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Martin Bryant's mother believes that if his father had not committed suicide then the 1996 Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania would not have happened.
Carleen Bryant spoke about her son on Channel 9's 60 Minutes tonight where she was asked what her dead husband, Maurice, would have thought of the Port Arthur murders that her son was convicted of.
"Well I don't believe it would have happened," she answered.
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Martin Bryant entered the Broad Arrow cafe at the historic Port Arthur site where he opened fire and killed 35 people on April 28, 1996.
Bryant has never spoken about the events of the massacre to Carleen, who said in the interview that she believes he is innocent.
She said that for weeks after the incident he claimed that he was never in Port Arthur and she believed him and that there was no evidence against him.
"A lot of people on that day came forward after, people who had known Martin for years, that as far as they were concerned they didn't recognise the gunman as Martin Bryant," she said.
Martin Bryant's mother believes that if his father had not committed suicide then the 1996 Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania would not have happened.
She said that for weeks after the incident he claimed that he was never in Port Arthur and she believed him and that there was no evidence against him.
Originally posted by PsykoOps
reply to post by Kryties
Nice thread. Made me think if there is so much evidence for his innocence then what was the evidence against him then?
Originally posted by IIIiIIIIIIiIII
Wasn't there some Australian MP who said 6 months beforehand that the only way Automatic weapons would be banned in Australia would be if there was a shooting massacre in Tasmania?
Originally posted by IIIiIIIIIIiIII
I still remember going down to the Police Station with my dad and handing in our Semi's, wrapped up in towels. The Cop opened them up and says, "Wow, nice guns." All I remember thinking was "Yeah, I bet you'll add these to your own collection, you dog."