Category Archives: Case 22 Noel Greenaway

Trials by memory – forget it, say lawyers

Posted on April 10, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban Of my five books dealing with cases I regard as wrongful convictions, the most recent two examine cases of alleged historical sexual and physical abuse dating back over four decades. The only ‘evidence’ against the men was … Continue reading →

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Greenaway’s “integrity and high personal standards” – it’s official

Posted on December 24, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban It must have been quietly heartbreaking for Rowena Greenaway to come across this document on the eve of Christmas 2025, written on 9 August 1962, attesting to her now husband Noel Greenaway’s “integrity and high personal standards”. … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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