Tuesday, March 27, 2007

justice for nina / i think not

nina courtepatte verdict




the head lines are killing me

justice for nina

what a joke

there is no justice for nina because she lost her life

there is no justice for nina's family /

how do you replace a dead daughter - you don't

you cry a river of tears &
hope you wake up from the dreadful night mare - you don't


nina died in a cruel & violent way / in a way no child should die

nina courtepatte was 13 years old & in grade 7
when she was brutally raped & murdered by a group
of teenagers and ONE ADULT


the "animals" who commited this crime
a 15 year old girl (protected by the young offenders act) - not yet tried
a 17 year old girl (protected by the young offenders act) -currently in trial
a 17 year old boy (protected by the young offenders act) - found guilty of murder & rape
a 19 year old boy/man (joseph loubocan) - found guilty of murder & rape

AND
a 34 year old man: michael brisco (found not guilty by Justice Brian Burrows)

i think the judge Justice Brian Burrows is a fool & you can quote me on that

Quoted from the Edmonton Journal:
article by DAVID STAPLES and SHAWN OHLER, edmontonjournal.com

Published: Friday, March 23, 2007

. . . A number of facts tied Briscoe to the Nina’s death, Burrows found. Briscoe drove Laboucan, Nina and four other “mall rats” — teens who hung around the West Edmonton Mall — to the golf course; he knew Laboucan wanted to scare Nina; he handed Laboucan a pair of pliers from the trunk of his car; he angrily told Nina to be quiet when she was screaming after she had first been hit with a wrench; and he was present while Laboucan and a 17-year-old teen nicknamed Pyro raped and bludgeoned the girl to death.

But the Crown failed to prove that Briscoe knew Laboucan had a plan to rape and murder Nina and that he wanted this to happen, the judge said.

“One might speculate that if Mr. Briscoe knew Mr. Laboucan had taken tools from the trunk, that he also knew Mr. Laboucan’s purpose as to do something harmful with them. But speculation is not proof beyond a reasonable doubt,” Burrows said.

While Laboucan and Pyro both said Briscoe hit Nina with the sledgehammer, Burrows rejected that testimony, saying he found both Laboucan and Pyro lacked all credibility.

During the trial, Briscoe’s lawyer Charles Davison portrayed his client as a dupe, who unwittingly drove the teens to the golf course, but had little idea about what they were up to, and was mainly afraid that he himself was the intended target of their ill intent.



i think that brisco is just as much to blame for nina's death


who was the adult /
who drove the car /
who drove the car around all day while the "others"
talked of "finding someone to kill"
who pulled the weapons out of the trunk /
who told nina to be quiet/shut up after she was hit in the head with
a wrench
who washed the blood off the weapons /
who kept quiet

michael brisco

yes poor michael

his mother says:

"Oh boy, there's a God after all. There really is." NOT FOR NINA - NO GOD FOR NINA

" son has the mental capacity of a 17 year old." DOES HAVING THE MENTAL CAPACITY OF A 17 YEAR DIMINISH RESPONSIBLITY AND MORALS???

"I wish I could take some of the pain away, but I can't.
But my son didn't do it. He just stood there like a dummy." RIGHT - BECAUSE RAPE IS FASCINATING - WATCHING A CHILD GET MURDERED BY A GROUP OF PEOPLE IS INTERESTING - AND BESIDES - WATCHING (according to justice brian burrows) ISN'T A CRIME


to the courtepatte/atkinson family and in particular to nina's mother peacha

i'm so so sorry this happened to your beautiful daughter

i am a mother to 6 children my self
& nina is/was the same age as my only daughter

this crime haunts me /

it has made me fearful for my children's safety



i really hope some how justice has been done






1 comment:

666poetry-finchnot said...

dear trandis / thank you for your comments / i really did not expect a member of nina's family to even find this post / /

i guess i just wanted to express
my complete outrage over brisco's
new found freedom

& the rediculousness of the canadian justice system


to me / nina represents every families beautiful daughter

i remember when i first read about nina / i cried / i felt physically sick

i have not stopped thinking about nina since /

i know there are no words that can even begin to make sense of this heinous crime / no words to bring nina back / no words to stop the pain


i wish there was / please take care trandis

& please tell your mother that she is so brave in the face of all this
i don't know how she does it

my heart is broken for your mother
for all of you

~jenn