- K. Carrington and A. Johnson, ‘Representations of Crime, and Guilt and Sexuality in the Leigh Leigh Rape/Murder Case (1994) 3 Australian Feminist Law Journal 3–29.
- My submission to the Royal Commission, of approximately 20,000 words and several hundred documents, was sent in early September 1994.
- The exact words of this part of Webster's record of interview:
- Q.46 can you tell us how you grabbed her around the throat?
- A. Just the one one hand. (Webster indicates by grabbing his own throat with his left hand.)
- Q.47 Can you tell us which hand you used to grab her around the throat?
- A. My left hand.
- Q. Where were you when you did this?
- A. I was just kneeling beside her.
- ROI with Hunter & Loy, 16/2/90; Filed as T/22/9.
- The exact words of that part of Dr Oettle's autopsy report are as follows:
- The neck showed a series of fingertip-type purple-pink bruising on the left side over an area of 60 mm x 50 mm with a similar bruise on the base of the neck on the right side consistent with being caused by a thumb. (C/2/2).
- Detective Chaffey has said: “… there's no evidence direct or otherwise to suggest that she'd (Leigh Leigh) been raped”.
- K. Carrington and A. Johnson, op. cit., n. 1, 20–22.
- These are the exact words Detective Chaffey uses in the FACTS statement of the police brief tendered at Matthew Webster's murder hearing. See Detective Sergeant L.W. Chaffey, Facts Relative to Matthew Grant Webster charged with the murder of Leigh Leigh at Stockton on 3 November, 1989. R v. Webster (Unreported, 24 October 1990, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Criminal Division, Newcastle, No. 70112/90).
- Detective N. J. Raymond, Statement in matter of Murder of Leigh Leigh, Newcastle Police Station, 12 March 1990.
- In the longer of the two statements he makes on the 5 November, 1989 Sgt Trelease says:
- About 8.30 p.m. on Friday, 3rd November, 1989, I went to the North Stockton Surf Club in company with Senior Constable Nichols. At the Club there was a teenage birthday party in progress and I saw approximately thirty to forty teenagers both boys and girls. Senior Constable Nichols and I went inside the Club and spoke to the members of a music group and everything appeared to be in good order. Senior Constable Nichols and I left the area and patrolled past the Club on a few occasions during the night until we ceased duty at 12.30 a.m.
- Sergeant S. J. Trelease, Statement in matter of Murder of Leigh Leigh at Stockton, Stockton Police Station, New South Wales Police, 5 November 1989, (T/13/1).
- The carriage of that internal investigation was given to a Commander of the North Region Major Crime Squad, some of whose members were involved in the matter being investigated. The North Region Major Crime Squad is conveniently located in the same building as the Homicide Unit it was investigating. It was further submitted in the Royal Commission submission that the conduct of the internal police investigation was improper under Section 1 (b) of the terms of reference.
- Correspondence to author, Royal Commission into the NSW Police Service, 15 September 1994.
- Correspondence to author, Royal Commission into the NSW Police Service, 9 December 1994.
- R V. Websur (Unreported, 24 October 1990, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Criminal Division, Newcastle, No. 70112/90, 11).
Australian Feminist Law Journal
Volume 4, 1995 - Issue 1