Pauline Hanson supports child-killing sex-fiend
Hoges
Glenis Green, Jason Gregory and Catriona Mathewson
11nov03
THE parents of murdered Noosa schoolgirl Sian Kingi are disgusted
freed One Nation founder Pauline Hanson could be helping their
daughter's killer in a controversial bid for freedom.
A close friend and spokeswoman for Barry and Lynda Kingi called Ms
Hanson naive and said she would face a huge supporter backlash over
the friendship she had struck up in jail with Sian's killer, Valmae
Beck.
It is understood that while in jail Ms Hanson helped Beck – who has
changed her name to Fay Cramb – with a parole application and has
since promised to visit her.
The Kingis' spokeswoman said she had e-mailed Ms Hanson on behalf of
the family to ensure the former MP knew all the horrific details of
12-year-old Sian's murder.
"Hanson has been going on about how wonderful it was to be reunited
with her own children, that they (the children) kept her going in
jail," she said.
"Well, my friends had that taken away from them 16 years ago – almost
to the day.
Beck was jailed in 1988 after she and husband Barrie Watts lured Sian
to their car at Noosa Junction by pretending to look for a lost dog.
They took her to a nearby forest where she was raped, stabbed and
strangled.
During interviews since her own release last Thursday, Ms Hanson has
sent messages of support to friends inside called Anne and Fay
promising to visit them soon.
"Fay" is believed to be Fay Cramb (formerly Beck), while Anne is Anne
Aboud, a Rockhampton woman convicted of murdering her de facto husband
in 2001.
The Kingi family spokeswoman said Ms Hanson was, by her own admission,
"naive" and might have only heard Beck's side of the story, which was
why she sent the e-mail last weekend.
"She (Beck) is good at telling sob stories," she said.
Several attempts to contact Ms Hanson yesterday for comment were
unsuccessful.
Her other attempts to support new-found prison friends have also
angered victims' relatives.
Last week she told radio host Alan Jones she had helped an inmate
called "Anne" receive legal assistance because she believed the woman
had been wrongly convicted of murder.
Anne Aboud, 52, was jailed for killing her de facto Ivan George
Michail, 54.
An appeal is being heard and the victim's sister Stefka Ramke, 51,
said yesterday she was "bloody angry" with Ms Hanson for speaking out.
"No decision has been made yet so Hanson should not be talking about
this publicly because it may affect the decision," Ms Ramke said.
"It is ironic because she said after her release she did not get a
fair trial because of media attention.
"Aboud is not the innocent she proclaims to be. I am so bloody angry
with Pauline Hanson."
Daniel Balint
"Hoges" <googl...@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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> Hanson's support for killer slammed
>
> Glenis Green, Jason Gregory and Catriona Mathewson
> 11nov03
>
> THE parents of murdered Noosa schoolgirl Sian Kingi are disgusted
> freed One Nation founder Pauline Hanson could be helping their
> daughter's killer in a controversial bid for freedom.
>
> A close friend and spokeswoman for Barry and Lynda Kingi called Ms
> Hanson naive and said she would face a huge supporter backlash over
> the friendship she had struck up in jail with Sian's killer, Valmae
> Beck.
>
> It is understood that while in jail Ms Hanson helped Beck - who has
> changed her name to Fay Cramb - with a parole application and has
> since promised to visit her.
>
> The Kingis' spokeswoman said she had e-mailed Ms Hanson on behalf of
> the family to ensure the former MP knew all the horrific details of
> 12-year-old Sian's murder.
>
> "Hanson has been going on about how wonderful it was to be reunited
> with her own children, that they (the children) kept her going in
> jail," she said.
>
> "Well, my friends had that taken away from them 16 years ago - almost
Hoges
> Supports? that's pretty bad journalism on your behalf.
>
A few weeks in prison and suddenly Ms Hanson is making Bob Brown look
like Bruce Ruxton.
Hoges
Daniel Balint
Interview her . Ask her her actual opinion.