Author Archives: andrew

The disturbing case of Derek Bromley – marking International Wrongful Conviction Day 2021

Posted on October 3, 2021 by andrew

To mark International Wrongful Conviction Day, Harold Levy *, publisher of The Charles Smith Blog in Toronto, invited Dr Bob Moles of Flinders University in Adelaide to provide his insights into the case of Derek Bromley, which, he says, features … Continue reading →

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International Wrongful Conviction Day, October 2, 2021

Posted on October 2, 2021 by andrew

International Wrongful Conviction Day began as an effort of the Innocence Network in the US, an affiliation of organisations dedicated to providing pro-bono legal and investigative services to individuals seeking to prove innocence of crimes for which they have been … Continue reading →

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INSIDE STORY: Sue Neill-Fraser – and Karen Keefe as ‘collateral damage’

Posted on October 1, 2021 by andrew

The inside story of the troubled inmate who befriended Sue Neill-Fraser ‘inside’ – and how the police used her. 

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Grey dinghy turns white on water and shrinks – DPP tells appeal judge

Posted on September 30, 2021 by andrew

The Etter/Selby papers reveal ‘what a difference a dinghy makes’ in the 2010 Sue Neill-Fraser murder trial – and how at the 2021 appeal, the DPP insists that the grey dinghy described by an eye witness turns white on the … Continue reading →

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Why a Parliamentary Inquiry is the best process to scrutinise the case of Sue Neill-Fraser

Posted on September 29, 2021 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban The entire Tasmanian legal and law enforcement establishment is under the cloud of the 2010 Sue Neill-Fraser murder conviction, which many claim is not proven beyond reasonable doubt. 

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What a difference a dinghy makes – incorrect testimony misled the court

Posted on September 28, 2021 by andrew

The following excerpt from the Etter/Selby papers reveals how the jury, the defence and the judge were all misled at the murder trial of Sue Neill-Fraser in 2010 by the eye witness testimony describing a dinghy alongside Four Winds (crime … Continue reading →

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Curse of the wrongful conviction of loved ones

Posted on September 27, 2021 by andrew

Partners and other family members are the first people of interest in criminal investigations – and often rightly so. But when the justice system fails and the accused is innocent, the wrongful conviction vastly increases the impact of the punishment. … Continue reading →

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Forensic evidence not always scientific but how would the courts know

Posted on September 26, 2021 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. The best first thing that could happen in the criminal justice system is the rending apart of the police from the forensic services around the country, and the establishment of a full scale national forensic institute. The … Continue reading →

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‘The homeless girl’, the bikie, the blue rag, TasPol, the lawyers and how it all went pear shaped

Posted on September 23, 2021 by andrew

The inside story of eyewitness Meaghan Vass, ‘the homeless girl’ at the centre of the Sue Neill-Fraser drama, told by the woman who became her friend, her supporter and her champion – ANDREA ‘ANDY’ BROWN. 

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What the Sue Neill-Fraser jury heard – and not heard: Letter to Editor

Posted on September 22, 2021 by andrew

In the wake of public comments from senior police and the prosecutor, former DPP Tim Ellis SC, Lynn Giddings, an observer at the Sue Neill-Fraser trial, responds to the prosecutor’s published defence of the conviction.

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