic violence trial.
Kenny-Dowall faced cross-examination in the Downing Centre Local Court as his former partner — the woman who accused him of abusing her, Jessica Peris — looked on from the gallery.
The footballer denied kicking Ms Peris, placing her in a headlock, and pouring alcohol on her during separate alleged assaults in 2014 and 2015.
Kenny-Dowall has pleaded not guilty to 11 charges including assault occasioning actual bodily harm, common assault, stalking and intimidating and property damage.
The Roosters player told the court his former partner Ms Peris had "charged" at him during a domestic incident in February 2015 following an argument over the couple's dog.
Kenny-Dowall agreed he locked his partner out of the couple's bedroom following the row.
Ms Peris subsequently broke the lock to the bedroom, after which Kenny-Dowall said Ms Peris attacked him.
"She reacted to me, she charged me," Kenny-Dowall said.
The footballer denied then grabbing Ms Peris, placing her in a headlock and flipping her onto the bed.
The court also heard details of a stream of text messages that Kenny-Dowall sent to Ms Peris calling her a "faggot", a "f***tard, and a "dumb f***".
Under questioning from prosecutor Amin Assaad, Kenny-Dowall denied he had issues with anger and that he sought to control Ms Peris's social life.
"She was walking on eggshells around you, wasn't she?" Mr Assaad said.
"No," Kenny-Dowall replied.
Defence, prosecution wrap up their cases

The prosecution and defence on Friday completed their closing submissions in the case.
Mr Assaad questioned the credibility of Kenny-Dowall's assertions that he was acting in self-defence during domestic incidents when the assaults were alleged.
"He had the advantage in every sense of the word," Mr Assaad said, referring to the 194 centimetre-tall footballer.
"Here we have somebody half his weight and with a [height] advantage of about 35 centimetres."
Mr Assaad said that although there were several "small areas" which adversely affected Ms Peris's credibility — including failing to inform social security agencies of a change in circumstances and one instance of cocaine use — the alleged victim's evidence had been consistent.
"When it came to the actual assaults the evidence was consistent," Mr Assaad said.
Barrister Ian Temby QC, for the defence, said Kenny-Dowall was a man whose respectful attitude towards women had never before been in question.
He said there was no medical evidence, no admissions by the accused, no corroboration from witnesses, and no relevant text message material that indicated the assaults had occurred.
Mr Temby attacked Ms Peris's credibility as a witness.
"Ms Peris was a witness who has given the strong impression that she came to this court determined to tell her story rather than as a witness to answer questions that were put to her," he said.
He questioned the timeframe lag in Ms Peris reporting the domestic violence allegations to police given she had complained of domestic violence at the hands of a previous partner.
"It cannot be said that this is a woebegone woman who does not know the system or knows nothing about her rights," Mr Temby said.
Magistrate Gregory Grogin will give his verdict in the case on Monday.

[fletch]

even Peris's own representatives admitted she had credibility issues.

fingers crossed for SKD going to be a very long weekend wait for him.

[player 1]

So that's it. That's the Prosecution's case.

A smashed phone and picture frame.

Testimony by a proven attempted extortionist and concocter of false domestic abuse allegations against a previous partner (whom she assaulted, and whom the judge in that case praised for not hitting her back).

The defendant enduring 6 months of condemnation and public vilification by a bloodthirsty press, the Premier of NSW and every political agenda group under the sun.

The Prosecution's only hope of conviction (and always was) is that the judge is fearful of being seen as silently supporting DV and discouraging victims making police reports, should he do the right thing and throw this wretched case in the toilet where it belongs (along with Ms Peris)

[Guest]

Not sure what you are implying other than he was taken to the police station by the police after they picked him up, which is not the case. SKD turned up with a Roosters official, is that not turning himself in ?

No it wasn't turning himself in which itself implies a level of guilt or admission that a situation had occurred which is how it was implied in the media "Shaun Kenny-Dowall turns himself in to police" has a far more juicier ring to it.

[Guest]

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/s...26-gn4uim.html

SKD was lucky not be asked about his own drug use. One of his texts said, "I don't do drugs anymore". Not relevant to the case but very relevant to the club's culture issues. We won't get to but I would like to know more about this.

[Headless Chook]

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/s...26-gn4uim.html

SKD was lucky not be asked about his own drug use. One of his texts said, "I don't do drugs anymore". Not relevant to the case but very relevant to the club's culture issues. We won't get to but I would like to know more about this.

Why? We all know the club had issues particularly back in the Willie Mason days. Why do we need to rake over the coals from years gone by?

[Cockadoodledoo]

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/s...26-gn4uim.html

SKD was lucky not be asked about his own drug use. One of his texts said, "I don't do drugs anymore". Not relevant to the case but very relevant to the club's culture issues. We won't get to but I would like to know more about this.

I guess it is a case of looking at it from a case of a glass half full or half empty. There were plenty of rumours around 2011 of players being out of control, likewise 2014. The good thing is regardless of the past, he has grown up to understand that nothing good can come of using drugs.

[Guest]

Why? We all know the club had issues particularly back in the Willie Mason days. Why do we need to rake over the coals from years gone by?

Um Pearce and "others" were reportedly snorting some kind of substance as recently as 26/1/16. So don't think it is in the past like you say. SKDs comment was very vague and could have meant anything. However, it doesn't look good. Honestly, no matter what the magistrate rules SKD is not coming out of this untainted. He certainly has been involved in some stupid shit.

[Guest]

I guess it is a case of looking at it from a case of a glass half full or half empty. There were plenty of rumours around 2011 of players being out of control, likewise 2014. The good thing is regardless of the past, he has grown up to understand that nothing good can come of using drugs.

I hope it was more like he smoked weed as a teenager or in the off season but no longer does.

[Cockadoodledoo]

I hope it was more like he smoked weed as a teenager or in the off season but no longer does.

Not likely in all reality.