Monthly Archives: March 2019

Open letter to the killers of Bob Chappell

Andrew L. Urban. You will be caught. You will be charged. You will be convicted. You will be heavily sentenced. But you can shave years off your sentence.

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Sue Neill-Fraser appeal: a menu of options

Andrew L. Urban. The biggest irony in yesterday’s granting of leave to appeal by Supreme Court of Tasmania’s Justice Brett in Sue Neill-Fraser’s case is that it is based on exactly the subject – the impact of DNA at the … Continue reading

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Sue Neill-Fraser appeal to go ahead, amidst tough questions

Andrew L. Urban. What are the ramifications of keeping Sue Neill-Fraser in jail as a convicted murderer when the whole world has heard she is innocent of the crime? What excuse can Tasmania’s slow-lane legal system have for allowing an … Continue reading

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Kathleen Folbigg judicial review begins

Thanks to media pressure on the NSW Attorney General, a judicial review of the controversial case of Kathleen Folbigg begins today (three years after her petition was lodged) at Lidcombe coroner’s court. Folbigg is serving a 30-year prison sentence for … Continue reading

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Wrongful & doubtful convictions snapshot

Andrew L. Urban. It will be a momentous Thursday (March 21, 2019), in Sue Neill-Fraser’s quest seeking leave to appeal her 2010 murder conviction. Via a sworn affidavit, Meaghan Vass is expected to admit that she witnessed the murder – … Continue reading

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Sue Neill-Fraser and the self contradicting DPP

Andrew L. Urban. There are many flaws that have been identified in both the investigation and the trial of Sue Neill-Fraser, sometimes so many that some crucial details are overlooked.  We remind our readers of a conflict between what the … Continue reading

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Police respond to Meaghan Vass admission on 60 Minutes

Andrew L. Urban. In the wake of Meaghan Vass admitting her presence at the murder of Bob Chappell on Australia Day 2009, during her interview on 60 Minutes (Sunday, March 10, 2019) – contradicting the murder conviction of Sue Neill-Fraser … Continue reading

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Sue Neill-Fraser – In steps of Lindy Chamberlain?

When her guilty verdict was no longer tenable, Lindy Chamberlain was released before her appeal was heard. Could Sue Neill-Fraser ask for the same? Legal academic, Dr Bob Moles*, an authority on wrongful convictions, sets out the scenario, in view of … Continue reading

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Sue Neill-Fraser innocent? Witness Vass says so on 60 Minutes

Andrew L. Urban. In her emotional 60 Minutes  interview last night (Sunday, March 10, 2019, Channel 9), Meaghan Vass told the truth – ‘the objective evidence backs it up’ as Robert Richter QC put it: she witnessed Bob Chappell scuffle … Continue reading

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Tasmanian justice system self-harmed

Andrew L. Urban. Tasmania’s justice system is taking a battering all of its own making as the truth bubbles to the surface in the much debated and badly miscarried Sue Neill-Fraser case. In denial for a decade about the validity … Continue reading

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