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Why would he take police to her remains at this point?

Great news. Wonder why it took so long? New information from someone perhaps?

I am not suspicious of why the Court of Appeal downgraded the verdict. I think they just stuffed it up big time.

I have just read the whole Judgement and reasons. Superb reasons.

I went to the Court of Appeal hearing and the decision downgrading it to murder just left me legally gobsmacked. The rules of circumstantial evidence are clear and many convictions happen on a lot less evidence than was presented against GBC. The decision was a precedent that could have been a...

It is a unanimous decision. From the summary -'The High Court held that the hypothesis on which the Court of Appeal acted was not available on the evidence. At the trial, the respondent denied that he had fought with his wife, killed her and disposed of her body. His evidence, being the...

Legal commentator Channel 7- He didn't get lucky that his wife died so that he could be with his mistress.

Allison's friend Kerry-Ann making statement in front of High Court- She is very emotional. Relief and elation at decision. Knew from beginning that he had killed Allison.

Reasons- via legal commentator on channel 7 Court of Appeal speculated as to other hypothesis and as it not part of appeal, it was prohibited. Jury was entitled on the evidence to conclude intent to murder. He must serve minimum of 15 year before consideration for parole.

Its murder!

Good morning everyone. This seems a quick decision by the High Court. Perhaps it means the decision was clear cut to them and they didn't have to ponder too long about it. I think they will reinstate the murder verdict on the basis there was sufficient evidence for the jury to find he...

It sounds like it went well for the prosecution today. I am hopeful that the High Court will overturn the Court of Appeal manslaughter downgrade and reinstate murder. I think it was open to the jury on all the evidence to find him guilty and I was shocked by the downgrade.There was a lot of...

Hi everyone. Thanks for the call out. I think the guilty plea by Marcus could mean he will testify against his brother. As to VS mental state, I have a feeling that he is simply not cooperating with anyone, including his lawyer but still wants his lawyer to represent him. I do think his lawyer...

I think the use of the word "accidental" killing is a bit confusing. Unlawful killing is either murder( with intent to kill or cause grevious harm) or manslaughter (no intent). Under either murder or manslaughter convictions, the convicted person cannot benefit financially from their crime. So...

This speech by Retired High Court Judge Michael Kirby explains how the court deals with special leave applications and the types of issues they will allow to be appealed. As Australia's highest court, it has limited resources so must be very careful in what appeals it will allow. It's long but...