Murder suspects in court

SALLY GLAETZER
July 24, 2009 04:18pm
THE two men accused of murdering University of Tasmanian student Zhang "Tina" Yu have appeared in court.

Stavros Papadopoulos, 21, of New Town Rd, New Town, and Daniel Joseph Williams, also 21, of Channel Highway, Kingston, are accused of murdering Ms Yu on June 25.

They appeared in court this afternoon but did not enter pleas to the charge.

The body of the 26-year-old Chinese student was found in the Tyenna River near Mt Field National Park five days after she disappeared.

Papadopoulos' partner, Jazmin Iris Haygarth, 18, of New Town Rd, New Town, and the couple's neighbour, 43-year-old John Edward Mollineaux, are charged with failing to report the killing of Ms Yu.

All four appeared in the Hobart Magistrates Court today.

Their cases were adjourned without plea until August 19.

Ms Haygarth and Mr Mollineaux had their bail continued and Mr Papadopoulos and Mr Williams were remanded in custody.

http://www.themercury.com.au/art ... calesofjustice.html

I am suprised this matter is still in Magistrate Court.  It should be down in Supreme court way pretty soon.  If it does go into trial, I would not expect a decision until late 2010.

2# nathanxu
how is life in Adelaide Nathan?

如今猖狂的犯罪主要诱因就是澳洲仁慈的法律，离case上supreme court还早呢。像今天下午这样的走过场，一般每个月都会有一次，慢慢耗吧。

今天看见楼上了在法院。

今天看见楼上了在法院。
01101109 发表于 2009-7-24 23:49

的确如此，不仅你看见了，似乎全Hobart人民都看见了...

很不幸的是我和那个很有争议的靠Tina Yu一夜成名的东欧Party Girl同时出去，当时也没别的中国人和我走一起，便被记者给作为典型特写了。周一回单位上班后看了（上）周五晚新闻的老外同事都来找我讨论Tina Yu, 工作中碰到的几位州府高层领导在新闻中看到自己的Chinese staff后也特地找我谈话，应该说也是件好事吧，州府的几位Director（处长）, 一位Commisioner（局长/副部长）都向我表示了对Tina的关心和哀悼。

尽管知道那天举行的court hearing只是个惯例中的步骤，不会有任何结果，去是为了表达为同胞鸣不平。很欣慰在court看见不少来助阵的朋友，八月份的那场希望有更多的朋友同学过来表示对这起案件的愤慨。