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Trial - June 16th, 2011.

Lohan2008

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Starting a seperate page about upcoming hearing/ trail of Jan Eastgate.
PLZ only post info regarding trail proceedings.

Date: June 16th
Location: Downing Centre District Court, NSW
143 Liverpool Street
Sydney NSW 2000
(02) 9261 3799

The Downing Centre is located in the Sydney central business district, on Liverpool Street between Elizabeth Street and Castlereagh Street.

http://www.courtlawyers.com.au/court-protocol-rules.php

check dates:
http://www.ipc.nsw.gov.au/courtlist...s1?OpenView&Start=1&Count=30&Expand=19.2#19.2

Happy Paul ?
 
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Lohan2008

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Re: Trail - June 16th

One of the Church of Scientology's most senior figures, Jan Eastgate, has been arrested and charged in Sydney.

She has been charged with perverting the course of justice in relation to allegations she coached an 11-year-old girl to lie to police and community services about the sexual abuse she suffered from her stepfather who was a member of the Church of Scientology.

Eastgate (was) the international president of the Citizens' Commission on Human Rights, an organisation founded by the Church of Scientology that campaigns against psychiatry.

She was awarded the church's freedom medal for promoting human rights in 1988.

Police allege Eastgate threatened and intimidated Carmen Rainer when she was 11 into providing false statements to police about the sexual abuse she suffered from her stepfather.

http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2011/s3231180.htm?site=katherine
 

Lohan2008

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Section 319

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 319
General offence of perverting the course of justice
319 General offence of perverting the course of justice

A person who does any act, or makes any omission, intending in any way to pervert the course of justice, is liable to imprisonment for 14 years.

more info:
http://www.armstronglegal.com.au/web/page/pervert_the_course_of_justice

Wonder if the police will throw in threatening witnesses charge as well ?
Section 315 A of the Crimes Act 1900
 

Cherished

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I'm pretty sure this is only a preliminary hearing on the 16th.
It is neither a trial nor a preliminary hearing. It is merely a mention.

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A preliminary hearing is a mini-trial in which the crown has to put up sufficient evidence to satisfy a magistrate that there is a prima facie case to answer on the charge(s). Eastgate will have the right to choose either a PH or to go straight to trial in the district court.

But that is down the track. I suspect that all that will happen Thursday is that the charge(s) will be read to her. It's unlikely she'll be required to plead.
 
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Smilla

Ordinary Human
The court should order a Psychiatric Assessment. It's the fair and decent thing to do in this case.
 
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