George Gwaze: update on expert opinion.

Just after I posted my blog about the situation that George Gwaze finds himself in facing a retrial that he raped and killed his adopted daughter, a correspondent pointed out that Felicity Goodyear Smith whom I had quoted was married to paedophile Bert Potter's son and had something of a controversial career. I thought about that but reflected on the essence of what she and others said about HIV sufferers rather than on who was saying it.

Yesterday, another correspondent sent on material which indicated there had been a forceful thrust against the innocence of George based on a group that objected to Felicity Goodyear Smith, her association with ACC etc, interestingly using a full scope of evidence that existed from trials and inquiries against her fatherinlaw to promote, therefore, that George must be guilty.

I wonder where such arguments can go, they certainly don't survive a relevancy test, nor the accusations that Felicity Goodyear Smith's purpose is to 'get pedo's off.' How fragile our hold must be in needing to know the truth when it is filtered by the colour of person's skin or who might offer evidence on their behalf. Unfortunate as that it is, and something that must be called repugnant, it calls into question if George is going to get a fair trial when there is a network of a hate - campaign working against him based, at least in part, on an expert witness likely to give evidence of George's evidence.

All said and done, and no reflection of Goodyear Smith - whose evidence and findings from what I've read are very sound, George's lawyers appear to face a quandary now, indeed the Justice System does, will George get a fair trial anyway and will he get one if Felicity does give evidence on his behalf. If any Kiwi is proud of that I'm stunned. I hope the publicised effort made against George, and which I have a copy of, is used to avoid George needing to be tried again when it is clear he is obviously innocent and the only fear of him being convicted is on prejudice or other factors beyond his control.