1. Gerard Baden-Clay ‘not coping’ in prison.
Gerard Baden-Clay, who murdered his wife Allison in 2012, has broken down in tears in prison with reports “he is not coping.”
Seven News reports that Baden-Clay was working in the metal shop at Wolston Correctional Centre, when he broke down “sobbing uncontrollably”. Baden-Clay told prison staff his murder conviction is finally dawning on him and he is not coping with his life sentence.
The 46-year-old had to be assisted back to his cell as he claimed to be overwhelmed with the realisation of his reality.
Baden-Clay’s murder conviction was re-instated on August 31 after the High Court found the decision to downgrade the charge “was not based on evidence”.
He had been initially convicted of his wife’s 2012 murder by a jury but the conviction was downgraded to manslaughter when Queensland’s Court of Appeal judges found he may have accidentally killed her during an argument.
The Courier-Mail reports that the 46-year-old former real estate agent still wore his wedding ring, and was said to have several photos of Allison and him on his cell wall, including a wedding picture of the couple.
2. Girl, 6, trapped between two cars after woman six times over limit crashed in car park.
A woman, who was six times over the legal limit crushed a six-year-old girl as she tried to reverse park her car, then tried to leave the scene, police allege.
Barbara Farlow, 50, had been drinking at an RSL when she then tried to park her car in a space on Progress Ave, Eastwood in Sydney reports The Daily Telegraph.
A little girl helping her family pack groceries into the car was crushed when Farlow misjudged the spot and was pinned between two cars.
Police alleged Farlow then tried to drive her station wagon away and when the car would not go tried to flee on foot.