The family of Colin Winchester has reacted to David Eastman's acquittal after his second trial.
The retrial of David Harold Eastman for the assassination of ACT police chief Colin Stanley Winchester has cost about $6.5 million,new figures show.
Now the trial is over,David Harold Eastman's bid to sue the ACT government for wrongful imprisonment is back on.
David Eastman spent 19 years in jail for the murder of the most senior officer in the ACT. On Thursday,a jury found him not guilty after a six-month retrial.
The jury deciding the verdict for murder in the marathon trial of David Harold Eastman said they have been unable to reach a unanimous verdict.
An ACT Supreme Court jury has retired to consider its verdict in the murder trial of David Harold Eastman.
Mafia drug growers arrested in a police sting had lost a lot of money and faced time behind bars,a court has heard.
The first port of call upon buying a defective product would be to return it to the seller,David Eastman's defence team says.
If a man who allegedly sold the rifle used to kill Colin Winchester had been loyal or fearful of the killer,why did he search for and deliver spent cartridges cases to the police?
David Harold Eastman had been optimistic about his future in the days before Colin Winchester’s murder,the defence says.
Forensic police struggled to take control of the scene of Colin Winchester’s murder,eventually locking down the area two-and-a-half hours after the shooting,a court has heard.