It was with much eye rolling that I saw on television the Human Headline is going to spend fifty days in gaol rather than pay the fine that he has been issued for completely flouting and defying court orders. People are fist pumping and saying, 'Onya, Derryn!' I'm just wondering why he thinks he is above the law. Before you all start thinking, 'But these court orders of suppression just protect sexual offenders!'. They don't, not exactly. What they are designed to do is protect the identity of the victim because the victim often knows the abuser! Besides, Hinch's self-aggrandising and chest-beating in the manner of a silverback gorilla can quite likely have another effect: to prejudice a fair hearing so badly that the trial is aborted. No matter how heinous the offence with which a person has been charged is, that person is entitled to fair and correct judicial procedure. And Hinch just arrogantly shits all over it, like an excited pigeon hovering over a statue.
Anyway, I'm sure Hinch's profile is on the rise. Enjoy your time as a guest of Her Majesty. Watch out nobody decides to shiv you in your newly transplanted liver.
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