David Harold Eastman: Trial (2): Australia: Bulletin: Jury selected, barrister's opening submissions set for June 18, Judge tells jurors, "the case had a long history and it was Mr Eastman's second trial for the alleged murder. He said Mr Eastman was convicted in the first trial, but the verdict was set aside after a lengthy inquiry. He said the inquiry found there was some evidence that should not have been allowed in, and that Mr Eastman did not receive a fair trial. The judge told the jury prosecutors would not be leading that evidence again," the Canberra Times reports. Reporter Alexandra Back.

STORY: "Eastman trial: Judge lays down the law," by reporter Alexandra Back, published by The Canberra Times on June 5, 2018.

GIST: "A judge laid down the rules to a jury of 16 on Tuesday ahead of David Harold Eastman's retrial for the alleged 1989 murder of Canberra's police chief. The court opened to the public for the first time after the eight men and eight women were whittled down from a potential pool of nearly 500 people at an empanelment in Albert Hall. The jurors were driven in by bus to the ACT Supreme Court, where they will sit through some six months of evidence before retiring to consider their verdict. Mr Eastman, who is in his seventies, is facing trial accused of the murder of Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Colin Winchester. Mr Winchester was shot dead while sitting in his car in his neighbour's Deakin driveway about 9.15pm on January 10, 1989. Mr Eastman has pleaded not guilty to the murder.  On Tuesday, the ACT Supreme Court's Acting Justice Murray Kellam told jurors the case had a long history and it was Mr Eastman's second trial for the alleged murder. He said Mr Eastman was convicted in the first trial, but the verdict was set aside after a lengthy inquiry. He said the inquiry found there was some evidence that should not have been allowed in, and that Mr Eastman did not receive a fair trial. The judge told the jury prosecutors would not be leading that evidence again.........The trial will hear evidence four days a week, from Monday to Thursday. It is expected to hear the barristers' opening submissions on June 18."

The entire story can be found at:

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/act/eastman-trial-judge-lays-down-the-law-20180605-p4zjkv.html

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