Monday, January 28, 2019

Chip

It's wonderful to see so many people coming forward with information about their experiences during the Port Arthur Massacre. Honestly, whistleblowing has to be one of the most difficult decisions for a person to make, given the lies, fake news and corruption surrounding us, and the very real possibility of retribution.

I recently received a USB chip with information on it relating to Port Arthur. I hare read through the first two ZIP files, linked below. I recommend that you download them, in case something happens to the storage drive in the future...

Link 1 Gunsmith's Guide to Port Arthur

Link 2 Vialls

Please note, I have read Joe Vialls' work, and do not agree with all of his conclusions. My own beliefs about the incident, based on currently available facts and information, is well documented on this blog and in my book. Keep an open mind when reading anything about Port Arthur, and double check as much as possible before deciding if something is true or not.

If you have information about Port Arthur, please share it with the community - anonymously if you wish. You can go to www.protonmail.com and set up a free, encrypted email account, then send files to o_zim@protonmail.com securely.


 
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The 2nd Empty Chair is a fiction novel, based on the witness statements and court documents. Using poetic licence, it links the facts that we know into a plausible, possible narrative that 'pokes more holes in the official story than a Pastafarian's colander.'
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 





Friday, January 18, 2019

Lynd

Of all the witness statements that contradict the official story, Gaye Lynd's experience is one of the most surreal. Driving a van with her friend Vicki, the van overheated heading south between Seascape and Port Arthur. Pulling over to let it cool down, Gaye added water to the radiator but the engine wouldn't start. They were stuck.

Then a yellow Volvo pulled up, the young blonde man flirted with the girls, fixed their car, told them he was going to the Isle of the Dead to kill some wasps, then bought a small bag of weed off them for $50 cash. He drove south, toward Port Arthur. Half an hour later, the shootings happened.

Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of Gaye's full witness statement. All I have are the pieces from various books and the court documents. If anyone has a copy of Gaye Lynd's full witness statement, please email portarthurinquiry@gmail.com

The Port Arthur shooter v Martin Bryant

The shooter appeared to be 20 years old - Martin was 29, almost 30.
The shooter had strange, bleached blonde hair - Martin's is natural.
The shooter bought weed and a lighter - Martin didn't smoke.
The shooter could fix the van engine - Martin had no technical skills at all.
The shooter displayed accuracy derived from a high level of training - Martin had fired less than 30 rounds in his life.
The shooter was right handed - Martin shot with his left hand.

There is reasonable doubt that Martin Bryant is guilty. An inquiry and retrial are necessary. You can visit the Innocence Project to read dozens of stories of people wrongly convicted, just like Martin Bryany was: https://www.innocenceproject.org/

If you have any information about this case, please contact our team in full anonymity. You can set up an encrypted email at www.protonmail.com and email o_zim@protonmail.com to keep the entire email trail encrypted. Any information, no matter how small, can add to the bigger picture.

Everyone involved is getting old, so we encourage them all, get it off your chest and clear your conscience before you pass away as well. This isn't something you want to take with you.

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The 2nd Empty Chair: The Port Arthur Paradox is what every Australian has been looking for - a plausible, possible alternative to the flawed official Port Arthur story, based on the witness statements and court documents. It blends facts with poetic licence to fill in the gaps - gaps that are caused by the government's persistent refusal to release the evidence for independent investigation.


Available in paperback and Kindle versions, visit the author website for links and purchase options: www.lulu.com/spotlight/OskarZim

Also, check out WASP - the full length film which explores some of the strange inconsistencies - especially the toll booth scene. Search for WASP on Facebook and Social Media.

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Questions

This is a plea to anyone entering Tasmania's Risdon Prison. If you manage to speak to Martin Bryant, please ask him one or any of the following questions:

1. What did you mean, when you said "I'm sure you'll find the person who did this?" Is that a quote from a movie you saw? Did Petra say things like that? Was it a sick joke that the cops misinterpreted?

2. How clear is your memory of the kidnapping at Fortescue Bay turnoff? Can you describe the man, woman and child? They did not speak to Police or give a witness statement, so it's possible they framed you for murder.

3. Have you been told to keep quiet, or your family members will be harmed?

4. Did you call in a hoax drug tipoff at Saltwater River, about 12.30pm? If so, which phone did you use? The phone box at Nubeena where you ate a toasted sandwich after your swim?

5. Where did you get the phone number for Nubeena Police Station? Someone called Jamie spoke to the woman there, asked if she was playing with herself.

6. Do you know that 85% of Australians believe you are innocent? We just can't start a re-trial without your consent.

7. Petra mentioned someone called "Tiger" - do you have any idea who this was, and if they were involved in the shooting?

8. Do you remember anything at all about a phone call, inside the house, before the fire? In the ambulance, you told Malcolm Scott that Petra was with you inside the house, you were worried she might not have escaped the fire. Can you remember anything more between the BMW ride to Seascape at 12.30pm and the fire at 7.45am the next morning?

Monday, January 14, 2019

Pollard

Jim Pollard
Why did the prosecutor lie to the judge?
There are many strange incidents and events relating to the Port Arthur Massacre. One of the most enigmatic is one of the victims - Jim Pollard.

