Mercantile Investments - MVT. (BIL revisited)

[bull....]

looks like sir ron liked mighty fine ladies too , the photo looks like it

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/118...-of-child-porn

[RTM]

Well...that's a very sad end. Very sad.

[Lola]

Well...that's a very sad end. Very sad.

Agree; why on earth can his name be published so off the bat when we cannot identify Grace Millanes killer even though its " out there". ? Let alone the "alleged killer", now thats a joke, of the Mulsims in ChCH earlier this year... this is very unfair on Sir Ron Brierley. Who knows what the facts are here? Winston where are you? You love to discuss facts.

[Snoopy]

... this is very unfair on Sir Ron Brierley. Who knows what the facts are here? Winston where are you? You love to discuss facts.

Yes indeed. There could be some very red faced Aussie coppers when Sir Ron's child exploitation stash is revealed as his complete collection of Hallenstein Glasson Annual Reports! Let's give the law the chance to run its course rather than trial by rumour mill.

SNOOPY

[Balance]

Yes indeed. There could be some very red faced Aussie coppers when Sir Ron's child exploitation stash is revealed as his complete collection of Hallenstein Glasson Annual Reports! Let's give the law the chance to run its course rather than trial by rumour mill.

SNOOPY

What trial by rumour mill?

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12295067

This is all over the Australian media with definitive details of how he was caught and charged!

Caught with over 200,000 images (200k) & videos of child exploitation and abuse, under surveillance since August after tip-off and bailed under strict conditions to appear in court in Feb 2020.

This is what all ‘respectable’ figures can expect when they are involved in and get caught with child exploitation.

Nothing more despicable and repugnant.

[Balance]

Agree; why on earth can his name be published so off the bat when we cannot identify Grace Millanes killer even though its " out there". ? Let alone the "alleged killer", now thats a joke, of the Mulsims in ChCH earlier this year... this is very unfair on Sir Ron Brierley. Who knows what the facts are here? Winston where are you? You love to discuss facts.

Crime was committed by him in Australia, not NZ.

He has not been granted name suppression, presumably because the crime is so repugnant and disgusting.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/former-corporate-raider-charged-with-child-porn-offences-20191218-p53l0b.html

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-z...y-charges.html

Public has a right to know as people like him pose a danger to children out there. If you were a member of the Australian cricket fraternity, would you not want to be aware so your young children are not in his company?

[Balance]

So Ron loved visiting Thailand way back in the 70s and 80s to enjoy female company - teenage prostitutes.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/...abuse-material

Except : "In her 1990 biography Brierley, the Man Behind the Corporate Legend, Yvonne van Dongen wrote that he frequently travelled to Asia - mostly to Thailand - where he enjoyed encounters with young women - often teenage prostitutes.

"Brierley seems completely comfortable with this aspect of his life and showed no signs of embarrassment when teased about his frequent trips to Thailand," the book says.

"'You know how I like to visit the Buddhist temples', he told me with a knowing smile."

In light of this, Ms van Dongen told RNZ that his arrest came as no surprise to her."

[RTM]

So Ron loved visiting Thailand way back in the 70s and 80s to enjoy female company - teenage prostitutes.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/...abuse-material

Except : "In her 1990 biography Brierley, the Man Behind the Corporate Legend, Yvonne van Dongen wrote that he frequently travelled to Asia - mostly to Thailand - where he enjoyed encounters with young women - often teenage prostitutes.

"Brierley seems completely comfortable with this aspect of his life and showed no signs of embarrassment when teased about his frequent trips to Thailand," the book says.

"'You know how I like to visit the Buddhist temples', he told me with a knowing smile."

In light of this, Ms van Dongen told RNZ that his arrest came as no surprise to her."

I wish I could put this thread on ignore.

[Balance]

I wish I could put this thread on ignore.

This is serious stuff, RTM.

If I had read the book, I would certainly have been even more critical than I have been of Ron's propensity to breed fat cats - in BIL, GPG and if he had half a chance, MVT.

His attention was clearly elsewhere - a sick mind does not make for good investment decisions.


Note to self - pay more attention to biographies & autobiographies of corporate leaders in future before investing or evaluating investments.

[winner69]

Sounds like Ron got his stamp collection mixed up with his other collection ....digitalization is fraught with danger