POST: "Woman wronged to receive rally support," by Bill Rowlings, CEO of Civil Liberties Australia (CLA) published by CLA on January 19, 2015.
SUB-HEADING: "As the 6th anniversary of Bob Chappell’s mysterious disappearance nears, supporters are rallying to highlight the fact that an innocent woman is in Risdon Prison for his ‘murder’."
GIST: "Supporters of Sue Neill-Fraser will gather for a singing rally at the foot of the steps of Parliament House Hobart on Saturday 24 January 2015. The rally is to protest her wrongful conviction for murder. Her husband, Bob Chappell, disappeared from a 16m cruising yacht moored off Sandy Bay on the Derwent after choosing to stay alone on the yacht overnight to fix electrical wiring and lights. His body has never been found. Neill-Fraser was convicted by a jury of killing her husband. There was no confession, no witness, no plausible motive and a host of other more likely suspects not properly investigated by Tasmanian Police.........All sorts of new material and evidence have come to light to clearly establish that the jury in the Neill-Fraser case was seriously misled by a mixture of suspect police investigation and both ignorant and possibly malicious claims by prosecution witnesses, as well as by a erroneous claim in court by the prosecutor, then Director of Public Prosecutions Tim Ellis. The glove in question was found tucked into this box of latex gloves. DPP Ellis – since convicted himself of the criminal offence of negligent driving causing death – admitted in the Court of Criminal Appeal that he had made a tragic error when he said that Neill-Fraser’s DNA was on a glove used to clean up what he claimed was a crime scene in the saloon of the yacht, Four Winds. The glove DNA actually belonged to one of the missing man’s children from his first marriage. But Ellis ominous mistake was almost the last thing the jury heard before retiring to consider its verdict. In yet another strange twist to a puzzling crime, there was a strong DNA sample found on the deck of the yacht: it belonged to a woman who claimed she was never on board the Four Winds, though it is known she was sleeping rough at the time. Her connection to the DNA found on the yacht came to light when police did a criminal records check.........Civil Liberties Australia supports the campaign for Neill-Fraser’s release. Having analysed the full trial transcripts, and being privy to much of the new evidence, we believe she should be released immediately, in the same way Henry Keogh was, with a presumption of innocence, by the Tasmanian AG. The matter should then be referred to another Tasmanian prosecutor to determine whether she is to be retried. If she is to be retried, it requires a judge from outside Tasmania to conduct the trial."
SUB-HEADING: "As the 6th anniversary of Bob Chappell’s mysterious disappearance nears, supporters are rallying to highlight the fact that an innocent woman is in Risdon Prison for his ‘murder’."
GIST: "Supporters of Sue Neill-Fraser will gather for a singing rally at the foot of the steps of Parliament House Hobart on Saturday 24 January 2015. The rally is to protest her wrongful conviction for murder. Her husband, Bob Chappell, disappeared from a 16m cruising yacht moored off Sandy Bay on the Derwent after choosing to stay alone on the yacht overnight to fix electrical wiring and lights. His body has never been found. Neill-Fraser was convicted by a jury of killing her husband. There was no confession, no witness, no plausible motive and a host of other more likely suspects not properly investigated by Tasmanian Police.........All sorts of new material and evidence have come to light to clearly establish that the jury in the Neill-Fraser case was seriously misled by a mixture of suspect police investigation and both ignorant and possibly malicious claims by prosecution witnesses, as well as by a erroneous claim in court by the prosecutor, then Director of Public Prosecutions Tim Ellis. The glove in question was found tucked into this box of latex gloves. DPP Ellis – since convicted himself of the criminal offence of negligent driving causing death – admitted in the Court of Criminal Appeal that he had made a tragic error when he said that Neill-Fraser’s DNA was on a glove used to clean up what he claimed was a crime scene in the saloon of the yacht, Four Winds. The glove DNA actually belonged to one of the missing man’s children from his first marriage. But Ellis ominous mistake was almost the last thing the jury heard before retiring to consider its verdict. In yet another strange twist to a puzzling crime, there was a strong DNA sample found on the deck of the yacht: it belonged to a woman who claimed she was never on board the Four Winds, though it is known she was sleeping rough at the time. Her connection to the DNA found on the yacht came to light when police did a criminal records check.........Civil Liberties Australia supports the campaign for Neill-Fraser’s release. Having analysed the full trial transcripts, and being privy to much of the new evidence, we believe she should be released immediately, in the same way Henry Keogh was, with a presumption of innocence, by the Tasmanian AG. The matter should then be referred to another Tasmanian prosecutor to determine whether she is to be retried. If she is to be retried, it requires a judge from outside Tasmania to conduct the trial."
https://www.cla.asn.au/News/woman-wronged-to-receive-rally-support/
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