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Scott Austic appeal ruling found ‘credible’ evidence knife, cigarette packet planted at scene
Western Australia’s highest court has revealed its reasons for ordering a new trial for a man who was wrongfully convicted of murder, finding that there was “credible, cogent and plausible evidence” that crucial evidence against him was planted.
Key points:
- The Court of Appeal found a miscarriage of justice had occurred
- The court had the option of acquitting Mr Austic of his ex-lover’s murder
- It also identified a “strongly arguable circumstantial case” against him
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the name and images of a person who died.
The findings were made earlier this year, when the Court of Appeal ruled that 45-year-old Scott Douglas Austic had suffered a miscarriage of…
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