Dan
2013-06-01 04:54:57 UTC
Uh-oh Mr Bolen won't be too pleased by this.
http://skep.li/15jFRdp
The great court attack is over (4/5/2013)Peter Bowditch | The Millenium
Project | RatBags.com
The attempt by Meryl Dorey, former president of the Australian
Vaccination Network,http://skep.li/11JnbBR to abuse the legal system in
order to stop me talking about her and her activities eventually came to
nothing, as it was always going to do. On April 26 the application was
dismissed in Lismore Local Court. I attended by video link and my only
disappointment was that Ms Dorey wasn't visible on the screen I was
looking at when she broke down while arguing with the magistrate after
the decision was handed down. Anyone who wants to waste six months of my
life because they don't like me disparaging their ridiculous and
dangerous ideology can cry in public all they like and the only sympathy
they will get from me is that I will point at them and laugh.
I have ordered a transcript of the proceedings and I will have as full
an analysis of it as copyright allows shortly after it arrives. In the
meantime, here is the timeline of Ms Dorey's action against me. (I have
redacted the names of the two other people that Ms Dorey tried to
intimidate. One of these cases is yet to be heard.)
September 5, 2012 ? Ms Dorey filed three applications for APVO
against me, [Dan R] and [Dan B].
September 20 ? Ms Dorey went on radio and described all three
defendants as criminals and implied that we emailed pornography to
her.
September 27 ? First mention for all three applications in Ballina
Court. Interim orders were placed on [Dan R] and [Dan B]. No order
was placed on me. Applicant was to provide personal and witness
statements by October 11, defendants to respond by October 25.
[Dan R] had his mention adjourned to October 11.
September 27 ? Ms Dorey published a blog post in which she said:
"The judge (sic) declined to grant an interim AVO against the
third defendant, Peter Bowditch". There can therefore be no doubt
that she was at all times aware of the fact that there was no
interim order applying to me.
http://skep.li/15mOYqx
September 28 ? Ms Dorey approved the following comment and allowed
it to be published on the AVN?s blog: "Congratulations! Well done!
As it concerns Bowditch, check out Auslii database. You will find
that he has a criminal record and was incarcerated for aggravated
assault. You may already have done so, but providing the justice
with examples of Bowditch?s internet criminality might prove to
helpful". I have never been convicted of any crime, and it was
this very lie that initiated the context in which I made my
supposed "threat" to Ms Dorey in April, 2012.
October 11 ? Ms Dorey attended Ballina courthouse to file her
statements but was asked to make some corrections and resubmit
them on October 15.
October 11 ? [Dan R] attended Ballina court but Ms Dorey failed to
appear, so the application against [Dan R] was dismissed. Ms Dorey
subsequently successfully applied to have the dismissal annulled.
The grounds for this appeal are not clear, as Ms Dorey had been
present at the court house on the day.
October 14 ? The day before they were submitted to the Court, Ms
Dorey?s three statements were published on Tim Bolen's web site in
an article titled "Australian Skeptics Dragged into Court over
Rape, Mutilation, and Death Threats Against the Australian
Vaccination Network Leadership"
http://skep.li/RsxWzh
October 15 ? Ms Dorey submitted her statement to Ballina Court.
October 25 ? I submitted my response.
November 15 ? Mention in Ballina Court. As I had requested that
the full hearing be conducted in a convenient place for me (I live
in Wentworth Falls) the matter was adjourned to Lismore Court on
December 10 to set a date for my attendance at a hearing by video
link. (Ballina has no video facilities).
December 10 ? Mention adjourned to January 15 to set a date for
hearing by video link.
January 15, 2013 ? Mention to set a hearing adjourned yet again to
February 26. Ms Dorey was given permission to provide the Court
with a supplementary statement. (The statement when supplied
contained no relevant material that could not have been included
in her October, 2012, submission.)
February 6 ? Ms Dorey failed to attend a mediation session with
[Dan B]. As she could not be contacted the mediation had to be
adjourned to a later date.
