Detective Chief Inspector Gary Jubelin taken off William Tyrrell case
The families of victims have begun lining up behind top homicide cop Gary Jubelin who has been sidelined from the hunt for little William Tyrrell while alleged misconduct is being investigated.
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The families of victims have begun lining up behind top homicide cop Gary Jubelin who has been sidelined from the hunt for little William Tyrrell while alleged misconduct is being investigated.
Mark Leveson, whose son was killed in 2007, got stuck into the NSW Police Professional Standards command for investigating cold case hero Detective Chief Inspector Jubelin instead of letting him catch killers.
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“Whatever he needs, we will go into bat for him,” Mark Leveson said today.
The disappearance of Matthew Leveson, 20, and the deaths of three indigenous children in the Bowraville community in northern NSW are two of the state’s highest-profile cases which Insp Jubelin has broken open.
He led the reinvestigation of the murders of 16-year-old Colleen Walker, Evelyn Greenup, four, and Clinton Speedy-Duroux, 16, who all disappeared between September 1990 and February 1991, which has led to a High Court bid to retry a man who was acquitted of the murders of Clinton and Evelyn but never charged over Colleen’s death.
The High Court is due to hear an application for special leave to appeal later this month.
The Bowraville investigation also led to the overturning of the state’s double jeopardy laws under which fresh charges can now be laid if there is fresh and compelling evidence even after someone has been acquitted of the same offence.
“Without him, we wouldn’t have got anywhere,” Leonie Duroux, whose late partner Marbuck was Clinton’s brother, said.
“He is a man of integrity and a fabulous copper and we are 100 per cent behind him. I feel gutted for him.”
Insp Jubelin has been interviewed by the Professional Standards Command over a number of allegations about his conduct on Strike Force Rosann, which is looking into William Tyrell’s 2014 disappearance.
The allegations included that Insp Jubelin used a mobile phone, without a warrant, to record someone and a number of other allegations relating to staff management.
He has denied any wrongdoing.
He has been taken off the investigation just three weeks before William’s inquest is due to be heard.
Mr Leveson said he was devastated for William’s family.
“I’m very crank with professional standards,” Mr Leveson said.
“They should take a good hard look at themselves and look at what their goal is. It should be to get answers for William and his family.”
Mr Leveson said that without Insp Jubelin, he and his wife Faye would probably have never found the remains of their son Matthew, who disappeared after last being seen leaving Sydney’s ARQ nightclub and returning to their flat with his older lover Michael Atkins.
Atkins was acquitted by a jury of Matthew’s murder and manslaughter in 2009 and with the inquest coming up five years later, the family despaired they would get any answers.
Through a network of brave legal deals led by Insp Jubelin, Atkins in 2017 led police to the spot in the Royal National Park south of Sydney where he had buried Matthew after claiming he had died accidentally.
The family was able to bury their son’s remains although Atkins has not faced any new charges.
“Gary gets things down, he puts everything he has into the job,” Mr Leveson said.
NSW Police Acting Assistant Commissioner Stuart Smith said the inquest into William’s disappearance would go ahead.
“There were 30 people that worked on this job and I also need to worry about the welfare of those people because they have put thousands and thousands of hours into this,” he said.
“In fairness to William we need to make sure the inquest commences.”
He said the internal investigation into Insp Jubelin would not derail the investigation.
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