Geraldine Robertson v  RSPCA
Geraldine Robertson found guilty 1 x cruelty, 3 x breach of duty of care to animals. Penalty $250.00 + Another Penalty from the same hearing $250.00

It would appear that RSPCA have tried the quick fix on Geraldine Robertson. On the 6th July 2009 Geraldine Robertson was found guilty of 4 charges. She had pleaded not guilty, RSPCA have not yet provided the brief of evidence, there was no hearing and she was found guilty anyway. If these guilty verdicts were left unchallenged, Geraldine Robertson would never be able to get her dogs back from RSPCA and RSPCA would win.

The Convictions: - Penalty $250.00

Geraldine Robertson has now been fined again another $250.00 for the same matter Advice of Conviction and Order No O005699816

In law one cannot be charged for the same offence twice. Being fined twice (for wanting her records returned to her) is another matter, in fact, I would guess there is no case law on this as it hasn't ever happened before. What would you call this? intimidation, bullying, corruption, abuse of power? Surely this must be illegal? Beware you too could be hounded like Geraldine Robertson! Both these "Conviction or Order" with penalty are now being appealed to the District Court.

Geraldine Robertson is appealing to the District Court against Magistrate Strofield's decision to dismiss her appeal for RSPCA to return her dogs. A District Court Judge could not return her dogs to her when there is a guilty verdict against her. She appeared to have been legally ambushed.

So how did this happen?

Geraldine Robertson's dogs were seized on the 9th January 2008 and RSPCA made comments to the media. Geraldine then began to suffer massive abusive telephone calls, death threats, she had people come to her property and abuse her, she was assaulted with a bottle and received nasty racist hate mail. Garbage was dumped in her driveway. She lived in fear of having lights on at night or even watching the TV in case those people who had threatened her would realise she was home and carry out their threats.

On the 22nd February 2008 RSPCA came again and seized all Geraldine Robertson's evidence - her records, computer system, cash and other valuables.

Geraldine Robertson had an application before the Beenleigh Magistrates Court (RSPCA have charged her with animal cruelty and neglect) that RSPCA return specifically her kennel boarding card records seized on 22 Feb 2008. These records contained the names of witnesses who had been to her kennels and placed their dogs into her kennels or retrieved their dogs from the kennels in the months, weeks & days before seizure. This application was heard on the 3 July 09. About 50 seized dogs belonged to other people.

Anthony Deane of Clayton Utz said RSPCA does not have these records. It is inconceivable that these records, so important to Geraldine Robertson, now no longer exist. Dean for Clayton Utz produced an affidavit with photos which clearly show these kennel card records were in existence and were seized by RSPCA on 22 Feb 2008. On the 3 July 09 Geraldine Robertson received an order for costs of $250 for Clayton Utz's legal fees for wanting her boarding card records back. This is a civil debt - not a penalty and should not have gone to SPER. Magistrate White, if she was reasonable, would have told Anthony Deane of Clayton Utz to try harder to find these vital boarding kennel cards. 

About 2 weeks later Geraldine Robertson received the SPER notice in the mail. The date of conviction on this notice was the 6th July 09. Realising what this meant she Immediately appealed this verdict and penalty in the Beenleigh District Court. A staff member at the Beenliegh Court, when questioned, tried to hoodwink Geraldine when she said it was just professional costs and wrote professional costs on the SPER notice.

Anthony Deane of Clayton Utz wrote 5 letters to Geraldine Robertson saying the Appeal was incompetent trying to persuade her to drop it. 

On the 17th August 2009 Magistrate T Morgan in the Beenleigh Magistrates Court tried to cheat Geraldine Robertson when he said the conviction was a clerical error and Geraldine Robertson could tear it up, indicating an Appeal was not necessary. 1 x cruelty and 3 x breach of duty (criminal) does not look like a clerical error. It was specified clearly and deliberately. Magistrate T Morgan said he would fix it but he made no order. The only way to fix a conviction, even a "clerical error" (dirty trick more like), is to appeal it to a higher court. Magistrate T Morgan did not have Jurisdiction to fix this conviction. Magistrate T Morgan said she would get a notice in the mail fixing it. No notice arrived to date.

The Appeal against her convictions is now being heard in the Beenleigh District Court on 21st September 2009 at 9:00am.

The Judiciary are the biggest corruption problem for Queenslanders. When Justice fails, people will eventually revolt. (AUSTLII - High Court,   Plenty and Dillion)

RSPCA have harmed many Queenslanders by seizing their pets and then maligning them on TV in RSPCA Animal Rescue and other media. This is a clear abuse of their powers given to them by the Labor Government under their administration of the Animal Care and Protection Act 2001 - without  external or independent  supervision. Google "Stanford Prison Experiment" to learn why RSPCA have gone rogue. RSPCA are a Stanford Prison Experiment with a massive money motive - one could call it a "Labor Government supported con of the public". In the German version of this experiment people were killed - get the DVD from the public library and see for yourself. RSPCA have the money, motive and influence to buy outcomes from Courts and from Geraldine Robertson's experience it seems they do.

Trevor Croll