February 26 ? Date of April 26 set for full hearing by video of
the application against me. The Notice of Listing included a hand
written note from the Court staff instructing me to arrange for my
end of the link.
February 27 ? The April 26 date was vacated and the matter
adjourned (presumably at Ms Dorey's instigation) to a sixth
mention on March 5 to consider either extending the non-existent
interim order on me or to place such an order.
March 5 - The April 26 date for a full hearing was reinstated, and
no interim order was placed on me.
April 8 - Seventh mention - this was an administrative hearing to
record in the court records that I would be appearing by video
link from Parramatta Court on April 26.
April 23 - Ms Dorey published a comment about the AVO proceedings
on Facebook in which she again used the word "criminal" and
announced her imminent victory in court.
April 26 - Case dismissed. And she cried.
Here is a relevant collection of documents submitted to the court. As Ms
Dorey gave her first statement to Tim Bolen it would require hide to the
bone for her to whine about me publishing what she had to say.
http://skep.li/11hroeb Ms Dorey's application for APVO (5/9/2012)
http://skep.li/12VfEfz Ms Dorey's first statement to the Court (Due
11/10/2012, delivered 15/10/2012)
http://skep.li/RsxWzh Comment by Patrick Timothy Bolen (14/10/2012 - Ms
Dorey had provided him with her statements for three AVO applications
before submitting them to the Court Registry. Links to her statements
were later made inactive.)
http://skep.li/15mPN2L My statement in response to Ms Dorey's first
submission (25/10/2012)
http://skep.li/15qj4c4 Ms Dorey's second submission (29/1/2013) Note -
includes undated statement by Ken Dorey.
http://skep.li/14gNJWX Paper about Internet bullying by Professor Brian
Martin of the University of Wollongong. (This was not accepted into
evidence by the Magistrate.)
http://skep.li/139LvLh My response to Ms Dorey's second statement.
http://skep.li/11dz4eb An email with a timeline of the matter that I
sent to the Court on March 3, 2013, expressing my frustration at
unnecessary delay.
http://skep.li/15jFRdp
The great court attack is over (4/5/2013)Peter Bowditch | The Millenium
Project | RatBags.com
The attempt by Meryl Dorey, former president of the Australian
Vaccination Network,http://skep.li/11JnbBR to abuse the legal system in
order to stop me talking about her and her activities eventually came to
nothing, as it was always going to do. On April 26 the application was
dismissed in Lismore Local Court. I attended by video link and my only
disappointment was that Ms Dorey wasn't visible on the screen I was
looking at when she broke down while arguing with the magistrate after
the decision was handed down. Anyone who wants to waste six months of my
life because they don't like me disparaging their ridiculous and
dangerous ideology can cry in public all they like and the only sympathy
they will get from me is that I will point at them and laugh.
I have ordered a transcript of the proceedings and I will have as full
an analysis of it as copyright allows shortly after it arrives. In the
meantime, here is the timeline of Ms Dorey's action against me. (I have
redacted the names of the two other people that Ms Dorey tried to
intimidate. One of these cases is yet to be heard.)
September 5, 2012 ? Ms Dorey filed three applications for APVO
against me, [Dan R] and [Dan B].
September 20 ? Ms Dorey went on radio and described all three
defendants as criminals and implied that we emailed pornography to
her.
September 27 ? First mention for all three applications in Ballina
Court. Interim orders were placed on [Dan R] and [Dan B]. No order
was placed on me. Applicant was to provide personal and witness
statements by October 11, defendants to respond by October 25.
[Dan R] had his mention adjourned to October 11.
September 27 ? Ms Dorey published a blog post in which she said:
"The judge (sic) declined to grant an interim AVO against the
third defendant, Peter Bowditch". There can therefore be no doubt
that she was at all times aware of the fact that there was no
interim order applying to me.
http://skep.li/15mOYqx
September 28 ? Ms Dorey approved the following comment and allowed
it to be published on the AVN?s blog: "Congratulations! Well done!
