High Court decisions could & should trigger reforms

Posted on February 24, 2022 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

 If successful, will upcoming High Court appeals prompt reform, including a much needed Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) – as they should?  Continue reading →

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Sue Neill-Fraser alleged 2016 prison phone conversation underlines need for a review of her case

Posted on February 19, 2022 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban

Sue Neill-Fraser’s alleged 2016 phone conversation from prison, newly revealed, in which she is claimed to express regret for having returned to Four Winds “that night”, raises more doubt, underlines the need for a full review of her case … and poses questions for detective sergeant Sinnitt. Continue reading →

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Crown’s sloppy response to Sue Neill-Fraser’s High Court appeal application

Posted on February 14, 2022 by andrew

An almost comically hapless document from the Tasmanian DPP’s office has been lodged with the High Court in response to the application seeking leave from Sue Neill-Fraser, as legal academic Dr Bob Moles found.  Continue reading →

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South Australian MP accuses Government of ‘wilful blindness’ to the law – ‘a form of corruption’

Posted on February 12, 2022 by andrew

Former journalist now the SA-Best party’s representative in the SA Legislative Council, THE HON FRANK PANGALLO MLC, has accused the South Australian Government of “wilful blindness” over its avoidance to confront serious unlawful behaviour “at the highest levels”. His speech on February 9, 2022 came in the wake of Flinders University legal academic Dr Bob Moles earlier accusation that Acting Attorney-General of SA Josh Teague demonstrated “a lack of honesty and diligence” in relation to former state forensic pathologist Dr Colin Manock’s documented failures and lack of qualifications which should have been declared by the DPP in the pending High Court appeal by Derek Bromley.  Continue reading →

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Calling out the Acting Attorney-General

Posted on February 6, 2022 by andrew

Flinders University legal academic Dr Bob Moles last week accused Acting Attorney-General of SA Josh Teague to have demonstrated “a lack of honesty and diligence” in relation to former state forensic pathologist Dr Colin Manock’s documented failures and lack of qualifications which should have been declared by the DPP in the pending High Court appeal by Derek Bromley.  Continue reading →

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Australia Day Sinnitt award…should it be sinbin award?

Posted on January 30, 2022 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

We are eager to recognise meritorious service in the police service wherever it occurs in Australia …perhaps especially so in Tasmania. But we cannot applaud the Australia Day Award recognising Detective Sergeant Sinnitt, he of Sue Neill-Fraser miscarriage of justice fame.  Continue reading →

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Witness of Fact – “one of the most significant books in the genre of wrongful convictions analysis”

Posted on January 24, 2022 by andrew

There is still time for South Australian state officials (both forensic and legal) to ‘come clean’ about past failures and fulfil their duty of disclosure to the court regarding former forensic pathologist Dr Colin Manock, says DR BOB MOLES in his review of Drew Rooke’s book.  Continue reading →

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Australia Day 2022 Hobart – marks dark day for justice

Posted on January 21, 2022 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

 Was it Sam Devine who killed Bob Chappell 13 years ago this Australia Day? Was Sue Neill-Fraser wrongfully convicted of murdering Bob and jailed for 23 years? These are key questions raised by eye-witness testimony and legal reviews.  Continue reading →

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Legal academic identifies errors in judgement of Sue Neill-Fraser’s failed appeal

Posted on January 13, 2022 by andrew

Sue Neill-Fraser is now seeking leave to appeal to the High Court to overturn her 2010 conviction for the murder of her partner Bob Chappell, after her 2020 appeal was dismissed 2:1 by the Tasmanian Court of Appeal. Edited extracts from legal academic Dr Bob Moles’ analysis identifies what he perceives to be errors that led to the dismissal of the appeal.  Continue reading →

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Sue Neill-Fraser looking to High Court for justice

Posted on January 12, 2022 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban

Sue Neill-Fraser’s anticipated application seeking leave to appeal to The High Court has now been lodged, hoping to overturn the Tasmanian Court of Appeal dismissal of her case on November 30, 2021, asking the High Court to quash the 2010 conviction. Continue reading →

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