Category Archives: Case 01 Sue Neill-Fraser

How pre-trial AI ‘fairness review’ could minimise wrongful convictions

Posted on October 27, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.  Prosecutors should not always need an AI agent to identify weaknesses in a circumstantial case. For instance, you don’t need to have been a trainee lawyer to have recognised that the police brief of the Sue Neill-Fraser … Continue reading →

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Sue Neill-Fraser’s 16 years in 60 Minutes

Posted on October 19, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. Almost exactly 16 years ago (15 Oct. 2010), the murder trial of Sue Neill-Fraser came to an end with the jury satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that she had killed her partner of 18 years, Bob Chappell. But … Continue reading →

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Sue Neill-Fraser’s trial judge cross examined

Posted on October 17, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. On the eve of tomorrow’s 60 Minutes (Nine Network) special report on the case of Sue Neill-Fraser, we take you back to her trial in the Supreme Court of Tasmania, for the murder of her partner Bob … Continue reading →

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Sue Neill-Fraser on 60 Minutes, October 18, 2026

Posted on October 15, 2026 by andrew

  One of Australia’s most serious miscarriages of justice is the murder conviction of Sue Neill-Fraser in 2010. Tasmania’s legal system, aided by its political establishment, refuses to contemplate an independent review of the case. Viewers may find that outrageous. … Continue reading →

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Tasmanian Parole Board humiliated as court asserts Sue Neill-Fraser right to speak freely

Posted on September 15, 2026 by andrew

On Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 15, 2026), it took the Supreme Court’s Justice Estcourt less than an hour (a millisecond in law time) to extinguish the Tasmanian Parole Board’s restrictive parole condition that would have prevented Sue Neill-Fraser from proclaiming her … Continue reading →

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Sue Neill-Fraser challenge to Parole Board free speech restriction rescheduled

Posted on September 5, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. “Parole should be a pathway to reintegration, not a way of continuing to impose punishment. When parole conditions silence people or limit their freedom of expression, they violate basic human rights and increase the risk of re-incarceration,” … Continue reading →

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Justice Estcourt not in court, Sue Neill-Fraser v Parole Board hearing cancelled

Posted on September 1, 2026 by andrew

The judge who dissented at her appeal and would have quashed her conviction, Justice Estcourt AM, fell ill and was unable to attend court this morning, resulting in the cancellation of the hearing where the Melbourne based Human Rights Law … Continue reading →

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Tasmanian Parole Board caves on Sue Neill-Fraser “improper” bail restriction

Posted on August 25, 2026 by andrew

Just days before the August 31 Supreme Court hearing a challenge by the Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) to an extra bail restriction imposed on Sue Neill-Fraser in April 2025 preventing her claiming her innocence, the Tasmanian Parole Board has … Continue reading →

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Open Sore: anniversary of Sue Neill-Fraser arrest

Posted on August 19, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.  Sixteen years ago on August 20 Sue Neill-Fraser was arrested at her home in Hobart for the murder of her partner, Bob Chappell, supposedly on their yacht Four Winds. A year later in 2010 Sue was tried, … Continue reading →

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Parole right or wrong in our imperfect justice system? e.g: Sue Neill-Fraser, Derek Bromley

Posted on July 13, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban As regular readers know, Sue Neill-Fraser was convicted of murdering her partner Bob Chappell on Australia Day 2009. In 2010, she was sentenced to 23 years in jail, released on parole* in October 2022. She is widely … Continue reading →

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