STORY: Judged guilty in the minds of the mob," by reporter Hedley Thomas, published in "The Australian on February 25, 2012.
GIST: "The relentless campaign in the media would repeatedly characterise Watson as a cold-blooded psychopath who murdered his bride on their honeymoon to collect a fortune in life insurance.
In this campaign you did not read or hear that the sole beneficiary of Tina's life insurance was always her father, Tommy Thomas.
You did not read or hear that Watson firmly rejected an approach by an insurance agent who had tried to sell the couple generous life insurance shortly before their wedding and honeymoon.
There was never a credible financial motive for murder.
You did not discover that Watson's expertise as a "rescue diver" had been seriously overstated.
Or that Tina had a heart condition.
Or that her scuba teachers regarded her as a chronic panicker unsuited to diving.
Or that Queensland detectives fundamentally misunderstood crucial evidence because they did not realise a dive computer has two components, and their flawed testing of one (but not the other) of those components gave the wrong result, which contradicted what Watson had previously, and truthfully, told police."
THE ENTIRE STORY CAN BE FOUND AT:
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at:
http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=120008354894645705&postID=6408887284438140301
Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:
http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html
Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog; hlevy15@gmail.com;
