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How To Murder Someone And Not Face Justice
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by Barbara McPherson | September 28, 2008 at 09:25 am
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Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, Canada
Almost two years ago Michael Brophy was beaten to death at a notorious bar in Nananimo. The Grizzly B'ar Pub has since been closed by the Howard Johnson Motel. The trial of the three men involved in the beating concluded on Friday with a "not guilty" verdict. Was there any doubt that these three were the ones that beat Michael to death? No. Witnesses came forward to testify. The reasoning of the presiding judge(no jury trial) was that because it could not be determined who landed the fatal blow, that none of them are guilty! Apparently if you are swarmed and killed no one can be blamed for it because who knows who landed the fatal blow.
Comments to the local newspaper exressed outrage at the not guilty verdicts. Comments like "Now I know how to get away with murder," were typical.
The events that led to the death of Michael Brophy at a Nanaimo nightclub in October 2006 are straightforward according to Crown prosecutors; two brothers punched him viciously and within seconds a bouncer again punched the unconscious 20-year-old.
"What we have here is a premeditated attack . . . carried out with amazing ferociousness," said Crown prosecutor Brian Jones.
Charged with manslaughter in Brophy's death are club bouncer Buddha Sadu Gains, 41, whose original name is Steven Allen Gains, 40, and two brothers, Timothy Maybin, 23, and Matthew Maybin, 25.
The sobs of Michael Brophy's mother were the only sound in B.C. Supreme Court in Nanaimo on Friday as the three men accused of killing her son were found not guilty of manslaughter.
Christine Brophy, holding back tears outside the courthouse, said that she and her mother and sister were in shock over the not-guilty findings.
"This is completely unbelievable, we can't believe it," she said.
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at 09:59 on September 28th, 2008
Barbara McPherson, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Now that is out raging and Criminal!
at 23:57 on November 30th, 2008
there dad is the Nanaimo fire chief... thats why thier free men..
at 19:35 on December 6th, 2008
Thats FU@#$#@@ ridiculous i know matt maybin and he needs jail time he started fights with me and a couple of my friends at a bar one night hes wayyyyy outta control i used to work with him and somone said that i called him lazy and he told me he as gonna kill me where the F$%$#@ is the justice?????
at 19:39 on August 8th, 2009
Judge Halfyard continues his inept, inadequate judging. His judgment has recently ruined my friends. . Kind, caring and loving people accused of "gay bashing" when half of their friends are gay. My friends have been harrassed, injured and financially ruined by the plaintiffs yet this stupid judge cannot see it. We think he was paid off, as I think happened in the Brophy case. There is more to come in a couple of weeks. How can our justice system tolerate this kind of ineptitude. The plaintiffs very brazenly said ( not in court, of course) "You don't mess with (blank name). They have a lot of power." We are devastated. These paranoid plaintiffs (very rich) who will do ANYTHING including bribery to get their way...and our Justice (???) system lets it happen.