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Mr Loader and Walpole had been partying in Howlong with friends and returned to her backyard about 5am to keep drinking.

Most of the group was heavily intoxicated, and Walpole had consumed cocaine.

Walpole had described Mr Loader as being antagonistic towards her throughout the night, trying to wrestle her and wake her sleeping boyfriend.

Her anger then flared when Mr Loader told her she should stay in the kitchen making scones where she belonged, and not to go drinking with boys.

She left the table where they were drinking to collect a five-litre container of petrol from her garage, and poured it on Mr Loader before waving around her lighter.

Mr Loader said, "Go on, do it," before Walpole set him on fire.

they hate to see a girlboss winning πŸ˜”

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[–] alexandra_kollontai@hexbear.net 10 points 12 hours ago

Mr Pincott said Walpole's actions were so far beyond reasonable proportion that there was no argument of provocation.

? I think it's justified

[–] nasezero@hexbear.net 20 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 3 points 9 hours ago

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[–] WeedReference420@hexbear.net 11 points 15 hours ago

Walpole had consumed cocaine

This is why I'm more of an MDMA kind of guy

That said the jury should acquit

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 22 points 18 hours ago

You really should not be drinking if you suspect you might

unleash a load of extremely misogynistic comments to your childhood friend

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 100 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

"What're you gonna do, light me on fire?"

-Man who was lit on fire

[–] BadTakesHaver@hexbear.net 11 points 16 hours ago

came here to make this exact comment lol

[–] Sinisterium@hexbear.net 51 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I mean she gave him an out.

[–] TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 16 hours ago

He could just have never given himself an in?

[–] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 60 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Personally the moment someone starts pouring gasoline on me, my instinct is that they will in fact "do it" and I'm gonna run for my life.

I know everyone is different and some people will make pretty morbid jokes and empty threats but I think that "while covered in flammable liquids" is not the time to escalate.

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 41 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Going to have to agree here. Even the most irony poisoned of my friends wouldn't get a pass from me on this one

[–] Wheaties@hexbear.net 6 points 15 hours ago

yeah, "irony" or "bits" is for words, not actions

[–] frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net 33 points 21 hours ago

that dude's masculinity was so fragile no way he'll turn and run for his life. he gotta be a big macho man and tough boy act of "do it"

[–] CascadeOfLight@hexbear.net 40 points 20 hours ago

Good to see inflammatory speech getting an inflammatory response

[–] buh@hexbear.net 43 points 21 hours ago

I can't fix her

because there's nothing to fix shrug-outta-hecks

[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 71 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Most of the group was heavily intoxicated, and Walpole had consumed cocaine.

Walpole had described Mr Loader as being antagonistic towards her throughout the night, trying to wrestle her and wake her sleeping boyfriend.

Mr Loader said, "Go on, do it,"

Kinda buried the lede there

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 53 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

He was literally asking for it

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 17 points 17 hours ago

I would simply not provoke the person who had just doused me in gasoline and produced a lighter

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 30 points 20 hours ago

Does it count as informed consent?

[–] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 16 points 20 hours ago

please refer to the judge as 'your honour'

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 32 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly, I'm not against misogyny being punishable by death lea-think

[–] Jew@hexbear.net 22 points 20 hours ago

Unfortunately Mr. Loader (his real name btw) survived sadness

[–] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 27 points 20 hours ago

Mr Loader can no longer expose his skin to the sun, and struggles with temperature regulation as his sweat glands were burnt off.

he can be buddies with prince andrew in his dungeon

wish this had been reported earlier so I could have gone to cheer for her lol

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 20 points 19 hours ago

Be kind, for everyone you see is fighting an invisible battle and sometimes they use incendiaries

[–] hollowmines@hexbear.net 52 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

I do think it is wrong to set people on fire, but surely the court can offer a somewhat reduced sentence due to the FAFO of it all.

[–] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 46 points 21 hours ago

This sounds consensual, I'd never tell anyone to light me on fire

[–] Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml 36 points 22 hours ago

I hope she gets jury nullified if that's a thing in the Kangarooland

[–] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 35 points 22 hours ago

Seems like a civil matter to me pearl-clutch

[–] stevatoo@hexbear.net 49 points 23 hours ago
[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 42 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Famous last words lmao. Second only to "Hey fellas watch this!"

[–] DivineChaos100@hexbear.net 29 points 21 hours ago
[–] Sinisterium@hexbear.net 40 points 23 hours ago

So that is what happens when you let intrusive thoughts win.

[–] Eldritch@hexbear.net 40 points 23 hours ago

FAβœ… FOβœ…

[–] btbt@hexbear.net 16 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

I’m kind of confused how this happened logistically. Did she just have all the tools for lighting her friend of fire on standby, or did she have to leave to go get them? Did the friend just stand there and let her do it because he thought it would be fun? Someone please explain, I won’t read the article to find out how she did it myself because I don’t feel like it

[–] isame@hexbear.net 18 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

She had to go get the stuff. She even waved the lighter in front of him, after dousing him in fuel. He tried to call her bluff. Go on, do it. So, she done did the damn thing.

[–] porcupine@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

She left the table where they were drinking to collect a five-litre container of petrol from her garage

[–] btbt@hexbear.net 18 points 20 hours ago

Very nice of him to let her go through with it, he must have known how special getting to do this would be for her

[–] RION@hexbear.net 10 points 20 hours ago

I think she should not have done that