Susan Neill-Fraser; Tasmania; Bulletin; (News 9): Last-ditch appeal to Tasmanian Supreme Court set for tomorrow: (Tuesday 23 May, 2017)..."Susan Neill-Fraser is serving a 23-year sentence for the 2009 murder of her partner Bob Chappell, 65, whose body has never been found after he went missing from the couple's yacht. Neill-Fraser has always maintained her innocence and has failed in previous appeals, which have reached the High Court of Australia."

"A Hobart woman convicted of killing her husband is due to make a last-ditch appeal to the Tasmanian Supreme Court. Susan Neill-Fraser is serving a 23-year sentence for the 2009 murder of her partner Bob Chappell, 65, whose body has never been found after he went missing from the couple's yacht. Neill-Fraser has always maintained her innocence and has failed in previous appeals, which have reached the High Court of Australia. Her lawyers have won the right to an appeal hearing, due to start on Tuesday, claiming they have new evidence to prove their client's innocence.

http://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/05/23/03/32/convicted-killer-tries-again-to-clear-name

See earlier post of this Blog (February 9, 2016) at the link below:' Bulletin: Susan Neill-Fraser; Tasmania; She argues that there is "fresh and compelling evidence" which should open the door for a final right of appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeal. She identifies three people who could have killed her partner Bob Chappell - and, "A fresh analysis by forensic science consultant and former top West Australian homicide investigator Mark Reynolds had debunked the Crown’s case the DNA was a secondary transfer, but was rather bodily fluids deposited by direct contact, according to the app­lication. It also claims fresh analysis of forensic evidence cast doubt on police methods. “In certain areas of forensic investigation, the application of accepted forensic techniques ... had not been undertaken with proper attention to detail or had not been undertaken correctly.” It goes on to say Neill-­Fraser could not have dumped Mr Chappell’s body overboard in the way police claimed. The analysis claims it would have been “mechanically imp­ossible for the applicant to have winched the deceased in the manner described by police." The Mercury."

 http://smithforensic.blogspot.ca/2016/02/bulletin-susan-neill-fraser-tasmania.html

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