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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Love Is Blind, Also Stupid
2004-04-07
Australian judges granted a husband's wish that his wife's jail term be reduced after she was convicted of trying to hire a hitman to kill him. Canadian Gerry Skura, 51, told the court he had forgiven his wife, Marie, and wanted her sentence cut so their family could be rehabilitated. The court heard Marie, 37, also a Canadian, had tried to kill her husband by poisoning his food, giving him sleeping tablets and setting fire to his bedroom.
Sounds like Marie wants out of this relationship. She also just can't seem to get a handle on this murder thing.
It heard Marie had become homesick after the family moved from Canada to Melbourne in 2001 when Gerry, an executive with a grain company, took up a new job with the firm. She had affairs, drank heavily and gambled away nearly 60,000 dollars (46,000 US) and was arrested after paying an undercover police officer posing a hitman 25,000 dollars to kill her husband.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then hire outside help. Poor Marie can't even get that right.
Marie stood to gain 280,000 dollars from an insurance payout. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced last July to seven years' jail with a minimum of four-and-a-half years.
Seven years, that's it? Memo to self, stay out of Australia, might give the wife ideas.
The Victorian Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday the sentencing judge had not given enough weight to Gerry Skura's victim impact statement.
I guess her trying to kill him, let's see, 1, 2, 3, FOUR TIMES didn't have much impact on Gerry either.
Justice Tim Smith said the crime deserved heavy punishment but the sentence should also aide rehabilitation. "Here the victim, her husband has forgiven her, wants to help her rehabilitation and save the family," Smith said. The court cut the maximum term to six years with a minimum of three.
Gerry seems to be trying for a Darwin Award.
Posted by:Steve

#20  #16 Shipman, I remember one of them. The thing that gave the game away was you used the shift key. Habits are hard to break.
Posted by: GK   2004-04-07 10:46:51 PM  

#19  There should be a compilation of muck's best quotes. My favorite is "Put HIM in a blender!". (or something like that)
Posted by: Rafael   2004-04-07 8:35:50 PM  

#18  mucky is my favorite ducky
Posted by: ex-lib   2004-04-07 3:51:00 PM  

#17  Oh yeah, sure, I'm buying. Lol!
Posted by: .com   2004-04-07 2:42:31 PM  

#16  Only twice before I realized how good the real muck4doo was. I wasn't in the same league.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-04-07 2:15:32 PM  

#15  SH - Re: Ship/Muck - I agree... they never post closer than 1:00 apart - I've watched. Of course now he'll stack 2 windows up and hit both submits within a sec or two, lol!
Posted by: .com   2004-04-07 2:00:18 PM  

#14  SH - Good choice - she gives me the creeps and is very believable in those nasty roles. :-)
Posted by: .com   2004-04-07 1:57:40 PM  

#13  .com, this surprises me. I thought Shipman was Muck4doo.
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-04-07 1:56:44 PM  

#12  With repsect to the post, I think Jenifer Jason Leigh should play the lead in the mandatory made-for-television movie.
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-04-07 1:54:20 PM  

#11  Mucky - No, no, no - you don't get off that easy. I asked you serious deep-thought questions. Pony up, sonny!
Posted by: .com   2004-04-07 1:53:59 PM  

#10  One good, solid Oklahoma divorce will cure him of forgiving his wife. Two of them will have him plotting to kill HER.
Posted by: badanov   2004-04-07 1:52:26 PM  

#9  .com i do eating what i like.
Posted by: muck4doo   2004-04-07 1:49:51 PM  

#8  Lol!

tu- Too Late! You're really referring to that funny-looking mold on the brown bread, I know. Lol!

Anon - I eat what I like, unlike Mucky. Your posts make no sense - care to elaborate? If you're just playing, then make it your kitty or baby duck, instead of your puppy. If you're not kidding, then make it your wife or girlfriend -- unless you're like Marie and I'd be doing you a favor. Heh, so what's yer beef, Anon? Are you a player or a 'tard?
Posted by: .com   2004-04-07 1:47:23 PM  

#7  .com,
I have no puppy. So go ahead.
Eat that.
Posted by: Anonymous4065   2004-04-07 1:41:56 PM  

#6  Now, now, Anon - you see the comment is directed to our pal Mucky. I think he needs to examine his pro-PETA stance by looking beyond the obvious, the pedestrian, the conventional. Tis time for Muck to face himself in the mirror and dig deep.

And if your ever SCREAM AT ME again, I'll hunt you down and kill your puppy. Put him in a blender, I will! ;-)
Posted by: .com   2004-04-07 1:39:39 PM  

#5  .com:
They said not to eat the brown acid.
Posted by: tu3031   2004-04-07 1:38:11 PM  

#4   .com--
What the HECK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!?!?!
Posted by: Anonymous4065   2004-04-07 1:35:21 PM  

#3  He's stupid. He's also toast.

Muck - toasting bread doesn't bother you, does it? You're into the PETA thing, but what about plants, huh? Bread -> flour - wheat -> plant -> living thing...

They've "proven" (Kirlian photography, heh) plants "feel" and experience "pain" when cut. So what's the difference? What color is your aura?

And I'll bet we eventually find that air and water are sentient - just on a level we can't yet detect. What are we going to do? Live on Love - like the incredibly idiotic Gerry Skura above?

Methinks you have some deep thinking to do, son. Your PETA stance is wide open to charges of mindlessly following the latest do-gooder crowd - without understanding even a small fraction of the truth. Have you been duped? Are you a tool of those who lead because they've found a bunch of lost children who will follow? The world is not the black and white simplisme set of circumstances you perceive. You'll have to do some intellectual stretching, here. Take your time - I don't want you to suffer a mental sprain.

You should check out the comedy of The Firesign Theater. In one skit, the Principal of More Science High is speaking at a pep rally and sez, "As our flounder founder said, 'Show them a light and they'll follow it anywhere!'" Have you seen the light, Mucky? Or have you seen the LIGHT? Tough questions, grasshopper. Tough world. ;-)
Posted by: .com   2004-04-07 1:34:00 PM  

#2  Oh, I'm sure it will, Mucky. All Gerry has to do is never eat or sleep again.
Posted by: tu3031   2004-04-07 1:19:59 PM  

#1  im thinking he still dont get it. hope it work out for them.
Posted by: muck4doo   2004-04-07 1:15:11 PM  

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