David Eastman spent 6860 days in jail for the murder of Colin Winchester,a crime for which he's since been found not guilty.
We trawled the archives to explore the most common Winchester conspiracy theory,the professional Mafia"hit".
Gathering dust in a police warehouse in Mitchell is an old blue Mazda,a key exhibit in the murder trial of Assistant Commissioner Colin Winchester.
David Eastman served 6860 days of a life sentence for murdering Colin Winchester,but now he has been acquitted,his case against the government will resume.
One of the weaknesses of the Australian criminal justice system is that it did not recognise a fundamental mistake and a serious injustice.
Investigators did not “exhaust to the point of negation” the theory that Colin Winchester’s assassination had been the work of the Calabrian Mafia,a former Canberra top cop said Friday.
It's time for the police,and prosecutors,to examine and admit to the flaws in their handling of this case.
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The assassination of Colin Winchester on January 10,1989,was and is the most sensational crime ever to occur in the ACT.
The case of David Eastman will give generations of lawyers and law students something to pore over.
The behind-the-scenes story of the retrial that led to David Eastman's acquittal - and the big changes compared with the first time he faced a jury.