Mr Loader and Walpole had been partying in Howlong with friends and returned to her backyard about 5am to keep drinking.
Most of the group was heavily intoxicated, and Walpole had consumed cocaine.
Walpole had described Mr Loader as being antagonistic towards her throughout the night, trying to wrestle her and wake her sleeping boyfriend.
Her anger then flared when Mr Loader told her she should stay in the kitchen making scones where she belonged, and not to go drinking with boys.
She left the table where they were drinking to collect a five-litre container of petrol from her garage, and poured it on Mr Loader before waving around her lighter.
Mr Loader said, “Go on, do it,” before Walpole set him on fire.
Talk shit, get lit
Walpole had consumed cocaine
This is why I’m more of an MDMA kind of guy
That said the jury should acquit
You really should not be drinking if you suspect you might
unleash a load of extremely misogynistic comments to your childhood friend
Good to see inflammatory speech getting an inflammatory response
Be kind, for everyone you see is fighting an invisible battle and sometimes they use incendiaries
I can’t fix her
because there’s nothing to fix
Personally the moment someone starts pouring gasoline on me, my instinct is that they will in fact “do it” and I’m gonna run for my life.
I know everyone is different and some people will make pretty morbid jokes and empty threats but I think that “while covered in flammable liquids” is not the time to escalate.
that dude’s masculinity was so fragile no way he’ll turn and run for his life. he gotta be a big macho man and tough boy act of “do it”
Going to have to agree here. Even the most irony poisoned of my friends wouldn’t get a pass from me on this one
yeah, “irony” or “bits” is for words, not actions
Mr Loader can no longer expose his skin to the sun, and struggles with temperature regulation as his sweat glands were burnt off.
he can be buddies with prince andrew in his dungeon
wish this had been reported earlier so I could have gone to cheer for her lol
Honestly, I’m not against misogyny being punishable by death
Unfortunately Mr. Loader (his real name btw) survived
“What’re you gonna do, light me on fire?”
-Man who was lit on fire
came here to make this exact comment lol
I mean she gave him an out.
He could just have never given himself an in?
Most of the group was heavily intoxicated, and Walpole had consumed cocaine.
Walpole had described Mr Loader as being antagonistic towards her throughout the night, trying to wrestle her and wake her sleeping boyfriend.
Mr Loader said, “Go on, do it,”
Kinda buried the lede there
He was literally asking for it
I would simply not provoke the person who had just doused me in gasoline and produced a lighter
Does it count as informed consent?
please refer to the judge as ‘your honour’
Seems like a civil matter to me
I think she should not have done that
I do think it is wrong to set people on fire, but surely the court can offer a somewhat reduced sentence due to the FAFO of it all.
This sounds consensual, I’d never tell anyone to light me on fire
I hope she gets jury nullified if that’s a thing in the Kangarooland
“friend”
