holy fuck.

ice, eh?

evidence appears damaging

ouch

Report this morning is that the ABC has sent a lawyer to Singapore to defend him. Good luck to him (it sounds like he's going to need it) but does anyone else find it weird that his employer is providing a beak at taxpayer expense when he was on leave at the time of the alleged defence? What's the local consulate doing?

good lord.

20 years in prison and 15 strokes of a cane.

i just.. can't imagine him having a far out time on ice.

I didn't mean a beak, I meant a lawyer. Would a holidaying camera operator or soundie get the same break?

Shit - Not good.

Add ketamine into the mix...

Barman- I don't know about equity at the ABC but I heard that this bloke had recently busted with his lady. Maybe they feel a sense of obligation as an employer if he's uprooted family and things went tits up overseas. Or something.

its not looking good!

hungryhungryhippo said 9 minutes ago:

Barman- I don't know about equity at the ABC but I heard that this bloke had recently busted >with his lady. Maybe they feel a sense of obligation as an employer if he's uprooted family and >things went tits up overseas. Or something.

No bust up - he came out of the closet so they separated.

can he use the pants off defence?

I call on the Australian government to respond to this outrage with nothing less than a full-scale invasion. We'll show them!

By the way, question for you ice users - is 0.8 grams enough to even get you high?

is that true about him coming out?

gosh

Haha. pants off defence. I used that at work the other day

Voidster- how is that not a bust up? Did he ask her if they could still shag anyways?

or do you mean that coming out means less heartbreak/turning to ice/needing a QC? Clarification please.

yep split from his indo mrs and kids, came out, got into ice and dealing......what mid life crisis?

my understanding is that he told her and then left her....

the relationship was a bust but I don't think there was a bust up per se: he told her he was an uphill gardener, packed his shovel and left.

nah his shit was already packed

an uphill gardener

mind boggles

is that true about him coming out?

It was in the Daily Smellie so it must be.

he told her he was an uphill gardener, packed his shovel and left.

Well he's certainly shovelling shit up hill now.

Tele also carried a pic of PL and an Asian gentlemen posing together, taken from his Facebook or something this week. They looked very happy.

is that true about him coming out?

well, i don't want to been seen to generalise but middle age man, well groomed, slim, fitted shirts ...

and news ltd sure seems to be hinting at something with this headline

Accused reporter Peter Lloyd steps out in public

i did wonder about that.

poor guy. 12 hours of ice fuelled homosexual sex and all he got was a lousy 20 years in the clink. and not even an australian clink where the sex is bareback.

Just like the recent Tele blockline under a pciture of Thorpey.

''Ian Thorpe: Special Friend''

Well thats a plus at least, being gay may make jail a little easier.

Dunno about the 15 strokes of the wet cane, though.

The Tele is never subtle, is it.

oh god he came OUT as a GAY man? i was hoping he'd come out as a gay woman. or come out as an elephant man. but a GAY MAN?

world in turmoil

hahahahaha

the commercial tv and tabloids seem to be taking a little too much pleasure in his fall.

Well it's a legit story, especially as he's reported on drug trials in SE Asia.

He did work for TEN as well.

Wish it had been Kochie, though.

oh yeah, legit story certainly. but there's a touch of abc bashing in some of other's stories.

i was hoping he'd come out as a gay woman. or come out as an elephant man. but a GAY MAN?

I'm glad I'm not the only one feeling ripped off. They could've at least dropped an R.Kelly reference in the headline to soften the blow.