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chest rockwell

Joined: 16 May 2005 Location: Sanbon
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Beej
Joined: 05 Mar 2005 Location: Eungam Loop
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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CAUGHT IN THE SPOTLIGHT: New Zealander Brendan Francis McMahon leaves a Sydney court after appearing on charges of bestiality and aggravated animal cruelty.
Sydney Morning Herald
Kiwi accused out on bail in rabbit sex case
14 October 2005
By CHRIS BARCLAY
A former Auckland finance executive charged with bestiality and aggravated cruelty against rabbits and a guinea pig, remains free on bail, angering an Australian animal rights group who fear Brendan Francis McMahon could continue his alleged offending.
Lara Nettle, president of the Australian Companion Rabbit Society, implored Sydney pet store owners to remain vigilant after the 36-year-old was remanded without plea on bail after making a brief appearance in Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court today.
McMahon is charged with one count of bestiality with a rabbit and 18 counts of aggravated cruelty involving rabbits and a guinea pig.
He was arrested in August after a three-week police surveillance operation and originally remanded in custody after dismembered rabbit carcasses were found in a lane outside his central city office.
However, he was released on bail after a hearing last month on condition he did not enter pet shop premises.
McMahon, dressed in a suit and wearing dark glasses, did not comment when he emerged from the court building into a media scrum with his lawyer and an unidentified woman.
He is due to reappear in court on November 10.
Ms Nettle watched the proceedings and outside the court expressed concern that McMahon was allowed to walk free.
"I would be very surprised if he was not out there in pet shops looking for victims in about 10 minutes," said Ms Nettle, who is preparing a victim impact report for the police and Department of Public Prosecutions.
Soon after his arrest McMahon admitted to an addiction to the amphetamine ice but Ms Nettle doubted drugs were solely to blame.
"It didn't happen overnight. You don't take a drug and go 'Mmm, rabbits'.
"I don't think it's incidental. This builds up over time and it's not something that will stop either." Ms Nettle praised one Sydney pet shop central to the investigation that has subsequently introduced a policy where men purchasing rabbits have to fill out ownership papers and provide identification.
AdvertisementAdvertisement"I applaud that shop," Ms Nettle said, lamenting it was straightforward to buy rabbits without attracting suspicion.
"Nobody raises their eyebrows when a man buys three rabbits at a time and then comes back a week later for three more."
Ms Nettle said all Australian pet outlets should follow the Sydney businesses' lead and demand identification.
That would stop this sort of thing happening or at the very least minimise it," she said.
McMahon was put under surveillance after pet store staff noticed he had marks consistent with rabbit scratches on his face.
Wow thats creepy. What is really strange is that they felt it necessary to pass a law to stop this. Was it not an isloated incident? I have heard about Kiwi men and their sheep, but this is ridiculous. |
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peony

Joined: 30 Mar 2005
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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nasty!!!  |
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keithinkorea

Joined: 17 Mar 2004
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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Anyone sick mother who thinks that rabbits are sexually attaractive in any way is bloody nuts. A deeply disturbed individual indeed.
How true is the stereotype of NZ guys being really into bestiality? Some Welsh chaps are supposed to be quite into their sheep too, I have no knowledge and the only second hand story I have is of a guy who used to go to an old girlfriends local pub in Somerset who got caught with a goat, this weird guy was from a small Somerset town.
Pretty strange to me, and as the lady said I don't think it is down to the guys drug ab-use. You would need to feed people of a normal orientation a lot of really strange drugs to get them to engage in such unusual activities. |
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crazylemongirl

Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Location: almost there...
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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To plagarise another kiwi on this cas if This guy was
a) Your business partner
b) Your boyfriend
c) Your brother
d) Your uncle
e) Your cousin
f) Your next door neighbour
g) Your son
h) Your grandson
i) Your friend
j) Your countryman
One word in the English language for the situation
"disown"
Today I've decided that I'm Canadian.
That is all. |
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Dan The Chainsawman

