PUBLISHER'S NOTE: This spectacular, newsworthy case involving an innocent woman who has been wrongfully imprisoned for years is loaded with rich forensic issues such as the lack of a body and incriminating DNA evidence. It is truly of international significance. I am therefore very pleased to report that three episodes of the documentary 'Undercurrent' series are now available internationally (without charge) at the following link. (I am watching them now).
https://tubitv.com/series/300005259/undercurrent_real_murder_investigation
Harold Levy: Publisher: The Charles Smith Blog.
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BACKGROUND: ”Sue Neill-Fraser was convicted of murdering her partner Bob Chappell on Australia Day 2009, on board their yacht, Four Winds. She has maintained her innocence. She has been granted leave to appeal (in March 2019) after a three year process in which then homeless 15 year old Meaghan Vass admitted she was a witness to the murder and Neill-Fraser was not involved. Vass’ DNA was found on the deck." As per Yahoo News: 2020: "Ten years after being found guilty of murdering her partner Bob Chappell, Hobart grandmother Susan Neill-Fraser's second appeal against her conviction will be heard. Neill-Fraser is serving 23 years' jail for killing Mr Chappell on Australia Day 2009 on the couple's yacht in Hobart. Her legal team argues there is "fresh and compelling" evidence that places then-homeless teenager Meaghan Vass on board the boat the night in question."
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POST: "Susan Neill-Fraser appeal deferred yet again to March 1, 2021," by Andrew L. Urban, published on his 'Wrongful Convictions Report' on October 10, 2020.
SUB-HEADING: "Just 18 months before Sue Neill-Fraser becomes eligible for parole after 13 years in prison, her new appeal will now be heard in the first week of March 2021 – coronavirus travel restrictions permitting..."
GIST: "All parties agree, including Neill-Fraser herself, that this appeal needs to be held in the court room with everyone physically present. (Her pro bono legal team coming from Perth and Melbourne.) The first witness will be Meaghan Vass, whose DNA was found on For Winds at the crime scene in 2009, after Bob Chappell went missing – and was presumed murdered by, police claimed, Neill-Fraser. She was arrested in August 2009 and convicted in 2010, jailed for 23 years (on appeal), 13 years non-parole. A tearful and remorseful Vass told 60 Minutes on March 10, 2019, that it was her vomit on the deck and she was on board with two males when a fight broke out. Chappell’s body has never been found. Depending on the Vass testimony, the appeal is scheduled for five days."
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