{"id":1395,"date":"2016-10-20T06:49:10","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T10:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=1395"},"modified":"2016-10-20T06:52:25","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T10:52:25","slug":"australian-man-found-not-guilty-of-tinder-date-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2016\/10\/20\/australian-man-found-not-guilty-of-tinder-date-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian man found not guilty of Tinder date death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Gable Tostee had denied killing Warriena Wright after the pair made contact on the dating app and met at a pub.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-725 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/thepipreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/398096E300000578-3849684-image-a-44_1476832834157-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"3\" width=\"574\" height=\"870\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Miss Wright Trying to escape Tragic!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"molvideoplayer\" title=\"MailOnline Embed Player\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/embed\/video\/1338941.html\" width=\"698\" height=\"573\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">An Australian man has been found not guilty of killing a woman he had met through the dating app Tinder.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sky-component-story-article__body\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Gable Tostee\u00a0has been cleared of both the murder and manslaughter of Warriena Wright, who fell\u00a0to her death from Mr Tostee&#8217;s 14th-floor apartment balcony in\u00a0the early hours of 8 August 2014.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The verdict by a jury at\u00a0Supreme Court in Brisbane came after four days of deliberations, news reports say.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"molvideoplayer\" title=\"MailOnline Embed Player\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/embed\/video\/1338848.html\" width=\"698\" height=\"573\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"blackjack-sdc-article-widget blackjack-sdc-image\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure class=\"blackjack-sdc-image__content\"><span class=\"blackjack-sdc-image__media-container blackjack-sdc-image__media-container--4\/3-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blackjack-sdc-image__media\" src=\"http:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/16\/10\/206x155\/b8a5382f9af2f596f3309e602a5e99ba56080ab28f1a5cd8c48c2e55ec01f7e1_3806952.jpg?20161012121125\" srcset=\" http:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/16\/10\/206x155\/b8a5382f9af2f596f3309e602a5e99ba56080ab28f1a5cd8c48c2e55ec01f7e1_3806952.jpg?20161012121125 206w, http:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/16\/10\/288x216\/b8a5382f9af2f596f3309e602a5e99ba56080ab28f1a5cd8c48c2e55ec01f7e1_3806952.jpg?20161012121125 288w, http:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/16\/10\/589x442\/b8a5382f9af2f596f3309e602a5e99ba56080ab28f1a5cd8c48c2e55ec01f7e1_3806952.jpg?20161012121125 589w, http:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/16\/10\/750x563\/b8a5382f9af2f596f3309e602a5e99ba56080ab28f1a5cd8c48c2e55ec01f7e1_3806952.jpg?20161012121125 750w, \" alt=\"This image of Gable Tostee&amp;#39;s flat shows the balcony from which Ms Wright fell\" \/><\/span><figcaption class=\"blackjack-sdc-image__caption \"><strong><span class=\"blackjack-sdc-image__caption-text\">This image of Mr Tostee&#8217;s flat shows the balcony from which Ms Wright fell<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"blackjack-sdc-image__caption \"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Members of both families were in tears as the ruling\u00a0by the\u00a0jury of six men and six women\u00a0was read out in the court, local media said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The court\u00a0rejected the prosecution&#8217;s case that Mr Tostee, 30, had scared the woman\u00a0so much that she felt the only way to escape was to climb down from his balcony.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blackjack-sdc-article-widget blackjack-sdc-image\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure class=\"blackjack-sdc-image__content\"><span class=\"blackjack-sdc-image__media-container blackjack-sdc-image__media-container--4\/3-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blackjack-sdc-image__media\" src=\"http:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/16\/10\/206x155\/56274ce714475e85e11300ff4d91742d0aaddf3daa9c4f2fe8c7e3cc0df5d0d6_3806253.jpg?20161011122431\" srcset=\" http:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/16\/10\/206x155\/56274ce714475e85e11300ff4d91742d0aaddf3daa9c4f2fe8c7e3cc0df5d0d6_3806253.jpg?20161011122431 206w, http:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/16\/10\/288x216\/56274ce714475e85e11300ff4d91742d0aaddf3daa9c4f2fe8c7e3cc0df5d0d6_3806253.jpg?20161011122431 288w, http:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/16\/10\/589x442\/56274ce714475e85e11300ff4d91742d0aaddf3daa9c4f2fe8c7e3cc0df5d0d6_3806253.jpg?20161011122431 589w, http:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/16\/10\/750x563\/56274ce714475e85e11300ff4d91742d0aaddf3daa9c4f2fe8c7e3cc0df5d0d6_3806253.jpg?20161011122431 750w, \" alt=\"Gable Tostee\" \/><\/span><figcaption class=\"blackjack-sdc-image__caption \"><span class=\"blackjack-sdc-image__caption-text\">Mr<strong> Tostee arriving at court in Brisbane during the week-long tria<\/strong>l<\/span><\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"blackjack-sdc-image__caption \"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">During the week-long trial, Mr Tostee&#8217;s defence team had argued that he had only tried to stop an erratic and violent Ms Wright from attacking him by locking her outside.