Fri 19 January 2007 - That’s an excuse?
“A lot of people died in Iraq today, most of them kids. This is a very minor matter.” — Chris Murphy, Matthew Newton’s solicitor, to reporters.
Is this going to be known as the Matthew Newton Defence: claiming what you did wasn’t so bad because there’s worse things going on, unchecked, elsewhere in the world? That accusations of assault are somehow excusable because Iraq is a warzone?
What a piss-weak excuse. I hope he didn’t try that one with the judge.
January 19th, 2007 at 7:52am
Yeah, apparently bashing your girlfriend is excusable now. As long as you don’t use weapons of mass destruction.
How can someone get (well) paid to come out with tripe like that?
I won’t be encouraging my kids to be solicitors.
January 19th, 2007 at 9:23am
I was surprised when I read those comments. There is no excuse whatsoever for physical violence against your partner. If things are so bad that you feel the need for violence, then get out of the relationship and fast.
January 19th, 2007 at 12:34pm
But he is a celebrity! He gets special treatment!! Gosh, don’t you people know anything!!!
/sarcasm off
January 19th, 2007 at 6:05pm
I really liked Matthew Newton in thank god you’re here. LIKED.
January 19th, 2007 at 10:25pm
Chris Murphy is a seasoned ‘performer’….he should know better than to come out with crap like that.
Although, I probably have better things to worry about….like droughts of mass destruction.
January 20th, 2007 at 6:27am
And thus the war lowers the moral tenor of society as a whole.
January 20th, 2007 at 10:01pm
Couldn’t agree more Daniel. A pretty pathetic and irrelevant comment by the lawyer.
Enjoy your blog a lot. Read it most days.
Cheers.
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:38pm
When I read that I was disgusted, it’s almost back to no means yes…
So you can commit a crime now as long as something worse happened somewhere, anywhere in the world??