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  #1184345 27-Nov-2014 19:37
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Sideface: So Smith could hide out in Brazil whilst living on his NZ student accommodation allowance undecided


Good trade off, $90k/year of tax dollars to feed and house him here, or let him keep his $26k and just make sure he don't get back into NZ.





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  #1184599 28-Nov-2014 07:49
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Elvis has left the building.  smile




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  #1184995 28-Nov-2014 16:00
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What happens next ...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/63627340/what-happens-next-for-prison-escapee-phillip-smith

Here is what's in store for Smith upon his return:

He is expected to arrive at Auckland International Airport at 4am on Saturday following a 13-hour flight from Santiago, Chile.
He will appear in the Auckland District Court on either Saturday or Monday morning, charged with escaping from Spring Hill Prison while in custody for murder.
From there he will be taken to the maximum security wing at Auckland Prison at Paremoremo.




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  #1185076 28-Nov-2014 18:02
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Perhaps he'd like to share a cell with Graeme Burton?




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  #1185084 28-Nov-2014 18:39
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Tony Elllis, his lawyer:

 

"The pressing issue is the state of his mental health.

 

"He is coming back to a life sentence, when he thought he might be free forever."



MY HEART BLEEDS FOR HIM WE SHOULD TOTALLY LET HIM GO, APOLOGISE, AND GIVE HIM A NICE BIG HOUSE IN REMUERA WITH A SPA POOL AND A PORSCHE TO HELP HIM FEEL BETTER. 




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  #1185090 28-Nov-2014 19:02
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Tony Elllis, his lawyer:

"The pressing issue is the state of his mental health. "He is coming back to a life sentence, when he thought he might be free forever."



I am more concerned about the mental health of the people who let him go.




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  #1185156 28-Nov-2014 21:48
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His mental health? What about the life sentences he inflicted on his victims? He has lost every right of a human being and should be treated lower than the worms that eat the scum at the bottom of the waste pool.

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  #1185282 29-Nov-2014 10:03
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DarthKermit: He's now a guest of Her Majesty's Government again


"Smith's lawyer said yesterday he believed it was not in the public interest to charge his client for escaping custody."




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  #1185327 29-Nov-2014 11:42
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Sideface: "Smith's lawyer said yesterday he believed it was not in the public interest to charge his client for escaping custody."


Lawyers eh? Is there any lower form of bottom feeding life?




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  #1185369 29-Nov-2014 13:01
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"I would imagine that having successfully escaped and then being captured and then, worse still, being brought back to New Zealand, he could be in quite a poor state."

Worse, still?






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  #1185379 29-Nov-2014 13:26
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My plastic handcuffs are too tight.....waaa....waaaa.....Im on an airplane, where would I go...waaa....

 

Im feeling quite sympathetic to his plight.....pffft

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  #1185564 29-Nov-2014 20:21
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DarthKermit: He's now a guest of Her Majesty's Government again


"Smith's lawyer said yesterday he believed it was not in the public interest to charge his client for escaping custody."


Read his whole quote; it makes sense. He says the only effect of charging him with escaping custody would be another costly trial which would result in him not being eligible for parole for a further 5 years. But, no parole board in the country is ever going to approve parole for him ever again anyway, so it would simply be a waste of money. He's going to die in jail.




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  #1185566 29-Nov-2014 20:36
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SaltyNZ:
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DarthKermit: He's now a guest of Her Majesty's Government again


"Smith's lawyer said yesterday he believed it was not in the public interest to charge his client for escaping custody."


Read his whole quote; it makes sense. He says the only effect of charging him with escaping custody would be another costly trial which would result in him not being eligible for parole for a further 5 years. But, no parole board in the country is ever going to approve parole for him ever again anyway, so it would simply be a waste of money. He's going to die in jail.


Smith is serving a "life sentence".
This is NOT the same thing as "for the term of his natural life" (unfortunately).




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