Happy Easter weekend everybody! (And first day of the school holidays)

Anyone up to anything exciting?

Thanks to those working so the rest of us can do things!

The Cook Strait currents in particular are unlikely to wash any bodies up on shore. But I guess if you check on to a ferry then get reported missing, the police are gonna know you were there. So maybe it’s not that easy to not be noticed.

I wonder, if he hadn’t had a vehicle, would anyone have known he went overboard?

It’s an interesting question. This seems to happen from time to time. Is it actually more often than we know?

Lemmy is a different kind of platform. Twitter wasn’t for me, but I never clicked with Mastodon either. Some people like the microblog format but I just never got it, or maybe I never worked out how to use it probably.

Oh I didn’t even think about how the time of year could affect your ability to get across the pacific.

I am sure I’ve probably asked this before but I don’t remember, is your boat a sail boat or do you rely on fuel? Heading across the pacific seems like quite a journey, even though I’m sure you could get fuel at many islands as you go.

Oh sorry to hear about your dog, happy to hear she is all better!

Did you end up with a new plan, if you’re not going to be heading across the Pacific?

No compensation I would say. He’s not declared innocent, the previous court deemed he likely did it.

I think the crown now needs to decide if they think they can win a case in front of a jury. If yes, they will probably charge him then go through the process similar to if it was a new arrest - decide if he is a risk to the public, and if so ask a judge not to grant bail. Then if approved he stays in custody until the trial has an outcome.

Edit: as per other comment he is apparently already on parole, so that would likely continue. It may influence the crown’s decision whether to charge him again, as since he’s out of prison it will probably be about his risk to the public now. If he’s a risk, they would need to get him retried to maintain the (I’m assuming) life-long parole.

IMO the header should stay at the top as part of the page. I know where it is, I’ll scroll up to it if I need to.

Like you, I find a header appearing and hiding quite difficult in specific circumstances.