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Terry Flowers
Nov 6^th, 2021 at 9:23am

https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2021/11/04/aboriginal-man-wrongly-named-cleo-smith-abductor-plans-sue-seven-network

The man wrongly identified as the abductor of Carnarvon toddler Cleo Smith by 7 News says he was deeply distressed by the monumental mistake.

Terry Flowers also known by his mother’s name, Kelly, had his photo plastered all over social media yesterday in connection with the case of four-year-old Cleo Smith.

He told Ngaarda Media he was very excited to hear that Cleo had been found at a home in Carnarvon.

“I rang my partner and told her they found that baby, that girl. We was happy for her,” he said.

But soon after, while at Karratha hospital with his own child, he got another call.

“My sister rang me and told me they’ve got my photo up for the person who took the girl,” he said.

When he saw his photo on a social media post he went to the local police station for assistance.

The post was taken down but picked up by commercial television station Channel Seven.

“We seen it up on Channel 7 and Sunrise page. I got upset and went back into the police station," he said.

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People who can't distinguish between etymology and entomology bug me in ways I cannot put into words.

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Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 87675 Always was always will be HOME Gender:	Re: Terry Flowers Reply #1 - Nov 6^th, 2021 at 9:26am Bad mistake. They'll throw him a kick..
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 143938 Gender:	Re: Terry Flowers Reply #2 - Nov 6^th, 2021 at 9:27am Channel 7 has a nerve using the word "news".
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Reply #3 - Nov 6^th, 2021 at 9:37am

greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 6^th, 2021 at 9:27am:

Channel 7 has a nerve using the word "news".

Ah - so you saw the lying segment they did on me, too, eh? Chicken-gutted bastards refused to view documents that put the lie to them.... if I'd been a person in the public eye and not just a man in the shadows, I'd have had their arse on toast for defamation.

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Lisa Jones Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 39047 Sydney Gender:	Re: Terry Flowers Reply #4 - Nov 6^th, 2021 at 9:49am So is the guy Terry Flowers really Kelly Flowers? 🤭
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Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 87675 Always was always will be HOME Gender:	Re: Terry Flowers Reply #5 - Nov 6^th, 2021 at 10:08am From chatting with Chinese ladies, I always laugh when I see 'flower' or 'garden'... these are nick-names for certain....... female parts.... you li' garden sou'? Argh - poor Terry (snuckles) Flowers.... nah - his MOTHER was a Kelly.... silly for Seven to confuse that.
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Bias_2012 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 10766 Gender:	Re: Terry Flowers Reply #6 - Nov 6^th, 2021 at 10:18am It'll be settled out of court, he'll get $10,000
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Jim Lahey Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2447 Lisa's Merc Gender:	Re: Terry Flowers Reply #7 - Nov 6^th, 2021 at 10:20am greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 6^th, 2021 at 9:27am: Channel 7 has a nerve using the word "news". Like Faux "News"?
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Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21133 Gordon Gender:	Re: Terry Flowers Reply #8 - Nov 6^th, 2021 at 11:03am Hope he gets a nice payout. Now this is odd. The headline for Flowers on SBS. But for Terence Darrell Kelly, I can't see a single reference about his ethnicity on SBS. Why is ethnicity worthy of a headline for wrongly accused, but for accused, not even a mention ?
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Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 87675 Always was always will be HOME Gender:	Re: Terry Flowers Reply #9 - Nov 6^th, 2021 at 12:03pm Bias_2012 wrote on Nov 6^th, 2021 at 10:18am: It'll be settled out of court, he'll get $10,000 Eh, Errol, we gunna 'ave a big party - yo' bring a flagon an' a woman, eh?
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Re: Terry Flowers
Reply #10 - Nov 6^th, 2021 at 12:04pm

Gordon wrote on Nov 6^th, 2021 at 11:03am:

Hope he gets a nice payout.

Now this is odd. The headline for Flowers on SBS.

https://i.ibb.co/gtvtXPt/Screenshot-2021-11-06-at-12-00-38-Aboriginal-man-wrongl...

But for Terence Darrell Kelly, I can't see a single reference about his ethnicity on SBS.

Why is ethnicity worthy of a headline for wrongly accused, but for accused, not even a mention ?

'scrimination not to mention the victim's ethnicity if he's (insert ethnicity)...

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issuevoter Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9200 The Great State of Mind Gender:	Re: Terry Flowers Reply #11 - Nov 6^th, 2021 at 9:51pm I am surprised his head injury is not attributed to "racist pigs" who arrested him.
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Gnads Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 31417 Gender:	Re: Terry Flowers Reply #12 - Nov 7^th, 2021 at 6:54am He should be using the name on his birth certificate. Since the news broke I haven’t seen a photo of this bloke nor the mention of the name Flowers. Seems more to the point he doesn’t know who he is… and this is an opportunistic complaint. Does he also have a room full of dolls?
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