Peter Roebuck cricket writer found dead in hotel : Sun Nov 13, 2011 1:56 am  

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket-wri ... 1ndg0.html He was covering the South Africa v Australia Test series, here was his last report: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/no- ... 1ncub.html Always came over as a strange character, very intelligent but a bit of a loner, he had the big fall out with Botham at Somerset. But as a cricket writer he was superb.

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket-wri ... 1ndg0.html He was covering the South Africa v Australia Test series, here was his last report: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/no- ... 1ncub.html Always came over as a strange character, very intelligent but a bit of a loner, he had the big fall out with Botham at Somerset. But as a cricket writer he was superb.

Re: Peter Roebuck cricket writer found dead in hotel : Sun Nov 13, 2011 1:17 pm  

I never enjoyed reading his columns. I always felt he came across as having a chip on his shoulder and being anti-English. To say he was "a strange character" is putting it kindly: http://www.corpun.com/uki00110.htm#8008

I never enjoyed reading his columns. I always felt he came across as having a chip on his shoulder and being anti-English. To say he was "a strange character" is putting it kindly: http://www.corpun.com/uki00110.htm#8008

Re: Peter Roebuck cricket writer found dead in hotel : Sun Nov 13, 2011 3:22 pm  

hmmm just reading this as well http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/roe ... 1ndvq.html PETER ROEBUCK, regarded by many as the finest cricket writer of his generation, fell to his death from a hotel window in Cape Town on Saturday night after being questioned by police about an alleged sexual assault. Roebuck, who had written on cricket for the Herald since 1984, had been covering the Australian tour of South Africa for the paper. He was also commentating on the tour for ABC radio. A Cape Town detective and a uniformed police officer from the sexual crimes unit began speaking with Roebuck, 55, in his room at the Southern Sun Hotel, Newlands, about 9pm. Roebuck, who was agitated, asked a fellow cricket journalist for help. ''Can you come down to my room quickly? I've got a problem,'' he said. He asked for help to find a lawyer and for contact to be made with the students he helped to house in Pietermaritzburg, near Durban. Minutes later Roebuck fell to his death from a window. It is believed only the uniformed officer was in the room. Paramedics rushed to the hotel but Roebuck was pronounced dead. Police established a crime scene and took personal items from the room, including a laptop. http://www.vexnews.com/2011/11/peter-ro ... -predator/ This is going to be a controversial issue especially as he has just died and is being lavished with praise in other quarters, but I guess you can't libel the dead so it can be discussed: We’d have thought the praise might have been best given in context given his form as a convicted criminal abuser of teenage lads in his care and the widespread gossip in media circles that Peter Roebuck was an exploitative sexual predator who used his money and clout to have his way with the poorest and most desperate of kids who wanted a way out of poverty and a chance to play cricket at an elite level that Roebuck was tempting them with. We’re not certain that pedophile is the right word for him technically, as we are only aware of him preying on kids above the age of consent, but his behaviour certainly sounds creepy, exploitative and disturbing and it seems that his employers at Fairfax and the ABC knew his form and knew that it continued until the present day. The issue for Fairfax and the ABC is what did they know and when did they know it? Did they enable or facilitate his wrongdoing by keeping him in a prestigious position of power, knowing that he was abusing it to sexually exploit young people?

hmmm just reading this as well http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/roe ... 1ndvq.html PETER ROEBUCK, regarded by many as the finest cricket writer of his generation, fell to his death from a hotel window in Cape Town on Saturday night after being questioned by police about an alleged sexual assault. Roebuck, who had written on cricket for the Herald since 1984, had been covering the Australian tour of South Africa for the paper. He was also commentating on the tour for ABC radio. A Cape Town detective and a uniformed police officer from the sexual crimes unit began speaking with Roebuck, 55, in his room at the Southern Sun Hotel, Newlands, about 9pm. Roebuck, who was agitated, asked a fellow cricket journalist for help. ''Can you come down to my room quickly? I've got a problem,'' he said. He asked for help to find a lawyer and for contact to be made with the students he helped to house in Pietermaritzburg, near Durban. Minutes later Roebuck fell to his death from a window. It is believed only the uniformed officer was in the room. Paramedics rushed to the hotel but Roebuck was pronounced dead. Police established a crime scene and took personal items from the room, including a laptop. http://www.vexnews.com/2011/11/peter-ro ... -predator/ This is going to be a controversial issue especially as he has just died and is being lavished with praise in other quarters, but I guess you can't libel the dead so it can be discussed: We’d have thought the praise might have been best given in context given his form as a convicted criminal abuser of teenage lads in his care and the widespread gossip in media circles that Peter Roebuck was an exploitative sexual predator who used his money and clout to have his way with the poorest and most desperate of kids who wanted a way out of poverty and a chance to play cricket at an elite level that Roebuck was tempting them with. We’re not certain that pedophile is the right word for him technically, as we are only aware of him preying on kids above the age of consent, but his behaviour certainly sounds creepy, exploitative and disturbing and it seems that his employers at Fairfax and the ABC knew his form and knew that it continued until the present day. The issue for Fairfax and the ABC is what did they know and when did they know it? Did they enable or facilitate his wrongdoing by keeping him in a prestigious position of power, knowing that he was abusing it to sexually exploit young people?

Re: Peter Roebuck cricket writer found dead in hotel : Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:22 pm  

think this story is going to run for a bit yet