Warriena Wright’s Dad Speaks Out For The First Time Since Her Death

Warren Wright, whose daughter Warriena fell to her death from Gable Tostee‘s Gold Coast balcony in 2014, has spoken to the media for the first time since the incident, branding Tostee an “arrogant son-of-a-bitch.”
Wright, described as a semi-retired electrician, spoke to Fairfax journalist Melissa Fyfe, who visited his home in the New Zealand town of Levin, north of Wellington.  
“I never trust a human being. I taught both my daughters that. And then Warriena went and trusted him,” he said of Tostee, who was found not guilty of murder following a two-week trial last October. 
Wright says that he was puzzled at the media attention his daughter’s death received. “You look at something like Aleppo and 60 families are being killed there every day. Why is this up there?” he said.
He also believes that Tostee was charged with the wrong offences, saying:
“Please, charge him with the right thing – false imprisonment resulting in death. I don’t know what the charge is in Australia, but that is what he is guilty of. That and being an arrogant son-of-a-bitch, but I guess there’s no crime against that.” 
That said, the Wright family are currently interested in moving on with their lives, and Warren has rebuffed lawyers who approached him offering to review the case. “The bottom line is nothing brings her back,” he said.
A number of Wright’s friends also spoke to Fairfax for the piece, with one describing her as a keen gamer and Final Fantasy fan, a lover of photography and road trips. The anonymous friend said:

“She was all about dignity, equality, fairness, what’s right … She had this motherly, want-to-help-you thing. Even if she didn’t know someone very well. And she looked after her sister and her mum so much.”

Tostee himself is living on the Gold Coast following his acquittal, and is an avid social media user under the name Eric Thomas.

Source: Fairfax.
Photo: Supplied.

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