Guilty for fighting the Boer the way they fought them

[CountDeMoney]

Law chief to examine new evidence in Breaker Morant case

Nick Galvin
August 30, 2011 - 12:24AM

MORE than 100 years after Harry "The Breaker" Morant was executed for killing Boer prisoners of war, Attorney-General Robert McClelland is believed to be considering calling a public inquiry into the controversial case.

Mr McClelland will today meet Jim Unkles, a military lawyer and commander in the Australian Naval Reserve, who is leading the campaign on behalf of the descendants of Morant and his co-accused, Peter Handcock and George Witton.

Mr Unkles believes he has vital new evidence showing Morant and the others were victims of a miscarriage of justice and subsequent cover-up by the British authorities.

Among the crucial documents he has unearthed is an opinion from a British military lawyer at the time, James St Clair, mentioning that soldiers had been ordered not to take prisoners.

Mr Unkles said regardless of the time that had passed since Morant and Handcock faced the firing squad in Pretoria jail (Witton's death sentence was commuted), the men deserved justice.

"I'll be telling the Attorney-General directly that after 110 years of no action, controversy and stalling by the British government, this case needs a judicial inquiry," he said. "The descendants want their day in court. There's no request for compensation they just want honour for these three men.

"The government hopefully will take a stand. The descendants of these men and all Australians want justice and that must be put above all other considerations."

Michael Handcock is the great-great grandson of Peter Handcock. He said holding a public inquiry into his relative's death was "a no-brainer".

"This issue has been a bone of contention in our family for over a hundred years," he said. "The British government has fobbed us off on the basis of no new evidence but that's just not true."

Mr McClelland confirmed that his office was examining the new material presented by Mr Unkles and others.

"I've received a number of pieces of correspondence from descendants of Breaker Morant and other advocates regarding the possible existence of new evidence," he said. "I don't want to raise expectations in relation to this matter, but I'm happy to discuss these issues in good faith with family and legal representatives."

However, he added that Australia had no jurisdiction to review decisions made by a British court martial.

[Neil]

Not even a little jurisdiction.

Live by rule 303, die by rule 303.

[Zoupa]

This is quite retarded.

[Habsburg]

Great Film.

[LaCroix]

may god damn those boers

[Habsburg]

may god damn those boers

[LaCroix]

they perverted british south africa from within

(i do like that gif, though )

[Habsburg]

The British were nothing more than Gold grabbers in Zuid Afrika!

[Slargos]

It's only morally repugnant to murder prisoners of war and their families if they're not Germanic, apparently.

May the filthy British forever be cursed into squalor and filth on their despicable little island. 

[The Brain]

The "I was just following orders" defense? OK...

[Slargos]

The "I was just following orders" defense? OK...

It appears almost all of the Germans executed following the Nuremberg trials were actually innocent. 

[CountDeMoney]

Anglofag Kitchener kocksuckers.  You know who you are.

[11B4V]

may god damn those boers

Whos the chick on the left?

[Ideologue]

may god damn those boers

Indeed.

But more importantly, what a waste of fucking time and money.

[LaCroix]

It's only morally repugnant to murder prisoners of war and their families if they're not Germanic, apparently.

May the filthy British forever be cursed into squalor and filth on their despicable little island. 

when they subjugated the african, everyone shrugged and went about their business. when they went after the afrikaan... why hate the british simply because they decided race wouldn't play a factor this time around?