Australia Samantha Murphy, 51, last seen leaving her property to go for a run in the Canadian State Forest, Ballarat, 4 Feb 2024 *Arrest* #11

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Beach muscles aren't that useful against brutal attacks where the perpetrator has stacked the odds in their favour.

Although appearance might be a deterrent.

Well,
All this "massive CCTV material" sounds promising,
although I hoped for a witness.

But it seems
it is still circumstantial IMO.

I hope for evidence from the car.

JMO
 
CCTV implies to me a static camera , on a pole somewhere.... not as I originally thought of him filming himself with his phone or a hat camera thingy... this sounds like some camera work from someone's gateway, or even a camera set up by the Friends of the Forest in a hidden tree branch, to capture animal behaviour., which, if that is the case, it surely did.

Remembering that Telstra put CCTV on their towers, and the police were photographed at that tower on Boak Road.
Also, CCTV at Mt Clear College, which is between his parents place and where the Telstra tower is on Boak Road.

They could (possibly) be the most compelling bits of CCTV evidence.
 
Another interesting kind of camera that is found in some bush situations is the EYEfi camera. To be able to see bushfires before they get out of control. The Vic govt was already using this system, in various other scenarios, in 2012.
It sounds as if the data from these cameras is stored.


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Telstra invests in new surveillance service (pub 2012)
Customers can buy the EYEfi cameras and ask Telstra to install them in location where they want, said Langdon.
VicRoads is already using the system on its Incident Management Vehicles following earlier trials.

 
Another interesting kind of camera that is found in some bush situations is the EYEfi camera. To be able to see bushfires before they get out of control. The Vic govt was already using this system, in various other scenarios, in 2012.
It sounds as if the data from these cameras is stored.


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Telstra invests in new surveillance service (pub 2012)
Customers can buy the EYEfi cameras and ask Telstra to install them in location where they want, said Langdon.
VicRoads is already using the system on its Incident Management Vehicles following earlier trials.

ooo I'd forgotten those ones, SA, they can pick up the whispiest of smoke. I reckon it must be something like that, more so than the Friends of the Forest ones, it most likely is a series of camera's he has had no idea about. I reckon whatever it was came in colour and with sound, and more than one camera, a whole series of them.
 
'Mr Stephenson had issues in custody that the court had been notified of, but those were not aired during the short administrative hearing.'......

Issues, ey? I bet $100 that the good folk of Mt . Clear know exactly what kind of issues Mr Stephenson is currently exhibiting in custody. They've put up with it for years.
 
Is it just me or is Moya O’Brien’s look part of the defence strategy?


She is a very experienced barrister. I would expect her to project confidence (if that is what you mean).

Named among the 10 Leading Counsel on the Doyles list in 2020.


 
was it confirmed whether the other court date for unrelated charges (not traffic) was this or someone else with the same name?
also if a person was arrested for a crime they didnt commit they wouldnt stay silent would they?
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Is it just me or is Moya O’Brien’s look part of the defence strategy?


Why were the lawyers hurrying like in a race? :rolleyes:

Couldn't t they just stop and answer the media in a civilized manner?

Informing the public.

It didn't look good to see them almost running IMO.

How strange! :oops:

JMO
 
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She is a very experienced barrister. I would expect her to project confidence (if that is what you mean).

Named among the 10 Leading Counsel on the Doyles list in 2020.



I guess the OP meant the appearance of the lawyer
(very similar in looks to the victim, especially the hairdo)

JMO
 
Why were the lawyers hurrying like in a race? :rolleyes:

Couldn't t they just stop and answer the media in a civilized manner?

Informing the public.

It didn't look good to see them almost running IMO.

How strange! :oops:

JMO
They should be running. The clock is ticking and they have an unprecedented brief of evidence to get through including extensive cctv.
 
IMO these are all strong possibilities. I think Vicpol probably have video and possibly audio footage from several different sources leading up to the murder, the murder, and after the murder.

A lot depends on how much planning (if any) had been undertaken by PS prior to the murder - also how "switched on" he was at the time, ie whether he was still recovering from his bender the previous evening, or was he quite clear-headed.
IMO he was probably aware (even if still a bit brain-fuzzy from the bender) of the static CCTV's with cameras on a pole.
He may not however, have given a thought to (usually) portable cameras used to monitor fauna activity (either community -based, such as Friends of the Forest or for research purposes. The latter can be very well-hidden - even camouflaged.
I'm also wondering if CCTV inside a building (eg PS's father's workshop) may be included in the cache of eviidence.

JM
Have we learned any further whether SM’s discovered phone might have revealed anything of the event? And wasn’t there earlier information that SM was supposedly wearing an electronic watch? (I thought IIRC I read that early on, but won’t be able to find any link for it now.) If so, and either or both of these electronic devices exist, maybe there is something obtained from them? That might be in addition to any other electronic surveillance or CCTV footage. MOO
 
I didn't even notice that. Maybe because there are a lot of blonde women in Australia.

But it could be a strategy to have a woman defence barrister in this type of case.

imo
Maybe this is a gendered thing, however when I saw the image below of Moyah O’Brien I immediately noted her physical resemblance to Samantha Murphy and it affected me. Of course Moyah is experienced, confident, qualified and competent. She is also of a very similar physique and age to Samantha and I won’t be the only one struck by this. My point is that if it’s intentional it’s clever.
If it goes to trial will Moyah face the jury?
 

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