Is this another case of an innocent man who has been set up?
It is common knowledge of Roseanne Catts who was set up by a policeman and then spent considerable amount of time in jail.
It is also common knowledge of the police in the Hunter Valley who were protecting pedophile priests!!!
Has the Federal Attorney Generals department been given information that David Eastman was innocent and instead of exposing this information has made a decision to cover this up and protect it???
Corrupt conduct in Federal Government Department is being protected by the Commonwealth Ombudsman and the Australian Public Service Commissioner Stephen Sedgwick.
What Government Department did David Eastman work for and was this department involved in any way in tipping off the federal Police and helped secure the guilty verdict?
The Insolvency Trustee service used the Federal Police to intimidate me to try to have me stopped from exposing atrocious corrupt conduct in Federal Government Departments... was this a similar occurrence?
Story from Today Tonight........................
The assassination of Australian Federal Police (AFP) assistant commissioner Colin Winchester in the driverway of his Canberra home in 1989 was one of the most high-profile murders in the country.
There were no witnesses and the murder weapon was never found but a disgruntled public servant David Eastman was convicted of Mr Winchester's assassination.
Having served 17 years behind bars, Mr Eastman has now won a judicial inquiry in a bid to clear his name, with the hearings set to begin in November later this year.
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Veteran Canberra Times journalist Jack Waterford has been covering the Winchester case since the beginning.
"I don't think Eastman was proven guilty beyond any reasonable doubt. Some of the real evidence was before the court and some of the evidence put forward was not properly cross-examined or subject to proper scrutiny," Mr Waterford said.
"I have a real concern that we might have buggered it up."
Mr Waterford is not alone in his beliefs. Retired lawyer Terry O'Donnell, who represented Mr Eastman, says he doesn't believe his ex-client committed the assassination.
"I believe it was a professional hit," Mr O'Donnell said.
He says Mr Eastman was not in the right state-of-mind during his trial.
"There were times during his trail when he was quite clearly so stressed that he was psychotic. There's no doubt about that," he said.
Mr Waterford claims Mr Eastman's mental health should have been raised in court but Mr Eastman forbade his legal counsel from ever doing so. It's believed that his instability was exacerbated by police during the investigation.
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Forensic expert Robert Barnes was the man who matched gunshot residue from the murder scene to Mr Eastman's blue sedan. It's believed Mr Barnes's findings put Mr Eastman in prison for life.
Mr Barnes's evidence is likely to be put under question in the November inquiry.
"There are some questions about the quality of the investigations done with Victorian expert Robert Barnes. He was put forward as a master in his field when at most he had a second year trade certificate in this field," Mr Waterford said.
In addition, Ben Smith, Mr Eastman's former flat-mate, will give evidence for the first time that he borrowed Mr Eastman's car to go rabbit shooting.
Mr O'Donnell says Mr Smith's evidence could be a game changer.
"Mr Smith has come forward and given a statement to the solicitor and the rifle is presently in the custody of the Supreme Court," he said.
Mr O'Donnell claims the people who killed Mr Winchester are responsible for other unsolved murders around Australia.
Mr Winchester had been double-crossing the mob and using a police informer to crack mafia dope growers while pretending to be on the take, investing in their protection.
Eleven mafia arrests are said to have been a motive to murder the police chief.
The mafia were also said to be responsible for the murder of anti-drugs campaigner Donald Mackay in Griffith in 1977.
Vincenzo Macri, a top Italian prosecutor responsible for putting many of the toughest mafia men behind bars, says the mafia wield power in Australia today.
He warns authorities that ignorance doesn't offer protection. He says there is no question mafia figures are responsible for the death of Mr Winchester.
"The codes of mafia provide for various types of punishment according to the severity of the violation of the codes," Mr Marci said.
"When there is betrayal, the punishment is death."
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