The Mallard team, working towards a hearing before the Court of Criminal Appeal
which was granted by Attorney General Jim McGinty on the 21 July 2002 has found
that;
- The
implement claimed by the prosecution to be the murder weapon- a
Sidchrome wrench - could not have killed Mrs Lawrence. Testing by Western
Australia's chief forensic pathologist, Dr Clive Cooke, showed
that
the profile of the wrench was not compatible with the shape of
the wounds found
on Mrs Lawrence.
- Evidence
not presented Dr Cooke also remembers telling "police inquiry
officers and the Crown" ahead of the 1995 trial that he considered
a different implement to a wrench was the likely weapon but was ignored.
- The
Sidchrome wrench Dr Cooke was not shown a sketch made by Andrew of the Sidchrome
wrench until eight years after it was drawn and as a result was not able to
test whether the weapon fitted the profiles of Mrs Lawrence's head injuries
for the prosecution.
- Where
did the weapon come from? The court was never told about evidence that
a paint sample from a forklift matched paint flakes in Mrs Lawrence's
wounds, evidence
which suggests that the actual weapon could have been taken from the
premises next door to Flora Metallica.
- Undercover
officer gives Andrew marijuana. The court was never told about four
days an undercover officer spent with Andrew, during which Andrew says
he was supplied
with marijuana.
- Police
withheld Andrew from a court by taking him to a three hour interview instead
of to a magistrate when arresting him on a bench warrant.
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