As it concerns Bowditch, check out Auslii database. You will find
that he has a criminal record and was incarcerated for aggravated
assault. You may already have done so, but providing the justice
with examples of Bowditch?s internet criminality might prove to
helpful". I have never been convicted of any crime, and it was
this very lie that initiated the context in which I made my
supposed "threat" to Ms Dorey in April, 2012.
October 11 ? Ms Dorey attended Ballina courthouse to file her
statements but was asked to make some corrections and resubmit
them on October 15.
October 11 ? [Dan R] attended Ballina court but Ms Dorey failed to
appear, so the application against [Dan R] was dismissed. Ms Dorey
subsequently successfully applied to have the dismissal annulled.
The grounds for this appeal are not clear, as Ms Dorey had been
present at the court house on the day.
October 14 ? The day before they were submitted to the Court, Ms
Dorey?s three statements were published on Tim Bolen's web site in
an article titled "Australian Skeptics Dragged into Court over
Rape, Mutilation, and Death Threats Against the Australian
Vaccination Network Leadership"
http://skep.li/RsxWzh
October 15 ? Ms Dorey submitted her statement to Ballina Court.
October 25 ? I submitted my response.
November 15 ? Mention in Ballina Court. As I had requested that
the full hearing be conducted in a convenient place for me (I live
in Wentworth Falls) the matter was adjourned to Lismore Court on
December 10 to set a date for my attendance at a hearing by video
link. (Ballina has no video facilities).
December 10 ? Mention adjourned to January 15 to set a date for
hearing by video link.
January 15, 2013 ? Mention to set a hearing adjourned yet again to
February 26. Ms Dorey was given permission to provide the Court
with a supplementary statement. (The statement when supplied
contained no relevant material that could not have been included
in her October, 2012, submission.)
February 6 ? Ms Dorey failed to attend a mediation session with
[Dan B]. As she could not be contacted the mediation had to be
adjourned to a later date.
February 26 ? Date of April 26 set for full hearing by video of
the application against me. The Notice of Listing included a hand
written note from the Court staff instructing me to arrange for my
end of the link.
February 27 ? The April 26 date was vacated and the matter
adjourned (presumably at Ms Dorey's instigation) to a sixth
mention on March 5 to consider either extending the non-existent
interim order on me or to place such an order.
March 5 - The April 26 date for a full hearing was reinstated, and
no interim order was placed on me.
April 8 - Seventh mention - this was an administrative hearing to
record in the court records that I would be appearing by video
link from Parramatta Court on April 26.
April 23 - Ms Dorey published a comment about the AVO proceedings
on Facebook in which she again used the word "criminal" and
announced her imminent victory in court.
April 26 - Case dismissed. And she cried.
Here is a relevant collection of documents submitted to the court. As Ms
Dorey gave her first statement to Tim Bolen it would require hide to the
bone for her to whine about me publishing what she had to say.
http://skep.li/11hroeb Ms Dorey's application for APVO (5/9/2012)
http://skep.li/12VfEfz Ms Dorey's first statement to the Court (Due
11/10/2012, delivered 15/10/2012)
http://skep.li/RsxWzh Comment by Patrick Timothy Bolen (14/10/2012 - Ms
Dorey had provided him with her statements for three AVO applications
before submitting them to the Court Registry. Links to her statements
were later made inactive.)
http://skep.li/15mPN2L My statement in response to Ms Dorey's first
submission (25/10/2012)
http://skep.li/15qj4c4 Ms Dorey's second submission (29/1/2013) Note -
includes undated statement by Ken Dorey.
http://skep.li/14gNJWX Paper about Internet bullying by Professor Brian
Martin of the University of Wollongong. (This was not accepted into
evidence by the Magistrate.)
http://skep.li/139LvLh My response to Ms Dorey's second statement.
http://skep.li/11dz4eb An email with a timeline of the matter that I
sent to the Court on March 3, 2013, expressing my frustration at
unnecessary delay.