Eastman trial
Eastman awarded $7 million for wrongful imprisonment
David Eastman sued the government in the ACT Supreme Court over the 19 years he spent in prison convicted of the killing of police chief Colin Winchester.
- by Alexandra Back
Latest
If David Eastman didn't murder Colin Winchester, then who did?
We trawled the archives to explore the most common Winchester conspiracy theory, the professional Mafia "hit".
- by Peter Brewer
David Eastman's human rights case for wrongful conviction is back
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.
- by Alexandra Back
Opinion
Courts
The weaknesses of a complacent justice system
One of the weaknesses of the Australian criminal justice system is that it did not recognise a fundamental mistake and a serious injustice.
- by Jack Waterford
Updated
David Eastman
Investigators did not 'exhaust' mafia theory: former police chief
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.
- by Michael Inman & Alexandra Back
Opinion
Editorial
Eastman saga ends. Now to learn from it
It's time for the police, and prosecutors, to examine and admit to the flaws in their handling of this case.
- by The Canberra Times
Analysis
Analysis
'Nagging doubt' proved a reasonable doubt in Eastman case
The assassination of Colin Winchester on January 10, 1989, was and is the most sensational crime ever to occur in the ACT.
- by Jack Waterford
The inside story of David Eastman's murder trial
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.
- by Alexandra Back
Eastman not guilty verdict leaves Winchester family 'disappointed'
The family of Colin Winchester has reacted to David Eastman's acquittal after his second trial.
- by Michael Inman
Retrial of David Eastman cost about $6.5 million
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.
- by Michael Inman
Eastman compensation case clear to proceed
Now the trial is over, David Harold Eastman's bid to sue the ACT government for wrongful imprisonment is back on.
- by Michael Inman
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