Jim was shot and killed at the Port Arthur tollbooth, about 1.50pm on Sunday 28 April 1996. He had been driving Ken Nixon's gold BMW. In the passenger seat, Ken's wife Rose Nixon was also shot and killed by the Port Arthur gunman.
His other passengers on that fateful day were Robert and Helene Salzmann. Reading Ken Nixon's witness statement, we learn that Jim was travelling with Robert and Helene, and Ken loaned them his BMW, to save them the cost of a hire car.

The story begins with Jim, Rose, Robert and Helene driving to Port Arthur for the Sunday. The next information that we have is from Nicholas Cheok's witness statement, saying Jim had parked the BMW in the wrong lane, blocking the entry of anyone else to the site while the shootings were happening. He also saw Robert and Helene were NOT in the BMW, they were sitting in the yellow Volvo, talking to the blonde man.

Robert and Helene Salzmann
This event is completely ignored by the crown prosecutor in statements to the court. Here's the verbatim transcript from pages 156-158 of the transcript:

"Your Honour, after slaughtering the Mikac's, Bryant re-entered his vehicle and drove up the entrance road, pulling up just past the tollbooth on the left-hand verge, approximately level with or slightly behind the Nixon BMW.  Photograph number 5 shows the position of the Volvo.  A few seconds later Miss Debra Rabe turned left from the Arthur Highway into the site entrance and drove towards the tollbooth to be confronted by the gold BMW blocking her path.  Miss Rabe and her passengers, Mrs Frida Cheok and son, Nicholas, observed a woman in the front passenger seat of the BMW we believe to have been Mrs Nixon, motioning to them with her hands as if to say, ‘go back’." 

Up to here, this matches Nicholas Cheok's witness statement. Can you see where the lies begin?

"At the same time they observed two men, Bryant and Mr Salzmann apparently arguing at the driver’s side door of the Volvo.  It is the Crown case that Bryant then quickly moved a step or two to the rear of the Volvo and removed the .308 calibre SLR rifle.  A few more words were exchanged and Bryant raised the rifle and shot Mr Salzmann at point blank range through the neck, a lethal injury, causing Mr Salzmann to fall straight backwards to the roadway

Mr Salzmann was wearing a blue jumper, and I refer your Honour to photograph number 15.  Immediately after the murder of Mr. Salzmann Mr. Pollard was observed by Nicholas Cheok to get out of the driver’s seat of the BMW and walk around the front of the vehicles towards Bryant.  Bryant thereupon raised the rifle to his shoulder and shot Mr. Pollard at close range through the right chest causing a lethal injury.  And I refer your Honour to photograph number 12.

By this time another car had pulled up behind Miss Rhodes’ vehicle, the occupants of this car having been alerted to the horror of the scene before them by the urgent signalling of Mrs. Cheok, quickly reversed back towards the entrance allowing Miss Rabe to do likewise.  While Miss Rabe was in the process of reversing her vehicle Bryant turned his attention to the two remaining occupants of the BMW.  The exact sequence of events in the next few seconds is not entirely clear but it seems probable that Bryant went to the rear driver’s side door of the BMW and pulled Mrs. Salzmann from the vehicle shooting her as he did so.   Mrs. Salzmann sustained a fatal gunshot injury, the bullet entering her neck and exiting through her left upper back.  And I refer your Honour to photograph number 6.

The Crown case is that Bryant then walked to the front passenger side of the BMW where Mrs. Nixon was seated and shot her twice before dragging her body clear of the vehicle onto the roadway.  Mrs. Nixon sustained two gunshot wounds, one entering her right shoulder and perforating her neck and cervical spine, the other entering her left shoulder and perforated the left chest cavity.  Both of these wounds were lethal injuries.  I refer your Honour to photograph number 9."
 
End of transcript. I've put the disputed text in italics.
 
Nicholas Cheok saw far more than an argument, but the prosecutor did not tell the judge that both Helene and Robert were sitting inside the yellow Volvo. He also chooses a strange turn of phrase - The exact sequence of events in the next few seconds is not entirely clear but it seems probable - why say that? Nicholas Cheok saw the whole thing. The facts are not in dispute. Why cloud the issue with uncertainty?
 
Helene Salzmann was not in the BMW. She was in the Volvo. Nicholas Cheok and the location of her body supports Nicholas Cheok's report. Let me ask you this - if a person is shot in the chest, does the bullet travel down, from their neck to their upper back? Or does that happen if they are kneeling, and the shooter looming above? Nicholas Cheok saw Helene dragged from the Volvo, thrown to the ground and then shot from above - consistent with the prosecutor's statement of fact.
 
Who were James Russell Pollard and Robert Salzmann?
Why did the Police steal Jim's notebook and not return it to his family?
Why did a Police report travel from Port Arthur to rural NSW virtually instantaneously?
Why did the prosecution cloud their statements about Jim and Robert in vague language and uncertainty?
 
A formal inquiry is needed to identify these individuals, and their reasons for being at Port Arthur and blocking traffic into the site while the massacre was happening.
 
 
 
 
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The 2nd Empty Chair is a fiction novel, based on the witness statements and court documents. Using poetic licence, it links the facts that we know into a plausible, possible narrative that 'pokes more holes in the official story than a Pastafarian's colander.'