Former NSW police detective Roger Rogerson was yesterday convicted of murdering drug dealer Jamie Gao. The long-awaited conviction has allowed previously suppressed evidence about a string of murders Rogerson is alleged to have committed to come to light.
It’s probably not a comfortable morning for shock jock Alan Jones, who launched Rogerson’s book in 2009. Back then Jones interviewed Rogerson, telling listeners:
“I’m not one of those politically correct people, and it mightn’t be politically correct to say it, but if we had — you talk to people at the grass roots — if we had a few more of the man I’m about to speak [to] then we’d have few, fewer problems in society confronting society at the moment. A bit of old-style policing wouldn’t do any harm.”
“Old-style policing”, in this instance, appears to include allegations of half a dozen murders and dealing drugs. Might be time for an update, Alan …
Re linking to the Australian – you guys are aware it has a paywall right? Stop it.
Lots of news publications have paywalls, Russ. From News Corporation titles to Fairfax and Crikey. Why on earth would we refuse to reference a source just because some readers might not have immediate access? The internet is a big place.
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Jones isn’t naturally gifted at character assessment. Julia Gillard deserved to be dumped at sea in a chaff bag but Rogerson warranted a guest appearance for his book promotion.
Trash for Comment – an old-style copper for a bent pennies collector.
Why would anybody with an IQ higher than their shoe size care about what Alan Jones has to say, the man is, was , and always will be an idiot. Sure it’s great that he has been made to look even more of a fool, but seriously folks it really is a matter of “Move on people nothing to see here”.