Category Archives: Case 22 Noel Greenaway

Misplaced morality in our criminal justice system

Posted on November 26, 2025 by andrew

One could argue that juries these days are more likely to be sympathetic to the ruling orthodoxies; hence the George Pell and Noel Greenaway* convictions, to cite two examples. It’s no surprise, since juries are chosen from the general population, … Continue reading →

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Presumption of innocence OUT, guilt by say-so IN

Posted on November 19, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban All Australian jurisdictions have abolished the mandatory requirement for corroboration of claims in sexual crime prosecutions. This means no jurisdiction requires independent evidence to support a complainant’s testimony for a conviction. This has negated the presumption of … Continue reading →

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So many law reformers, so little reforming

Posted on October 29, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban There are approximately 188 employees working at the 10 state and federal organisations working on law reform topics. See if you can find any of these bodies addressing wrongful convictions, wrongdoing by judges or prosecutors or propose … Continue reading →

Posted in Case 22 Noel Greenaway, Case 26 Frank Valentine, CCRC | 2 Comments

Note to detective: tunnel vision is unwarranted certainty

Posted on October 6, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban The trouble with certainty without good evidence in crime investigation is that it easily leads to a wrongful conviction. We have reported on several cases to show this. One former detective has now claimed his ‘certainty’ should … Continue reading →

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Former detective convinced of their guilt … always was, always will be

Posted on August 12, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban For those who may have missed the following exchange on the comments section of the recent memorial page for Frank Valentine (11/8/2025) … please note: former Detective Sergeant Timothy Paul was also in charge of the Noel … Continue reading →

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Read All About It! And weep…

Posted on May 11, 2025 by andrew

FRAMED – How The Legal System Framed Robert Xie For The Lin Family Murders (Prime KDP), by Andrew L. Urban is only the latest book exposing wrongful convictions in Australia. Some, like FRAMED, are case specific, others look at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Case 01 Sue Neill-Fraser, Case 02 Henry Keogh, Case 03 David Szach, Case 04 Gordon Wood, Case 11 Robert Xie, Case 13 Robert Farquharson, Case 17 Kathleen Folbigg, Case 22 Noel Greenaway | Leave a comment

Free the dangerous, jail the innocent?

Posted on April 26, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban “Why do we keep letting monsters out?” That’s the headline on the top editorial in the Saturday Telegraph (26/4/2025). The context is the latest murder of a young woman (Audrey Griffin) by a man free on parole … Continue reading →

Posted in Case 01 Sue Neill-Fraser, Case 11 Robert Xie, Case 22 Noel Greenaway, General articles | 3 Comments

Pressing need for law reforms ignored – or resisted?

Posted on March 11, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban What reforms has the criminal justice system undertaken in the wake of the wrongful convictions decades ago of Lindy Chamberlain, Derek Bromley, Henry Keogh, Andrew Mallard, Gordon Wood and – we say, Sue Neill-Fraser in 2010, Robert Xie … Continue reading →

Posted in Case 01 Sue Neill-Fraser, Case 02 Henry Keogh, Case 04 Gordon Wood, Case 05 Derek Bromley, Case 11 Robert Xie, Case 22 Noel Greenaway | 11 Comments

Noel Greenaway – the podcast

Posted on February 9, 2025 by andrew

This 25:27 minute podcast explores the complex case of Noel Greenaway, a former school superintendent accused of decades-old abuse, highlighting the challenges of balancing victim belief with the presumption of innocence. Andrew Urban · The Greenaway Case – Justice, Memory, … Continue reading →

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Presumption of Evil book available at Presumption of Innocence conference

Posted on August 28, 2024 by andrew

Paperback and hardcover editions of Andrew L. Urban’s exposé, Presumption of Evil – Noel Greenaway, sexual abuser or collateral damage? are now available on Amazon, coinciding with the August 31, 2024 conference in Sydney, Restoring The Presumption of Innocence.  

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