At 1/9/08 12:03 PM, Earfetish wrote:
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/st ory/0,22049,22924261-5001021,00.html
A FRUIT picking trip to southern NSW ended in the death of a Scottish backpacker who became embroiled in a bizarre row about creationism and evolution.
Justice Adams said he had given York a sentence at the lower end of the scale, partly because of the accidental nature of the stabbing.
"I do not believe that he took aim but rather thrust out,'' Justice Adams said.
"I think he knew that the knife was in his hand ... but he did not actually turn his mind to the potentially serious consequences of doing this.
"The offender is a person of good character and the offence is a complete aberration.''
York, unshaven and dressed in prison greens, sat impassively as Justice Adams read out the sentence.
Mr Boa's sister Debbie broke down when York was led into court, and during the sentencing.
Accidential nature?
That's like buying a gun and pointing itdirectly into a crowd and saying "if I pull the trigger I didn't mean it"