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Memorial to murdered UK backpacker Peter Falconio still planned but may be scaled back, says sculptor

The murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio and abduction of his partner Joanne Lees on an isolated highway in 2001 threw the spotlight on the Northern Territory for all the wrong reasons.
Key points:
- Peter Falconio was murdered in 2001 on a lonely stretch of the Stuart Highway in the NT
- His partner Joanne Lees is determined to build a statue to commemorate her late partner at Ti Tree, near Alice Springs
- Fundraising issues means the sculpture may have to be scaled back to a third of the planned size, says artist
Bradley John Murdoch was convicted of Falconio’s murder in 2005 despite authorities being unable to locate his body.
In 2017, Ms Lees announced that she was fundraising for a memorial in Falconio’s honour.
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