Today, the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal to have the murders of three Aboriginal children from Bowraville retried.
Over a period of five months in 1990-91, Colleen Walker (16), Evelyn Greenup (4) and Clinton Speedy-Duroux (16) disappeared. Two of the bodies of these children were later recovered. Because Colleen Walker’s body was never found, a trial of an accused man only focussed on the murders of Evelyn and Clinton. Family members of the children had hoped for a retrial so that all three murders could be considered in one trial.
Today’s decision, after a ten month delay, was devastating to the community and to the Walker, Greenup and Speedy-Duroux families. Justice, they say, has not been served.
Here, family member, Ronella Dolly Jerome, breaks down while addressing the media after the court’s verdict.
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