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Woman jailed over cheeseball murder
Reuters ^
| 4/22/10
| Rob Taylor
Posted on 04/22/2010 9:48:40 AM PDT by Sax
(Reuters) - An Australian woman who ran down and killed a man who threw cheese-flavored snacks at her car was jailed Thursday for 25 years.
"She clearly wanted to teach the young men a lesson," the Australian Associated Press quoted judge Howie as saying as he sentenced Ward to jail for a minimum 18 years.
The jury was told Ward, 39, had drunk two bottles of wine and used cannabis, amphetamine drugs and anti-depressants before getting into her car in Sydney's northern suburbs on June 7, 2008.
She decided impulsively to use the vehicle as a weapon after Westlake threw the snacks at her car as a joke while walking home with his brother and a group of friends.
The judge said while there was more involved than Westlake's brother and friends claimed, an "incensed" Ward had driven directly at Westlake after a brief physical altercation with the group, running him over and killing him.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: cheeseball; holdmuhbeer; murder; roadrage
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It ain't easy being cheesy
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posted on
04/22/2010 9:48:40 AM PDT
by
Sax
To: Sax
Great ... use the alcohol/drug defense ....
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posted on
04/22/2010 9:52:09 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(Those That Turn Their Swords into Plows Will Plow For Those That Don't.)
To: Sax
...Ward, 39, had drunk two bottles of wine and used cannabis, amphetamine drugs and anti-depressants before getting into her car... How was she still conscious?
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posted on
04/22/2010 9:52:42 AM PDT
by
Talisker
(When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
To: Sax
"Ward, 39, had drunk two bottles of wine and used cannabis, amphetamine drugs and anti-depressants before getting into her car"
Great example of the celebration of diversity.
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posted on
04/22/2010 9:53:35 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Sax
Best Headline of the Week!
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posted on
04/22/2010 9:54:34 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(http://www.teapartyslogans.com/cgi-bin/web/index.cgi)
To: Sax
"She clearly wanted to teach the young men a lesson," Well, I bet he won't be doing THAT again. Lesson learned.
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posted on
04/22/2010 9:54:39 AM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty. - Thomas Jefferson)
Comment #7 Removed by Moderator
To: Sax
...drunk two bottles of wine and used cannabis, amphetamine drugs and anti-depressants before getting into her car... I always do that.
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posted on
04/22/2010 9:56:18 AM PDT
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat Lead.)
To: Doomonyou
the wine and wacky to bring you down, the speed to bring you up, and the antidepressants to make everything "not so bad". I simply don't understand - everything should have been in balance. There must be something that we're not being told here...
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posted on
04/22/2010 10:00:45 AM PDT
by
Sax
To: Sax
There must be something that we're not being told here... Yeah, that she forgot her expresso.
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posted on
04/22/2010 10:04:26 AM PDT
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat Lead.)
To: Sax
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posted on
04/22/2010 10:06:15 AM PDT
by
stormer
To: Uncle Miltie
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posted on
04/22/2010 10:07:33 AM PDT
by
cicero2k
To: Doomonyou
Yeah, that she forgot her expresso. She also ate food with transfats, smoked cigarettes, and once owned an SUV. Unconfirmed reports claim she once stayed at a Holliday Inn Express. News at 11.
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posted on
04/22/2010 10:08:03 AM PDT
by
Repeat Offender
(While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy Saints surrounded)
To: Sax
Poor guy was probably just making a recommendation for a good snack to go along with her Ripple.
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posted on
04/22/2010 10:13:15 AM PDT
by
FourPeas
(God Bless America)
To: Sax; a fool in paradise
What kind of cheese was it? Me, I like Holland Gouda.
To: Sax
Why do they say "used" cannabis?
That's like saying I "use" beer when I watch the ballgame, or on my coffee break I "use" tobacco.
Enough already! Say it like it is - she smoked cannabis, we drink beer and smoke cigarettes. Are they deliberately trying to make it sound like we've all got heroin addictions??
This PC garbage is driving me nuts.
To: canuck_conservative
I used a taco today around noontime. It got me all full feeling, but it’s never enough. I’ll be hungry again - looking for my next fix, probably in just a few hours...
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posted on
04/22/2010 10:26:37 AM PDT
by
Sax
To: Sax; Slings and Arrows
An Australian woman who ran down and killed a man who threw cheese-flavored snacks at her car was jailed Thursday for 25 years. Aussie gal bites kan be pretti nasti
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posted on
04/22/2010 10:27:25 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(We've gone from phony soldiers to phony conservative protesters. Nothing about liberalism is genuine)
To: Talisker
Her stage name is Amy Winehouse.
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posted on
04/22/2010 10:27:53 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(We've gone from phony soldiers to phony conservative protesters. Nothing about liberalism is genuine)
To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
04/22/2010 10:30:45 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(We've gone from phony soldiers to phony conservative protesters. Nothing about liberalism is genuine)
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