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Victim Impact
Statements
Today there was an "emergency" court
hearing concerning these statements submitted to the Director
of Public Prosecutions by Sharon and myself
Can you imagine the heart-wrenching pain that writing these caused
Sharon, Tanya Mary's Mother, having to put into words what her
Daughter meant to her
But she did it ...... over many, many nights filled with tears
and terrible deep despair
I have read her statement and I am so very proud of her
It was "passed" for reading at the Sentence
Date
I am completely devasted by what happened to my Daughter
Sure, we had our fights and disagreements, but we had so much
fun and she, Sharon and Brett are my life
I decided to write my statement as a message from Tanya to her
family and friends
It doesn't contain anything about the incident or the court case
...... just a 'sad hello' from Tanya
It was "not passed" for reading at the
Sentence Date
The defense argued that because she is not here, this statement
can only be taken as "heresay"
Why isn't she here !!
Our poor little kid ... I get so angry and full of hatred and
vengeance when Tanya is spoken about in this way
Neither of us could believe that
the final approval for these statements must come from the DEFENSE
!!
Sharon's statement, her innermost feelings and grief,
could not be read until "this person's" legal team
gave their approval
We thought they would be kept private and just read on the day
... the legal system is ludicrous
I made notes during today's hearing, and for
those in the profession, the legal gobbly-gook is included here:-
"Victims of Crime Assistance Act ... Section 5 and Section
15 (3)" ... and I hope I copied down correctly
I do not care about that ... I just wanted Tanya Mary to have
a "Little Voice" in amongst all this legal garbage
that goes on
What amazed us also was that when the judge walked into the courtroom,
he stated that he had not even read our statements and his staff
had to run around to find a copy
Sharon's statement is not included here as I don't know what
legal technicalities might occur if I published it here
Mine / Tanya's is ... and you'll see there is nothing but deep
sadness in it
I was told I could rewrite it and not use the third person as
Tanya ... I said no !!
I will carry a copy and read it to myself a hundred times during
the hearing next Thursday
Worse is yet to come
We have been told what sort of sentence "this person"
will probably be given ...... think in the "very, very minimum"
of time scales
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Love you so much,
Tanya Mary
and we will always be there with you, kid ... you will never
be alone
And one day, somehow, there will be True Justice
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