Mark Wilhelm
About 100 nautical miles off the Australian coast on the first night of a cruise, Dianne Brimble accepted a dose of the illicit drug Fantasy from a man she barely knew.
Mark Wilhelm gave her the drug, that he admits - but the offer of a drug alone does not amount to manslaughter. This was the personal assessment of a Supreme Court of NSW judge Roderick Howie yesterday, as he took a guilty plea from Mark Robin Wilhelm to the supply of Fantasy to Ms Brimble - and he’s right.
As much as her bereaved family and others may have looked to a manslaughter conviction for vindication, the NSW DPP rightly revealed today they would no longer prosecute him for manslaughter.
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It’s been seven years since Brisbane mother-of-three Dianne Brimble died naked and alone on the floor of a stranger’s cruise ship cabin.
In that time, through a 16-month inquest and subsequent court appearances, we have heard about the bungled police operation, incompetent security staff and – perhaps most stunningly – been shown just how appallingly human beings can behave.
Ms Brimble was a mother of three children and it’s those young adults whom we should all consider today.
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Mary says:
No one can change the outcome now. But here is a grown woman on a holiday with her young daughter who choose to enter a cabin of her own accord with men unknown to her and also take drugs. These men were predators but surely we as women should know… Read more »
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Rommo says:
I agree, the behaviour of these men was well below par according to normal social standards. However, whether Wilhelm’s acts alone (and not the acts of his travelling companions imputed to him) constitute manslaughter on a criminal burden of proof (ie: beyond reasonable doubt) is a question for the jury. … Read more »
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