In 2020 artist Anthony Lister’s home was raided by a 23-man task force – including police armed with sub machine guns – who had come to arrest him for sexual assault. They broke down his door before carting him off to the police station to confront hordes of media salivating over this latest #MeToo salvo. The press were given access to photos of him being locked up. But several complainants were confronted with proof that their version of events was untrue, “in devastating cross-examination by Margaret Cunneen SC” reports BETTINA ARNDT.
Arndt continues: ‘The one-eyed journalists – from the ABC, The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH), The Guardian and the like – crusaded against a suppression order which was imposed to protect Lister’s identity, long after the news of his arrest had been broadcast worldwide. Eventually that suppression order was lifted but the judge, Michael John King, took the very unusual step of commenting on the unbalanced coverage of the case, which failed to include all Lister’s acquittals in earlier trials. He mentioned he was so disappointed in the SMH that he had just cancelled his subscription!
“Astoundingly, SMH journalist, Clare Sibthorpe, said in court she wasn’t interested in covering the verdict if Lister was acquitted. And sure enough, the paper has refused to publish the fact that the jury ultimately threw it all out,” Arndt reports.
“His arrest was the result of a coordinated campaign by young women determined to take him down. The charges ranged from touching a breast, to throwing a woman across the room and violently raping her. All of these accusations were ultimately discredited in court and dismissed by two juries.
“Late last year a Sydney jury took only a few minutes to throw out the last of these allegations – but that decision has, unsurprisingly, been ignored by our mainstream media. The very same media which, anticipating a conviction, had published story after story reporting in salacious detail the allegations these women were making.
“The witch-hunt resulted in 5 years of hell for Lister and his family. He was arrested 15 times and spent 83 days in prison. His exhibitions were attacked and closed down, his art defaced, he was debanked by two banking institutions, photographers stalked him everywhere he went. His private address was published on social media, death threats posted on his front door. A shop even promoted a “Kill your local Lister” tattoo.”
No surprises here just look at Tasmania corrupt politicians, judiciary and police. Sue Neil Fraser obviously the killer never mind the DNA of some local scrubber found on the boat Sue diminutive Sue hauled the robust body of Bob into a dinghy and disposed of it.
Motive never mind a motive we know it was her.
I have a lot to say, most of that is not printable.
Andrew. Some annoying little persons (inquisitors) seek answers to many many things. Not unlike an Australian Royal Commission ? Yeah,right !
One can presume that many many avenues will be wandered down – many many ludicrous screenplays written in the typical manipulating Royal Commissions fashion ?
Here is a bloody annoying question.
The Akram ancestoral name is pure semite in origin. Spread thru out the World. Because one may have been born in Oodnadatta or Milwaukee- so what ?
You can take the boy out of the Levant – but even a manipulated Royal Commission can’t alter a boys DNA .
How’s that for a silly statement- hasn’t one heard of police prosecutors flexable forensics? Anthony Lister was amazingly lucky to finally be judged by a thinking jury..can be quite rare in Australia !
One can only presume that the jury ignored the often successful Tedeschismistic screen play ? 23 police with machine guns – breaking down doors- OMG ! Assaulted his young son..
Even though we are fully aware of Australia Royal Commissions habit of gagging the nuisance truth – could we establish for the 5% of Australians who could give a stuff – was this a Semite on Semite attack ? (DNA please).
Other less realistic souls seem to wish – “Pack ya spare sandles and go back to camel country”..continue your 2 thousand years fight for Mediterranean real estate on the spot..The Levant.
Less than 100 years ago (1928) our brave police did their last major killing of Aboriginal women and children. Some say 100 killed – then bodies burnt – was self defence ya know.. 2018 the Northern Territory Police Commissioner apologised
for the actions of police.
Has there been an inquiry yet into police behaviour in dealings with Anthony Lister ? Pigs might fly !
The Cathy Wilcox cartoon seen in the inquirer (page 15) has driven some of Jewish loby nuts – not the JCA which i support..calling for a more balanced and honest approach..accuracy ,transparency and justice..
Similar to the Wrongful Convictions
Report…as Dr Frank- N-Furter said –
” how about that” !
Andrew. “As the old folks say –
You never can tell”.. bull shit !
Them’s just the words of a song.
Some wisdom there though i suppose..?
However- as usual..
Listening to the interview Anthony Lister
Bettina Arndt – just about the final nail in the coffin – any respect now gone. Maybe one should best steer clear of wild women..Germs for one thing
– but that’s the least of it..
23 police with machine guns – yet they can’t competently administer gun licensing ! Completely bloody nuts..
The Sydney Hilton Bombing was a half-baked police scam..gone wrong..
So the police prosecutor put an innocent man away for that…Tim Anderson
The senior police involvement in drug dealing and double cross – murder..
Police prosecutor got innocent David Eastman 19 years for that even though other senior police knew David was innocent.!
And now we are going to have another ludicrously wasteful Royal Commission.
Two disgraceful Royal Commissions into the HMAS VOYAGER DISASTER.
When a witness who was silenced could have easily explained – a simple mistake by the Officer of the Watch.
Political skulduggery involved..and now we are going to have another multi million lawer festival. A political slanging match..with disgracefully behaving police ducking for cover with their 23 machine guns – and the revolting print media..
As just described in detail – their disgusting behaviour with Anthony Lister ! If anyone thinks that story of bastardary is unique or unusual – you silly little person (fu-wit)..
This is “feminist jurisprudence” in a nutshell. It’s a due process fiasco, an Orwellian monstrosity. The police have been co-opted by the harpies, they admit as much. Given they pay lip service to Constitutional Law whilst plodding through their qualifications and are only too aware that Constitutional Law supercedes statutory law, then those responsible for enforcing unconstitional and therefore illegal laws, must be jailed themselves.
As must any legislator who proposes any law with tyrannical overtones and every magistrate who enforces them. The tree of liberty needs if not blood then certainly examples. Unfortunately power is never relinquished and thus we must work out a way to attain it.