Brett Finch charged

[Shoe1]

Maybe it is a different Brett Finch who also played for Canberra, Easts, Parramatta and melbourne?

How funny that they mention his name then pixelate out his face. in the media..... I never understand that.

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Manly Court. Arrested at Manly. Surely the Mwrlfc is somehow implicated?

I'm astonished the Sea eagles didn't get another mention today in this story, Eddie is known to be 'good mates' with certain prominent Sea eagles

Sydney gambling identity Eddie Hayson filmed meeting with cocaine importer Damion Flower

Controversial Sydney gambler and former brothel owner Eddie Hayson is embroiled in the cocaine trafficking case of high-profile racehorse owner Damion Flower, the ABC can reveal.

www.abc.net.au

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

(shock jock Alan Jones and rugby league legend Phil 'Gus' Gould did get a mention)

 

[Chip and Chase]

How funny that they mention his name then pixelate out his face. in the media..... I never understand that.

Even funnier that they don't name and shame the other 7 men arrested.

 

[47MVEagle]

Even funnier that they don't name and shame the other 7 men arrested.

That's a good point.

I remember there was a time when people who had been arrested for anything couldn't be named in the media until they'd had their day in court (something about ensuring a fair trial?) but it seems nowadays if a big name is charged for anything the press are allowed to plaster their name & pixelated likeness all over the shop.

 

[Nordburg]

Having occasionally worked with the area (as in product/services) in AFP that deals with this sort of thing and other child exploitation offences etc. I can tell you they rarely get it wrong as they trap the suspect into confirming their identity. The "entrapment" defence doesn't work here as they are protecting the Australian Public.

For his Families sake alone, I hope he is proven innocent but sadly for them, I think he has a long time in lock-up coming.

This is very true.I can’t think of an instance with this sort of charge where the accused has actually been innocent.There is too much at stake for everyone if it’s a false charge.The police obviously have the evidence and would have been ridiculously thorough with their investigation before charges were laid

 

[Frogz]

You see who Finch was a spokesman for....Pointsbet

 

[manlyfan76]

This is very true.I can’t think of an instance with this sort of charge where the accused has actually been innocent.There is too much at stake for everyone if it’s a false charge.The police obviously have the evidence and would have been ridiculously thorough with their investigation before charges were laid

We had a case at my work.
One of the technicians was using the work phone to "procure a child under 16 for sex" or similar.
He even went in the signwritten work truck to the "meet" where he was arrested. Spoke to one of the officers as they were keeping the fone and without too many exact details they said in no uncertain terms that the evidence was very, very strong.

We had to sack him for using the work phone and ute outside of work as he had not been found guilty yet but we were not going to have him on staff.

 

[EOL now nesting on the GC]

not directly re Finch but as mentioned earlier 'Bloke in a Bar' Duane Kemp has just lost over half his content in one swoop. Finch was on every week for the round review and most specials so what a **** show that is for the 'Bloke' community.

 

[EOL now nesting on the GC]

Reading some of the stories I wonder what 'Commenting' in a chat room directly relates to. obviously, to be arrested he's almost certainly screwed himself somehow. The guy seems to be a complete loose cannon intent on self-destruction which he may have finally achieved.

 

[Jerry1]

To be honest I'm not going to make any comments on this until we have the full story.
I'd like to caution everyone to sit on the fence until the court makes a determination.

 

[wombatgc]

To be honest I'm not going to make any comments on this until we have the full story.
I'd like to caution everyone to sit on the fence until the court makes a determination.

I’ll join you. His next court date is at Sutherland courthouse January 11th.But I would like to give Brett some free advice……

 

[Eagle 1]

If proven guilty I expect finch to be a jailbird.

May end up in Cooma prison with the Hayne plane...

 

[wombatgc]

View attachment 19840Finch has been identified as a former Manly Sea Eagle. Classic News Corp.

The above is a screenshot from the video at https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...ws-story/419d4432d391b6ed08728b67f33d49b6.The caption appears from just after the 30 sec mark.

While the reference to our club may be a trivial error in the context of such serious allegations, you have to wonder how on earth it could happen. The casual observer will look at it and say “another Manly player in trouble…” It’s not good enough from News Corp. The club should complain.

Probably the Storm CEO rang Rupert, and said we need a bit of deflection old son, see what you can do will ya? Love ya Rups.

 

[Fibro Eagle]

@Mark from Brisbane
This came up on my news feed today

 

[pt73]

Just saw this on a news feed, the Telecr@p have an article saying Finch was set announce he was going to coach a junior rugby league team.

Yikes.

 

[Kaufusi's Elbow]

 

[Eagle 1]

You see who Finch was a spokesman for....Pointsbet

He's gone from Pointsbet ...to no Bet !!

 

[XV-1]

Mentioned in the news on the radio that Brett Finch yesterday pleaded guilty to using a carriage service to make available child abuse material.

Will be sentenced in September.

Not good for anyone involved.

 

[Brocky]

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