{"id":1438,"date":"2008-10-27T02:39:51","date_gmt":"2008-10-26T16:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=1438"},"modified":"2008-10-28T14:43:16","modified_gmt":"2008-10-28T04:43:16","slug":"lex-wotton-goes-to-prison-business-as-usual-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=1438","title":{"rendered":"Lex Wotton goes to prison; business as usual in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Free Lex Wotton rally<\/strong>
\nMelbourne
\n12pm Saturday November 1
\nGPO
\nCnr Bourke and Elizabeth Streets
\nCity<\/p>\n

LEX WOTTON TRIAL: Jury returns GUILTY verdict; Wotton faces up to life in prison
\nChris Graham
\nNational Indigenous Times<\/em>
\nOctober 25, 2008<\/p>\n

NATIONAL, October 25, 2008: An all-white jury has returned a verdict of ‘guilty’ in the trial of Palm Island leader Lex Wotton<\/a> for ‘rioting with destruction’. Late last night, the jury delivered its verdict to a Brisbane District courtroom packed with media and friends and family of Mr Wotton. Outside the court, Aboriginal activist and friend of Mr Wotton’s, Sam Watson, told a media scrum that it was \u201cbusiness as usual in the sovereign state of Queensland\u201d…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See also<\/em> : LEX WOTTON TRIAL: A Timeline of the Palm Island case<\/a><\/p>\n

On the bright side<\/em>, Senior Sargeant Chris Hurley received a $100,000 payout from the Queensland government for losses he says he incurred from the fire for which Lex Wotton is being sent to prison. He also received a promotion, and had his legal bills largely covered by the Queensland Police Union.<\/p>\n

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