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Who killed Bob Chappell? The cops don’t know but we do…

[geoip_detect2_hide_if property=”mostSpecificSubdivision.isoCode” property_value=”TAS”] Andrew L. Urban. At the risk of ‘spoiling’ the hottest yarn on television this year, it can be said that Seven’s new true crime series, Undercurrent (9pm Wednesdays x 6 from January 30, 2019), shows up the most miserable chapter … Continue reading

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Sue Neill-Fraser & Southern Justice: the itch that won’t be calmed

Andrew L. Urban. Southern Justice (Hachette, Jan 29, 2019, rrp $32.99, ebook $14.99) by Colin McLaren Colin McLaren’s cold case book into the 2009 disappearance and suspected murder of Bob Chappell and the 2010 conviction of Sue Neill-Fraser for his … Continue reading

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Sue Neill-Fraser – Royal Commission to shine a light

Andrew L. Urban. In the wake of the Tasmanian Government’s dismissal today to consider a Royal Commission as urged by Civil Liberties Australia, we respectfully put forward this draft proposal for public discussion to form the basis of such a … Continue reading

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Sue Neill-Fraser author Colin McLaren to be silenced?

Andrew L. Urban. Why have prosecutors in the Office of the Tasmanian DPP insisted on referring to Colin McLaren, investigative author / documentary filmmaker working on the Sue Neill-Fraser case, as ‘an unlicenced private investigator’ – a criminal offence? Is … Continue reading

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Sue Neill-Fraser – 10th anniversary of two catastrophes

Andrew L. Urban. January 26, Australia Day, 2019, marks the 10th anniversary of the disappearance and probable murder of Bob Chappell, a catastrophe to her partner Sue Neill-Fraser and the two Hobart families – and the beginning of the legal … Continue reading

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Sue Neill-Fraser case media frenzy coming

Andrew L. Urban. A veritable frenzy of media investigations into the Sue Neill-Fraser conviction is due to reach the public beginning on Australia Day, the 10th Anniversary of Bob Chappell’s disappearance, of whose murder she was convicted in 2010. And … Continue reading

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Journalists, authors, filmmakers hunt the truth in Sue Neill-Fraser case

Andrew L. Urban. Two new books and a 6-part documentary series on the Seven Network – all investigating the murder conviction of Sue Neill-Fraser – will become available before and after the February 5, 2019, Tasmanian Supreme Court hearing into … Continue reading

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Sue Neill-Fraser – the ‘bias’ in my reporting

By Andrew L. Urban. In the wake of the publication of my book, Murder by the Prosecution (Wilkinson Publishing, 2018), a few more people have muttered the word ‘bias’ in my direction, referring to the Sue Neill-Fraser case which makes … Continue reading

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Sue Neill-Fraser – questions, questions, questions …

By Andrew L. Urban. Troubling questions remain unanswered eight years after the trial in which Sue Neill-Fraser (now 64) was convicted of murdering her partner Bob Chappell, which she has always strenuously denied; she is now seeking leave to appeal … Continue reading

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Sue Neill-Fraser – a trying timeline 2009 – 2018

By Andrew L. Urban In a cruel coincidence, Sue Neill-Fraser will attend the Supreme Court in Hobart for the final hearing seeking leave to appeal her conviction of murdering Bob Chappell, from Tuesday, August 21, 2018; a day after the … Continue reading

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