Free as a butterfly

Free at last!

In a surprise move, one week out from the directions hearing to determine if Andrew was to go to a re-trial - the DPP has formally dropped the murder charges against Andrew! we are all elated of course - Andrew was picked up from Casaurina prison via limousine - many thanks to Ian Trinder for this of Limoscene.

Andrew is of course so thankful to all of his family, friends and supporters for all their hard work that has eventuted in his release.

It was a bittersweet victory though as the DPP finished his presentation to the court by saying that Andrew would always be a prime suspect. If this is the case why did he not proceed to trial? The answer is because Andrew is not a prime suspect - he is a prime embarrassment! If the re- trial had proceeded - then Andrew's lawyers would have been able to explore the many unanswered questions of this miscarriage of justice against Andrew.

Questions such as -
Why was the record button never pushed in the interviews - a total of nearly eleven hours.
Why was the court mislead by the prosecution insisting the murder weapon was a wrench when the DPP's office had in its possession a report that stated clearly that the weapon was not a wrench?
Why was the court not told of an undercover officer being assigned to be with Andrew for nearly a week?
Why were witness statements altered?
Why was a forensic report alterted to delete the refernce to the fact that there was no river water in Andrew's clothing - when the prosecutions case was that Andrew had washed blood from his clothing in the river?

All of these questions are now before the Western Australian's Corruption and Crime Commission - we await their findings with much interest!