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Date of conviction; joint trial of SA, MA and WD, before Jackson J and jury, for murder, torture and interfering with corpse; SA and MA each found guilty of torture and interfering with corpse (jury unable to decide on murder); WD found guilty on all counts.
Primary Judgment
SC973/16 (No citation)
26 Sep 2017
Date of conviction; retrial of SA and MA for murder (before Jackson J and jury); each found guilty of murder.
Primary Judgment
SC973/16 (No citation)
21 Feb 2018
Date of sentence; SA, MA and WD sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and 2 years for interfering with corpse; on torture count, SA and WD sentenced to 6 years and MA to 5 years (Jackson J).
Appeal Determined (QCA)
[2019] QCA 149
02 Aug 2019
SA and MA's appeals against murder convictions allowed, convictions quashed, verdicts of guilty of manslaughter substituted and sentence remitted to trial division (Code s 668F(2)) (see [2020] QSC 41); appeals against torture convictions allowed, convictions set aside, retrial ordered (charges subsequently nolled); appeals against interfering with corpse convictions dismissed: Sofronoff P, McMurdo JA, Boddice J.
Appeal Determined (QCA)
[2019] QCA 254
19 Nov 2019
WD's appeal against murder conviction allowed, conviction quashed, verdict of guilty of manslaughter substituted and matter of sentence remitted to trial division (pursuant to Code s 668F(2)) (see [2020] QSC 41); appeal against torture conviction allowed, conviction quashed, retrial ordered (charge subsequently nolled): Holmes CJ, Gotterson JA, Morrison JA.
Appeal Status
Appeal Determined (QCA)
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