司法 · 殡仪馆相关指控
Browns Plains 殡仪馆发生遗体遭涉嫌干扰事件,三人被还押候审
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在 Swanborough Funerals,一场已故家庭成员的私人瞻仰以警方到场告终,殡仪馆老板随后将注意力转向照料这名逝者。Esther Swanborough 表示,这段经历令她情绪受到影响:原本关于葬礼安排的讨论,在她位于布里斯班以南 Browns Plains 的殡仪馆变成了一场刑事调查。1
这一区别很重要:还押候审不等于认定有罪;没有提出保释申请,也不等于申请遭治安法官驳回。控方仍须证明事发经过、每名被告的参与情况,以及针对他们所指称的意图。
私人瞻仰如何变成调查
据 ABC 报道,警方称,11月6日下午约1时,两名男子和一名女子在预约瞻仰一名熟识男子的遗体后,前往 Swanborough Funerals。警方指称,这伙人带着剪刀、手术刀和刀片进入,意图伤害一具尸体。1
警方指称,其中一名男子干扰了尸体,并在警员到达前离开。另一名男子和该女子在殡仪馆被捕。下午约6:30,警方在 Browns Plains 一处住所逮捕了另一名男子。现有报道没有说明在该处被捕的是两名男性被告中的哪一位。1
Swanborough 的叙述为这次到访提供了更具体的家庭背景。她告诉 ABC,Wong 与另外两名亲属一同前来,讨论为其父亲安排葬礼,并表达了“强烈的需要”,想见父亲一面。这些亲属关系的描述来自殡仪馆老板,而不是法院的认定。1
Swanborough 说,访客进入私人瞻仰空间前,入殓师已为这名男子整理遗体。随后,他们请她离开,以便进行“文化习俗”。她说,这种请求“并不罕见”。1
她说,回来后,她意识到“正在发生非常不同的事情”,并看到“手套正在被收起来”。这些是她所描述的观察结果;仅凭这些并不能证明所指称的干扰确实发生、由谁实施或原因何在。同样,要求保护隐私也不能证明任何涉嫌犯罪行为属于某种文化或宗教习俗。1
我说:‘你们做了什么?’就在那时……我开始把事情拼凑起来,我们马上报了警。
Swanborough 表示,警方接报后,她的关注重点是照料逝者。她说,自己深爱殡葬行业的工作,因此受到情绪影响。她的叙述将照料这名男子的责任与调查并列:警方调查并未终止殡仪馆照料他的职责。1
这些指控能证明什么,又不能证明什么
因此,关于剪刀、手术刀和刀片的指控,并不只是描述据称被带到瞻仰现场的物品。这是控方关于此次到访目的的主张之一。但,指控某人具有某种意图,并不能证明这种意图;正如对三人均提出指控,也不能证明他们每个人都以相同方式行事。
据报道,后续听证会定于11月7日之后一周举行,但具体日期和各人的开庭安排尚未确定。在最近一次有报道的听证会上,三人均仍被羁押,等待诉讼程序进入下一阶段。2
接下来的出庭或可厘清审理时间表,以及是否有被告申请保释。然而,核心问题仍在于证据:遗体遭遇了什么、谁参与其中,以及其意图为何。殡仪馆老板的叙述说明了她为何报警。各项针对被告的指控是否成立,将由司法程序裁定。
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- Three funeral-home visitors face charges of misconduct with a corpse.
- All three are in custody after an alleged incident at Swanborough Funerals in Browns Plains, south of Brisbane. A private family viewing became a police investigation. Prosecutors still have to prove what each person did and intended.
- Brian Christian Wong, Cassandra Hunter and Changmin Koo appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court on November 7. Each faces three charges arising from the alleged interference with a dead man's body. The alleged conduct hasn't been proven in court.
- The court remanded all three in custody and adjourned their cases. None applied for bail. They'll remain in custody awaiting the next stage of proceedings, with prosecutors still required to prove the allegations against each defendant.
- Police described the accused as two men aged 47 and 38, and a 43-year-old woman. All three face the same set of charges.
- Each is charged with misconduct with a corpse and entering premises intending to commit an indictable offence, meaning a serious criminal offence. The third charge is being armed with intent to enter premises and commit an indictable offence.
- Police allege the group carried scissors, scalpels and blades into the funeral home intending to wound a dead body. They say the two men and woman had arranged to view a man known to them, arriving about 1pm on November 6.
- Police allege one man interfered with the body and fled before officers arrived. They arrested the other man and woman at the funeral home. At about 6:30pm, police arrested another man at a Browns Plains residence. All three appeared in court the next day.
- Funeral-home owner Esther Swanborough said Wong had come to discuss funeral arrangements for his father. She said the two people accompanying him were relatives, and Wong expressed a “deep need” to see his father.
- Swanborough said a mortician prepared the man's body before the visitors entered the private viewing space. They then asked her to leave for what they called “cultural practices”. She described that as “not an unusual request”.
- Swanborough said she returned and realised “something very different was happening”. She said she saw that “gloves were being put away”. Those observations prompted her to challenge the visitors and call police.
- “What have you done?” was how Swanborough described confronting the visitors. She said she began piecing things together and called police straight away. Once police had been called, she focused on caring for the deceased.
- Swanborough said the experience affected her emotionally because she cared deeply about her work in the funeral industry. Staff responsible for the man's care were left dealing with the aftermath of a viewing that had become a criminal investigation.
- Queensland increased the maximum penalty for improper or indecent interference with a body from two years to five years in 2017. The state's Criminal Code addresses that conduct under its provision on misconduct with regard to corpses.
- Further hearings were due the following week, with exact dates yet to be announced. The prosecution still has to prove the alleged interference, each defendant's involvement and their intent. At the November 7 hearing, all three were remanded in custody.
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