R v VON EINEM 1984 - Carl Brooks XN
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:43 am
R v VON EINEM 1984 - 'Abbreviated' Carl Brooks XN by the Crown:
Q. Carl, you were best friends with Richard Kelvin, yes?
A. Yes.
Q. Did the two of you go to the Adelaide Swimming Pool a lot?
A. Yes.
Q. Was that during school?
A. Yes.
Q. So you would take time off school to go?
A. We would both wag school, sometimes.
Q. What would you do there?
A. We’d talk to girls.
Q. Was he popular with the girls?
A. Yes.
Q. Were you?
A. No. I would watch Richard chat up girls. They liked him.
Q. On 5 June 1983, Richard called you to come over to his house, is that right?
A. Yes.
Q. When you got there what did you do?
A. We talked for a while, he was showing off all his cuts and bruises from the football match he had in the morning, then we went out on the parklands to have a few drinks. Richard’s dad went with us. We came back after an hour. When we got back he talked to Brigitta and I spoke to her for a bit. His mum said ‘Ritchie, tea will be ready in ten minutes.’
Q. When you left to head to the bus stop, which way did you leave?
A. I went to go down the parklands way. The way we normally went and it was just getting dark at night. He didn’t want to go that way because he was afraid of getting mugged. He said, ‘Why don’t we stick to the O’Connell Street one,’ because it’s got lights and stuff like that.
Q. How far down towards Brougham Place before there was a change of mind?
A. We just walked out the back gate and just started walking in that direction and he sort of stopped me.
Q. What about the dog collar?
A. When he was on the phone, I was mucking around with it and I put it around his neck. He thought it was Joe Cool. I said he looked ridiculous. It was tight. He took it off at the bus stop. He was trying to put it around his knuckles. I helped him. We fought a bit with it on at the bus stop. There were people handing out some religious pamphlets. Seven or eight of them. They were saying God will save you.
Q. Do you remember any cars parked no the street where you were?
A. There were no cars parked.
Q. Did you see or talk to anyone else?
A. We both talked to Frank who got off the bus.
Q. Did you then get on that same bus.
A. Yes.
Q. Did you say anything to Richard when you left?
A. Before I left Richard on the bus I yelled out ‘Praise the Lord!’ And he said ‘Hallelujah!’
Q. Did Richard regard himself belonging to some sort of group?
A. Yes.
Q. Which one?
A. I don’t know the name of it. They used to hang around Seeing Ears in Rundle Mall Record Shop.
Q. Which of the two was that, which, Punk Rockers or Skinhead was that, which group?
A. Skinheads.
Q. Did you smoke with Richard?
A. Yes.
Q. How many smokes?
A. I would go through about five smokes a day. He would go through about 5-10.
Q. A day?
A. Yes.
Q. Who would buy the fags - you or him or both?
A. Him usually.
Q. This 5-10, that is after school, in town or
A. When he went to Marbury he was allowed to smoke at school because they have got a
Q. A special room.
A. Yes but he used to smoke at school and he smoked after school.
Q. Do you remember saying in the lower court that the fact that you were interested influenced him to like drums and guitar?
A. Yes.
Q. Were you interested in music together?
A. I sort of influenced him into music because I did drums and guitar.
Q. Did he play an instrument?
A. No.
References:
R v Bevan Spencer Von Einem, Trial Transcript, Adelaide Magistrates Court, 1984.
Q. Carl, you were best friends with Richard Kelvin, yes?
A. Yes.
Q. Did the two of you go to the Adelaide Swimming Pool a lot?
A. Yes.
Q. Was that during school?
A. Yes.
Q. So you would take time off school to go?
A. We would both wag school, sometimes.
Q. What would you do there?
A. We’d talk to girls.
Q. Was he popular with the girls?
A. Yes.
Q. Were you?
A. No. I would watch Richard chat up girls. They liked him.
Q. On 5 June 1983, Richard called you to come over to his house, is that right?
A. Yes.
Q. When you got there what did you do?
A. We talked for a while, he was showing off all his cuts and bruises from the football match he had in the morning, then we went out on the parklands to have a few drinks. Richard’s dad went with us. We came back after an hour. When we got back he talked to Brigitta and I spoke to her for a bit. His mum said ‘Ritchie, tea will be ready in ten minutes.’
Q. When you left to head to the bus stop, which way did you leave?
A. I went to go down the parklands way. The way we normally went and it was just getting dark at night. He didn’t want to go that way because he was afraid of getting mugged. He said, ‘Why don’t we stick to the O’Connell Street one,’ because it’s got lights and stuff like that.
Q. How far down towards Brougham Place before there was a change of mind?
A. We just walked out the back gate and just started walking in that direction and he sort of stopped me.
Q. What about the dog collar?
A. When he was on the phone, I was mucking around with it and I put it around his neck. He thought it was Joe Cool. I said he looked ridiculous. It was tight. He took it off at the bus stop. He was trying to put it around his knuckles. I helped him. We fought a bit with it on at the bus stop. There were people handing out some religious pamphlets. Seven or eight of them. They were saying God will save you.
Q. Do you remember any cars parked no the street where you were?
A. There were no cars parked.
Q. Did you see or talk to anyone else?
A. We both talked to Frank who got off the bus.
Q. Did you then get on that same bus.
A. Yes.
Q. Did you say anything to Richard when you left?
A. Before I left Richard on the bus I yelled out ‘Praise the Lord!’ And he said ‘Hallelujah!’
Q. Did Richard regard himself belonging to some sort of group?
A. Yes.
Q. Which one?
A. I don’t know the name of it. They used to hang around Seeing Ears in Rundle Mall Record Shop.
Q. Which of the two was that, which, Punk Rockers or Skinhead was that, which group?
A. Skinheads.
Q. Did you smoke with Richard?
A. Yes.
Q. How many smokes?
A. I would go through about five smokes a day. He would go through about 5-10.
Q. A day?
A. Yes.
Q. Who would buy the fags - you or him or both?
A. Him usually.
Q. This 5-10, that is after school, in town or
A. When he went to Marbury he was allowed to smoke at school because they have got a
Q. A special room.
A. Yes but he used to smoke at school and he smoked after school.
Q. Do you remember saying in the lower court that the fact that you were interested influenced him to like drums and guitar?
A. Yes.
Q. Were you interested in music together?
A. I sort of influenced him into music because I did drums and guitar.
Q. Did he play an instrument?
A. No.
References:
R v Bevan Spencer Von Einem, Trial Transcript, Adelaide Magistrates Court, 1984.
