| Murder in the Outback 12:33 - Jun 11 with 5319 views | StokieBlue |
Anyone watched this?
I don't usually go for these crime documentaries but ended up watching the whole thing. I've not fact-checked anything but from the documentary I don't see how the conviction could in any way be deemed safe. So many loose-ends and dubious interpretations of evidence whilst other evidence was seemingly totally ignored. Doesn't mean he didn't do it of course, just a lot of questions there.
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/murder-in-the-outback
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| Murder in the Outback on 22:52 - Jun 12 with 840 views | Bluesquid |
Not sure how it got as far as a conviction to be honest, i mean she picked Murdoch out on a photo fit yet the BBC had beforehand published an article online which included his photo. |  | | |
| Murder in the Outback on 23:11 - Jun 12 with 808 views | Herbivore |
| Murder in the Outback on 22:52 - Jun 12 by Bluesquid |
Not sure how it got as far as a conviction to be honest, i mean she picked Murdoch out on a photo fit yet the BBC had beforehand published an article online which included his photo. |
I think it got to trial because his movements meant he was likely in the vicinity at the time of the crime, he and his vehicle matched the descriptions given by the victim, and his blood was found on the victim's top. I'd say there's a case to answer based on that. |  |
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| Murder in the Outback on 23:21 - Jun 12 with 797 views | Bluesquid |
| Murder in the Outback on 23:11 - Jun 12 by Herbivore |
I think it got to trial because his movements meant he was likely in the vicinity at the time of the crime, he and his vehicle matched the descriptions given by the victim, and his blood was found on the victim's top. I'd say there's a case to answer based on that. |
But haven't there been cases before that have been thrown out due to the id'ing of a suspect into the public domain by the media early on and before a police line up/photo id had been carried out?
Can't think of the specific technical legal term for it but thought that it somehow damages a potential prosecution because the accuser/witness will have been influenced before going into the police line up/photo id.
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| Murder in the Outback on 00:41 - Jun 13 with 771 views | tractordownsouth |
Watched the first 2 tonight - the second episode seems to indicate Lees' unsuitablity as a witness, but I still have half of the thing to watch.
The chap taking up Murdoch's case seems like a complete arsehole, but is very entertaining. He also looks a bit like Mitch McConnell. |  |
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| Murder in the Outback on 03:00 - Jun 13 with 744 views | Ryorry |
| Murder in the Outback on 22:52 - Jun 12 by Bluesquid |
Not sure how it got as far as a conviction to be honest, i mean she picked Murdoch out on a photo fit yet the BBC had beforehand published an article online which included his photo. |
Not to mention where's the body? where's the gun? where were the shell casing, the blood splatter, the footprints of the attacker, the footprints of Peter Falconio? Because they weren't found at the scene of the attack. Nor was the red car & its several occupants seen acting v. weirdly by Peter Cook the 'rescuing' truck driver as he approached, but which zoomed off as soon as he arrived.
And 2 very credible witnesses, Robert Brown & his partner Melissa Kendall, giving extremely detailed descriptions of seeing Peter F in Bourne, NSW, just days after the alleged murder. The couple had been reading the paper with PF's photo in when they say he drove up to the filling staion where they were working, and they were less than 1m away when ID'ing him - "If it wasn't him, it was his twin brother" said Robert.
Most involved in the show said Murdoch wouldn't have been convicted if it hadn't been for the DNA evidence, which the jury accepted uncritically, but which the blood expert on the prog said was contaminated and flawed. |  |
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| Murder in the Outback on 08:47 - Jun 13 with 686 views | Herbivore |
| Murder in the Outback on 03:00 - Jun 13 by Ryorry |
Not to mention where's the body? where's the gun? where were the shell casing, the blood splatter, the footprints of the attacker, the footprints of Peter Falconio? Because they weren't found at the scene of the attack. Nor was the red car & its several occupants seen acting v. weirdly by Peter Cook the 'rescuing' truck driver as he approached, but which zoomed off as soon as he arrived.
And 2 very credible witnesses, Robert Brown & his partner Melissa Kendall, giving extremely detailed descriptions of seeing Peter F in Bourne, NSW, just days after the alleged murder. The couple had been reading the paper with PF's photo in when they say he drove up to the filling staion where they were working, and they were less than 1m away when ID'ing him - "If it wasn't him, it was his twin brother" said Robert.
Most involved in the show said Murdoch wouldn't have been convicted if it hadn't been for the DNA evidence, which the jury accepted uncritically, but which the blood expert on the prog said was contaminated and flawed. |
The eye witnesses who claim to have seen him testified at the trial and gave conflicting accounts, including of his hair colour. The documentary was very one sided, it's worth doing some wider reading and subjecting some of it to critique. And whilst some of the DNA evidence wasn't especially reliable note that they couldn't challenge the blood on her top, which was strong evidentially, and they had to concoct a rather fanciful story about it coming from when they'd both been in a chicken shop (a few hours apart, when he claims to be allergic to chicken). [Post edited 13 Jun 2020 8:54]
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| Murder in the Outback on 10:54 - Jun 13 with 651 views | Ryorry |
| Murder in the Outback on 08:47 - Jun 13 by Herbivore |
The eye witnesses who claim to have seen him testified at the trial and gave conflicting accounts, including of his hair colour. The documentary was very one sided, it's worth doing some wider reading and subjecting some of it to critique. And whilst some of the DNA evidence wasn't especially reliable note that they couldn't challenge the blood on her top, which was strong evidentially, and they had to concoct a rather fanciful story about it coming from when they'd both been in a chicken shop (a few hours apart, when he claims to be allergic to chicken). [Post edited 13 Jun 2020 8:54]
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The chicken nuggets were for Murdoch's dog, according to the guy serving he said - "no ketchup, my dog don't like it"! | |
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| Murder in the Outback on 11:18 - Jun 13 with 645 views | Herbivore |
| Murder in the Outback on 10:54 - Jun 13 by Ryorry |
The chicken nuggets were for Murdoch's dog, according to the guy serving he said - "no ketchup, my dog don't like it"! |
Sounds legit. | |
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