"Frits Van Beelen is appealing his conviction for the 1971 murder of 15-year-old Deborah Leach at Taperoo."
GIST: "Evidence used to help convict a South Australian man of the murder of a teenage girl more than four decades ago was simply wrong, a court has been told. Frits Van Beelen has spent 17 years in prison for the murder of 15-year-old Deborah Leach, who was found buried in seaweed at Taperoo Beach in Adelaide in 1971. Released in 1990, Van Beelen is now seeking to challenge his conviction, arguing that evidence presented at his trial by forensic pathologist Colin Manock about the time of death was wrong."
The entire story can be found at:
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/frits-van-beelen-argues-evidence-used-to-convict-him-of-1970s-murder-of-teenager-was-unreliable/news-story/4afa6167b6f8c9bff9a3ab2dc0d504de
See Canmua story:
http://canmua.net/world/forensic-evidence-challenged-in-1971-murder-case-appeal-568079.html
PUBLISHER'S NOTE:
I have added a search box for content in this blog which now encompasses several thousand posts. The search box is located near the bottom of the screen just above the list of links. I am confident that this powerful search tool provided by "Blogger" will help our readers and myself get more out of the site.
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.thestar.com/topic/
Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:
http://smithforensic.blogspot.
Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com
Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog.