Joined: 05 May 2005
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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A bit of an over reaction I think CLG. Not all Kiwis are painted by same bunny buggering brushstrokes.
Still if you insist use ehh alot and get yourself a nice Canadian Hockey Jersy in Itaewon. Don't bother getting a flag patch, just tear one off the nearest passed out canuck in a subway station. |
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Sleepy in Seoul

Joined: 15 May 2004 Location: Going in ever decreasing circles until I eventually disappear up my own fundament - in NZ
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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crazylemongirl wrote: |
Today I've decided that I'm Canadian. |
I've decided that seeing as he now lives in Australia, he's now Australian. Australia claims anyone (and anything) famous from another country and living in Oz as Australlian; let them keep this sick b*stard. He's (in)famous now .
keithinkorea wrote: |
How true is the stereotype of NZ guys being really into bestiality? |
No more true than it is for any other country. When I was training at the Queensland Police Academy, (my whole squad and) I had to listen to a Record of Interview where a rather sad individual (Australian) confessed to seven counts of bestiality with seven different horses. He used apples and a 44-gallon drum... Does this make Australians a nation of animal paedophiles? No more than New Zealand, and no less than any other country. |
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Bulsajo

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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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I hear that at least half the membership of NAMBLA is overjoyed at the publicity this case is receiving. |
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stumptown
Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Location: Paju: Wife beating capital of Korea
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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what is the amphetamine "ice"? |
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seoulkitchen

Joined: 28 Dec 2004 Location: Hub of Asia, my ass!
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:25 pm Post subject: Those poor Hobbits |
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A former Auckland finance executive charged with bestiality and aggravated cruelty against Hobbits and a guinean.
He was arrested in August after a three-week police surveillance operation and originally remanded in custody after dismembered Hobbit carcasses were found in a lane outside his central city office.
However, he was released on bail after a hearing last month on condition he did not enter pet shop premises.
McMahon, dressed in a bunny suit and wearing dark glasses, did not comment
"I would be very surprised if he was not out there in pet shops looking for victims in about 10 minutes," said Ms Nettle, who is preparing a victim impact report for the police and Department of Public Prosecutions.
Soon after his arrest McMahon admitted to an addiction to the amphetamine ice but Ms Nettle doubted drugs were solely to blame.
"It didn't happen overnight. You don't take a drug and go 'Mmm, Hobbits'
Men purchasing Hobbits have to fill out ownership papers and provide identification.
I applaud that shop," Ms Nettle said, lamenting it was straightforward to buy Hobbits without attracting suspicion.
"Nobody raises their eyebrows when a man buys three Hobbits at a time and then comes back a week later for three more."
McMahon was put under surveillance after pet store staff noticed he had marks consistent with Hobbit scratches on his face.
At first I thought he was also eating the Hobbits, but then it mentioned the carcasses in front of his office. Why'd it take them so long to notice Hobbit carcasses strewn about the street?
I wonder if he's the guy who ate the Hobbits in Indonesia:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4339740.stm
And I had no idea you could still buy Hobbits in NZ, I thought they were freed years ago. Hmm. |
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denverdeath
Joined: 21 May 2005 Location: Boo-sahn
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Poemer
Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Location: Mullae
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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 12:27 am Post subject: |
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Beej wrote: |
"I would be very surprised if he was not out there in pet shops looking for victims in about 10 minutes," said Ms Nettle, who is preparing a victim impact report for the police and Department of Public Prosecutions.
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This might have to become my quote, absolutely hilarious. The earth is an absurd place. |
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skinhead

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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 3:13 am Post subject: |
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Poemer wrote: |
This might have to become my quote, absolutely hilarious.
The earth is an absurd place. |
And that may have to become mine. |
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JeJuJitsu

Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Location: McDonald's
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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 6:00 am Post subject: |
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keithinkorea wrote: |
Anyone sick mother who thinks that rabbits are sexually attaractive in any way is bloody nuts. A deeply disturbed individual indeed.
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Oh I dunno, what about her?
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little mixed girl
Joined: 11 Jun 2003 Location: shin hyesung's bed~
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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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all that fur, and lil claws scratching...he must have drugged them animals up good.
but seriously, wth?? |
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