An Aboriginal teenage girl has lost an appeal after she requested her criminal trial be heard by a female magistrate for cultural reasons, saying she wouldn't defend the charges if footage of her being strip-searched had to be seen by men.
Police say she kicked the female officers searching her and smashed some of their body cameras. She was charged with assaulting police officers executing their duty and destroying property.Footage of the search showed her fully exposed backside and chest.Another Indigenous person has died in custody - the fifth in Australia since the start of March
A field officer with the Aboriginal Legal Service gave evidence that in Aboriginal cultures showing a woman's sensitive parts was women's business. The girl's mother also told the court the girl had been"really upset" about being strip-searched, particularly as a male was present. The mother said the girl had experienced"issues with sexual assault" which she'd tried to report to police, but they told her to go home. It meant she did not trust police.
Ordering a case to be heard by a woman is not the same as ordering a case to be heard by a specific judge, the court said. Some 47 per cent of magistrates in NSW are women.
Considering her age and the strip search images as evidence, I do not consider her request as outrageous; regardless of her cultural background.
Boo hoo
But we are all Australians.
Be like a pedo asking for a pedo judge
. Haha! Aboriginal women didn't cover their breasts. Fake culture. .
It's not only in Aboriginal culture that the showing of women's breasts or bare bottoms to men is considered a violation of dignity! It is the whole reason why we have separate change-rooms for men & women! It is positively sexual abuse that it would be shown to men needlessly.
What a load of bullshit
Wagga police... the corrupt capital
She committed a crime! Suffe rf the consequences regardless, did she give her victims a choice as to whether they wanted their vehicle stolen or not?
If I was in the same position, I’m fairly certain that I could not request a specific magistrate. And for cultural reasons? She was not thinking of culture when assaulting female constables!
She just needs to get elected to Parliament and then she will never have to answer for anything
it's not a big ask... all she wants is a female judge and i seriously doubt that would really impact the outcome of her trial so might as well say yea
Irrelevant me thinks
Excellent, being treated like everyone else
Ifall non-indigenous women need to have their cases heard-by female magistrate as well
fair enough to block men from seeing the footage and also should be indigenous laws handed down to her.
Wow, almost like justice is blind and one law for all.
😡😡😡
It would have made sense for court if it was about parliamentarians
'She was arrested on suspicion of stealing a car. Police say she kicked the female officers searching her and smashed some of their body cameras.' No further comment.
Oh then we're really fkd aren't we, I was doing a dip in counselling, and this was one of perimeters we had to work towards. So you can understand why I flicked it, as the hyporacy was too much
For cultural reasons I would prefer a male member of my family who owes me a favour be my magistrate but I didn’t get to choose from a bloody menu
Strip searches are gross. Strip searching children is pedophillia.
More systemic failures in the broken justice system
SBS are not a credible source for factual information.
This is women’s business. And let’s not forget the NSW police’s history of strip searching and filming young girls.
Victim Race Card waving high again but its simple if didn’t commit crime she wouldn’t need a trial, The audacity to demand who is the judge is astounding
If we don't have an ordered justice system that sees everybody equally then we have the rule of the mob. This is a good move, justice should be impartial.
I sympathise with this girl. A description of the incident would be adequate or her parts blurred.
Good!
Interesting - what's wrong for some female patients prefer seeing female doctors
Next time I’m up, I might request a family member be the sitting magistrate. It might help my cause, but then again ... PragmaticReasons
The stain of Racism screams so loud in Australia. 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔
Not good enough.
Good.
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