Teenager arrested by police in latest g20 raids : Melbourne Indymedia

Three people, including a teenager have been raided by police and had their homes subjected to searches. At least one person was held for some time at St. Kilda police station. People have also had personal items from their homes taken by police, including a necklace.

Another woman, Rosalie Delaney, already on bail, was disturbed by police and had her home searched in relation to the current arrests.

"The aim of these arrests is to intimidate political activists and stifle dissent more generally. The asymmetry of the charges and the protest action itself put these arrests in a firmly political setting," said Jonathon Collerson of protest group International Socialist Organisation.

The three people have been charged for alleged offences during the g20 meeting, in Melbourne in November when hundreds of riot and mounted police behind barricades were deployed. One woman was hospitalised with injuries to the neck, head, face and back after being attacked with batons when around 30 police moved on a peaceful gathering of around ten protesters at the Melbourne Museum. Many other protesters were injured. 5000 people attended the main rally against the war crimes and environmental destruction enabled by g20 policies.

Several people on highly restrictive bail conditions appeared in Melbourne Magistrates' Court today for preliminary procedures. People on bail cannot associate with co-accused which has made preparing legal cases very difficult. They have also had passports confiscated and have been required to report to police three times per week to stay at a fixed address and not leave the state. At least three people were initially refused bail and were incarcerated but all have now been released. Legal aid has been difficult to come by. A Melbourne University Student and refugee from Turkey (now Australian resident), Akin Sari, 28, who was held on remand for 4 weeks had to rely on duty solicitors appointed by the court.

At least 10 people have so far been charged by Police. However, despite concerns raised by the Victorian Federation of Community Legal Centres regarding unlawful use of force and arbitrary arrest and detention, no police have been charged as yet.

At one of the isolated clashes during the g20 meeting, one police officer sustained a broken wrist.

More G20 Charges Laid
January 09, 2007, 01:32pm

Article from: AAP
THREE people, including a teenager, have been charged following the violent G20 protests in Melbourne in November.

Detectives charged a 17-year-old youth, a 19-year-old East Brunswick man and a 25-year-old Moonee Ponds woman with riot, affray, conduct endangering persons and criminal damage.

The 17-year-old was bailed to appear in a children’s court in late April and the man and woman were bailed to appear in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on January 11.

The arrests bring to 11 the number of people charged over violence outside the meeting of G20 finance ministers in Melbourne’s Grand Hyatt hotel.

At least 10 police were injured in the street clashes on November 18.

a: More G20 Charges Laid
January 09, 2007, 01:32pm

Article from: AAP
THREE people, including a teenager, have been charged following the violent G20 protests in Melbourne in November.

Detectives charged a 17-year-old youth, a 19-year-old East Brunswick man and a 25-year-old Moonee Ponds woman with riot, affray, conduct endangering persons and criminal damage.

The 17-year-old was bailed to appear in a children’s court in late April and the man and woman were bailed to appear in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on January 11.

The arrests bring to 11 the number of people charged over violence outside the meeting of G20 finance ministers in Melbourne’s Grand Hyatt hotel.

At least 10 police were injured in the street clashes on November 18.

For more information on these latest raids see:
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Poor arrestees. i truly sympathise.

Here’s some of the exchange that took place between Walker and the PIC during the hearing about his lapsed memory:

Q. Well, have you ever taken money off any person and divided it up between you?
A. As I said before, not that I can recall, no.
Q. Well, that’s surely something you would recall if you’d done it, wouldn’t you think?
A. I suppose so.
Q. I am not talking about some innocent conduct, I am talking about a criminal offence; you understand that, don’t you?
A. I do.
Q. You say you have got no recollection of ever having done that?
A. No.
Q. When you say, “No”, you deny --
A. I have no recollection.
Q. Do you deny it?
A. Beg your pardon?
Q. Do you deny it?
A. No, I don’t deny it. I said I have no recollection.
Q. As a former police officer and private investigator, it would be extraordinary, would it not, if you had done such things but could not recall them?
A. Well, if you - from your point of view, it may be extraordinary. From my point of view, the way I feel right now, I cannot recall. I just told you that.
Even when Walker was shown a surveillance video tape of one of the alleged extortions, which showed a figure others identified as him, his memory wasn’t jogged.

Q. Are you saying on your oath that you have no recollection of that event?
A. I’m saying to you that the depiction of those three people, as you described it, and one of them looked like me - what transpired then and there at that particular place, I can’t - I don’t remember.
Q. You said that one appeared to be you. Have you got some doubt that it is you?
A. Well, it looks like me.
Q. Have you really got any doubt that it is?
A. Well, as I said to you, it looks like me. If I can’t recall what happened - you know, you are asking me to give a definite yes or no it’s me, I was there and I did something. The answer to that is no, I can’t recall what I did, but, as I said, it does look like me.
During the Supreme Court hearing, Walker’s barrister said that Walker had been suffering from anxiety and depression at the time of the PIC hearing and had been prescribed medications that had affected his memory.

Thanks for the NSW script.

I guess.

And it has exactly what to do with Victorian olice charging people from a protest down here

Akin Sari is an Australian citizen rather than an Australian resident.
Capitalisation error: Akin is a Melbourne university student. i.e. though a student, he does not attend the University of Melbourne.
Errors were my fault. apologies.