"He had been given access to a crime scene video of Ms H naked body"
"In recent years Robin David Macartney and his supporters, who Mr Horsman says were trying to make a name for themselves, tried to cast doubt over crucial DNA evidence used to convict him.
But Macartneys bid to challenge his conviction failed and the 62-year-old, who had lung cancer, died last week.
Mr Horsman said yesterday that he was glad Macartney had died in custody."
"The father of three was the subject of community outrage in June 2005 when it was revealed that because he was representing himself in an appeal, he had been given access to a crime scene video of Ms Horsmans naked body and had been showing it to fellow prisoners."
https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/death-of-greenough-killer-should-end-claims-of-innocence-ng-ya-113145
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"REVELATIONS a killer was given access to a video of his victim's semi-naked body, and showed the tape to inmates....
"PRISON officers have seized thousands of videotapes from prisoners after a killer showed crime scene footage of his semi-naked victim to fellow inmates.*
Convicted killer Robin Macartney is believed to have made several copies of the graphic police tape, one of which he sent to the mother of a teenager he is suspected of murdering.*
West Australian Prisons acting executive director Ian Johnson ordered all videotapes confiscated in prisons throughout the state to find out how many copies of the tape existed and whether any other prisoners had tapes of other crime scenes.*
"What I wanted them (prison officers) to do was lock it down, get in the cells, search them all and seize the videotapes," he said.*
Mr Johnson said officers would watch the videos seized from the state's 3500 prisoners, beginning with those belonging to inmates who share Macartney's cell block at Perth's maximum-security Casuarina prison.*
Macartney was jailed for life in 2001 for the murder of Lalita Horsman, 27.*
He had taped up her mouth, tied a plastic bag over her head and then sexually assaulted her in sand dunes near Geraldton, 430km north of Perth.*
From 12 videos relating to the case, Macartney compiled and edited a tape containing the police crime scene footage of his victim's corpse being exhumed from a beachside grave.*
He was entitled to the tapes because he is representing himself in an appeal against his conviction.*
He sent copies to Margaret Dodd, the mother of missing teenager Hayley Dodd, to his legal advocate Brian Tennant and a NSW journalist.*
It is understood Macartney may face criminal charges for showing the tapes to unauthorised people.*
He will still be allowed to view the material for up to two hours each day under supervision.*
Mr Tennant visited Macartney yesterday and said his client was distressed and claimed he had only shown the tape to fellow prisoners for research purposes.*
"There's ex-policemen, ex-lawyers and ex-teachers in there and he takes advantage of their expertise," Mr Tennant said.*
"Now other prisoners have had their tapes taken and it doesn't make him popular."*
Mr Johnson said other prisoners preparing appeals would have their tapes reviewed as a priority, and officers would return all other legitimate tapes as soon as possible.*
"I don't want to punish 3500 people for what a small percentage does but I'm assuming the worst, which is why I went statewide rather than just Macartney's cell block," Mr Johnson said.*
"Until I know the extent of the problem, I can't fix it."
http://www.mako.org.au/ausnews356.html
. Early AM after alighting a taxi in Adelaide Tce, Perth CBD. Had traveled from Geraldton (not in taxi). watoday
