A female security guard in Sydney who shot dead a man who attacked and tried to rob her has been charged with murder, Australian police said.
| Saw this coming, but I'm still disappointed in you, Australia. |
Karen Brown is said to have suffered a fractured skull, a broken nose and left hand, and possible brain damage after William Aquilina attacked her. He was attempting to steal A$30,000 ( US $21,000) in takings from the Moorebank Hotel in south-west Sydney.
| Down here in Texas we call this grand theft, assault with a deadly weapon and possibly attempted murder during commission of a felony. Karen would be a hero, not up on charges. But then, we're just a bunch of dumb cowboys. |
Ms Brown, 42, was interviewed by detectives on Monday. "The court attendance notice is akin to a summons... legal proceedings are now underway," he said.
| Since she got clobbered on the nut, she can probably get off with a non compos mentis defense, since the Aussie courts don't seem to recognize justifiable homicide anymore. |
The incident, which happened on 26 July, is being covered extensively in the Australian media, where there has been widespread sympathy for Ms Brown. But she has angered the authorities by reportedly accepting money for media interviews while refusing to talk to police on health grounds.
| "Piss off! I'm sick! I got conked on the nut, remember? And where the hell were you when it happened?" |
"I'm extremely disappointed, more than anything else, at the way in which some media outlets have approached this whole issue," New South Wales Police Commissioner Ken Moroney told the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper. He said the matter should now be handled through the court system. "We need to allow police to look at the facts as we have been able to gather them, both forensically and through other witnesses," he told ABC News. As an employee of a security firm, Ms Brown was licensed to carry a gun.
| But not, apparently, to use it... |
New South Wales Police Commissioner Ken Moroney said she had been handed a court attendance notice to appear at Liverpool Local Court on 13 September.
| Hope you have a good lawyer, honey. |
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