Aussie liars and sissies exposed by Justice John Hansen
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Symonds unsure if the term 'monkey' was used
Insufficient evidence against Harbhajan - Hansen
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in Adelaide
January 30, 2008
Andrew Symonds' inability to conclusively say whether Harbhajan Singh had
used the word monkey or a Hindi abuse, and his admission that the language
did not fall under the requirements of a level 3.3 offence played a crucial
part.
In a 22-page document that detailed the reasons for his decision, it emerged
that Sachin Tendulkar's word could have had a big role to play too. Unlike
Mike Procter, who thought Tendulkar was not in a position to hear what was
uttered, Hansen said "extensive video footage" establishes that Tendulkar
"was within earshot and could have heard the words".
Tendulkar said he heard Harbhajan "use a term in his native tongue "teri maa
ki" which appears to be pronounced with an "n". He said this is a term that
sounds like "monkey" and could be misrepresented for it."
Symonds couldn't recall if he had heard Harbhajan use that particular Hindi
abuse and accepted that it was a possibility. He also didn't find favour
with the judge with his explanation for abusing Harbhajan after he had
patted Brett Lee on the back side. Symonds said he had objected because "a
Test match is no place to be friendly with an opposition player" but Hansen
dismissed that explanation ("If that is his view I hope it is not one shared
by all international cricketers").
Michael Clarke's account was critical, considering that it did not coincide
favourably with the rest. "It is not without significance that the
Australian players maintain other than Mr Symonds that they did not hear any
other words spoken, only the ones that are said to be of significance to
this hearing," Hansen said.
"This is a little surprising in the context where there was a reasonably
prolonged heated exchange. Indeed Mr Clarke went so far as to say that he
did not hear Mr Symonds say anything. Given Mr Symonds' own acceptance that
he initiated the exchange and was abusive towards Mr Singh, that is
surprising. This failure to identify any other words could be because some
of what they were hearing was not in English."
Hansen denied any deal had been struck between legal counsel for the
Australian and Indian players to downgrade the charge. He was also critical
of all parties involved in the confrontation in Sydney, saying "their
actions do not reflect well on them or the game".
Muzza
Jason Gillespie
"Muzza" <muz...@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> sorry..say again...missed it.
Dont worry, you will never get it with your boreturd mole brain.