observation report

This Case was about a young teenager around the age of 16, and how throwing a party without her parents’ permission or adult supervision had changed her life. There were many times during the trial where Joe Wilson looked guilty, and at times even the opposite. The Defence had done a great job at protecting their client Joe Wilson; they used key aspects of the case and mentioned significant points that made Mike Bourke look guilty. Bourke had notified the teenagers to turn off the music, instead of turning it down. This resulted as the teenagers responding in anger since they were all having such a good time. Mike was a taxi driver therefore he was most probably well aware of how teenagers react to certain things, therefore Mike should have known better than too go and pound at the door of this party and tell those individuals to turn their music off, instead he could have simply just called the police and informed them of the noise pollution that was taking place and how it was disrupting not only his sleep but his neighbours as well. This way the police would have to deal with the teenagers and the matter could have been solved then and there, instead of it growing and resulting it to become such a serious matter where Mike’s life could have been lost because of his own stupidity. Lastly Mike had threatened Joe to not only kick her but her entire family out of the apartment, which was completely unacceptable. This had made Joe extremely upset as she loved her family and tolerated no one to speak against them. Mike’s threat would have made any ordinary person furious, and he should have acknowledged better than to go to someone else’s property and intimidate them about something or someone that they are emotionally attached to. ...

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...e Wilson guilty of both charges of possessing and pointing a firearm. The reason being would be that the accused had admitted of possessing a fire arm during the cross examination. Also you could clearly see the guilt in the eyes of Wilson while see was being asked questions about what had happened during the night. Joe had stated that she “did not remember things clearly because she was drunk” this would make me think that even though she might have not had the mens rea she still possessed and pointed a firearm jeopardizing her friends and Mike’s life. She was also behaving in fact reckless as she let in strangers into her house knowing that they were all going to be under the influence and it would not be unfair to say she might have known that they would cause trouble. These would be some of the key facts I would take into consideration while making my decision.