STORY: "Mark Lundy's backer remains confident: Drawn-out bid to appeal against murder convictions dedended in face of criticism from families of victims," by reporter Kieran Campbell, published by the New Zealand Herald on February 20, 2013.
GIST: "The man behind Mark Lundy's last-ditch bid for freedom says he is confident the Privy Council will quash the jailed killer's murder convictions. Auckland retiree Geoff Levick says he believes Lundy will be freed, more than 10 years after being jailed for the axe murder of his wife Christine and 7-year-old daughter Amber. Lundy, who is serving a 20-year sentence at Rangipo Prison near Turangi, was visited by his sister and was ecstatic to hear the development, Mr Levick said......... Lundy's lawyer, David Hislop, QC, said the defence case would focus on the science used to identify DNA on Lundy's shirt as being his wife's brain tissue, which is considered the most important piece of evidence that linked Lundy to the killings. Mr Levick accused people of criticising Lundy as being "99 per cent uninformed".........In 2002 Lundy lost an appeal to the Court of Appeal and had his non-parole period increased to 20 years."
The entire story can be found:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10866020
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
I have added a search box for content in this blog which now encompasses several thousand posts. The search box is located near the bottom of the screen just above the list of links. I am confident that this powerful search tool provided by "Blogger" will help our readers and myself get more out of the site.
The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at:
http://www.thestar.com/topic/
Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:
http://smithforensic.blogspot.
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Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog.
