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.

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…