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ms Wright, 26,\u00a0was\u00a0a New Zealand tourist on holiday\u00a0in Australia. She went\u00a0to Mr Tostee&#8217;s Gold Coast apartment six days after they first made contact on Tinder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The pair met face to face for the first time on 7 August, 2014, spending a few minutes in a local pub together before heading to Mr Tostee&#8217;s apartment &#8211; stopping\u00a0an off-licence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blackjack-sdc-article-widget blackjack-sdc-image\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure class=\"blackjack-sdc-image__content\"><span class=\"blackjack-sdc-image__media-container blackjack-sdc-image__media-container--4\/3-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blackjack-sdc-image__media\" src=\"http:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/16\/10\/206x155\/d49cf3ff0ceee3d972f0d1f67a23d43ffff0c300b4321189e8a3e8a1eb4112f7_3806956.jpg?20161012121503\" srcset=\" http:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/16\/10\/206x155\/d49cf3ff0ceee3d972f0d1f67a23d43ffff0c300b4321189e8a3e8a1eb4112f7_3806956.jpg?20161012121503 206w, http:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/16\/10\/288x216\/d49cf3ff0ceee3d972f0d1f67a23d43ffff0c300b4321189e8a3e8a1eb4112f7_3806956.jpg?20161012121503 288w, http:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/16\/10\/589x442\/d49cf3ff0ceee3d972f0d1f67a23d43ffff0c300b4321189e8a3e8a1eb4112f7_3806956.jpg?20161012121503 589w, http:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/16\/10\/750x563\/d49cf3ff0ceee3d972f0d1f67a23d43ffff0c300b4321189e8a3e8a1eb4112f7_3806956.jpg?20161012121503 750w, \" alt=\"An image of Gable Tostee&amp;#39;s flat after Ms Wright had fallen to her death\" \/><\/span><figcaption class=\"blackjack-sdc-image__caption \"><strong><span class=\"blackjack-sdc-image__caption-text\">An image of Mr Tostee&#8217;s flat after Ms Wright had fallen to her death<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"blackjack-sdc-image__caption \"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The court\u00a0heard that the pair spent the night together but, at some point in the early hours of the next day, Ms Wright fell from the high-rise balcony.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Audio recorded by Mr Tostee and played to the court appeared to show the pair fighting, with Mr Tostee complaining that Ms Wright had beaten him up, saying: &#8220;You are lucky I haven&#8217;t chucked you off my balcony&#8230;If you try to pull anything, I&#8217;ll knock you out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"blackjack-sdc-article-widget blackjack-sdc-image\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure class=\"blackjack-sdc-image__content\"><span class=\"blackjack-sdc-image__media-container blackjack-sdc-image__media-container--4\/3-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blackjack-sdc-image__media\" src=\"http:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/16\/10\/206x155\/f7ff580806aa44e104ec6f97d5f794797194825cd9ae5bd8edcb9734709b3d84_3806938.jpg?20161012115925\" srcset=\" http:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/16\/10\/206x155\/f7ff580806aa44e104ec6f97d5f794797194825cd9ae5bd8edcb9734709b3d84_3806938.jpg?20161012115925 206w, http:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/16\/10\/288x216\/f7ff580806aa44e104ec6f97d5f794797194825cd9ae5bd8edcb9734709b3d84_3806938.jpg?20161012115925 288w, http:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/16\/10\/589x442\/f7ff580806aa44e104ec6f97d5f794797194825cd9ae5bd8edcb9734709b3d84_3806938.jpg?20161012115925 589w, http:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/16\/10\/750x563\/f7ff580806aa44e104ec6f97d5f794797194825cd9ae5bd8edcb9734709b3d84_3806938.jpg?20161012115925 750w, \" alt=\"Tostee and Wright went to a beer garden but left after two minutes\" \/><\/span><figcaption class=\"blackjack-sdc-image__caption \"><strong><span class=\"blackjack-sdc-image__caption-text\">CCTV showed that the pair went to a beer garden but left after two minutes<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"blackjack-sdc-image__caption \"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ms Wright was heard to yell &#8220;no&#8221; amid the sound of what seems to be a door unlocking and then saying &#8220;just let me go home&#8221; a number of times.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The prosecution\u00a0said Mr Tostee became angry after Ms Wright threw ornamental rocks at him and hit him with a telescope.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A pathologist testified\u00a0that Ms Wright had &#8220;severe injuries to all her body that caused her death&#8221; and said that &#8220;poorly defined&#8221; red marks on her neck were &#8220;not consistent with any application of force&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mr Tostee did not talk to reporters as he left the courtroom, but his lawyer said he\u00a0was &#8220;looking forward to getting on with his life&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Daily Mail and The Huffington Post UK<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Gable Tostee had denied killing Warriena Wright after the pair made contact on the dating app and met at a pub. 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