In this episode of The Missing Campers Trial, Penny and Erin are joined by acclaimed journalist John Silvester with an update on the legal avenues Russell Hill’s family are exploring, revealing for the first time there may be a case for a coronial inquest. You can read the articles written by Sly discussed in this episode with a subscription to The Age.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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John Silvester on the Easey Street murders, and the secret he kept for years
For years, one of Australia’s best known crime reporters, John Silvester, kept a secret.He knew there had been a significant development in a notorious and long unsolved cold case: The Easey Street murders.But he didn’t write anything about it, until a few days ago, when he broke the story that there had been an arrest.It was big news, most of all for the family of Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett, school friends from the country who flatted together in Collingwood before their lives were violently and cruelly taken.Today, John Silvester takes us behind the scenes of the police investigation, the arrest and why he kept quiet on the case for so long.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Curious Case of Zig Zag Road
Esteemed crime reporter and host of the Naked City podcast John ‘Sly’ Silvester joins The Missing Campers Trial to talk about his interview with Russell Hill’s daughter, and the shooting deaths of Gregory Lynn’s former neighbours. To read Sly's interview, and his coverage of this case. Download The Age app from your app store.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Morning Edition: John Silvester on the criminal gangs infiltrating the CFMEU
For more than 45 years, John Silvester has been reporting on Australia’s criminal underworld.Some notable figures, like Mick Gatto, a key player in the gangland wars that were immortalised in the popular TV series, Underbelly, are now implicated in an investigation that has rocked the highest offices in the country. That of alleged corruption in the CFMEU, one of the most powerful unions in the country.Why have so many of our politicians allegedly turned a blind eye to underworld figures running a cartel-like operation in the union?Today, John Silvester gives us an inside look into the psychology of the underworld figures who have managed to charm and intimidate the rich and the powerful.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Listen to Sly on The Missing Campers Trial Podcast....
Sly joined The Age Crime and Justice Reporter Erin Pearson, and Nine News Reporter Penelope Liersch on their podcast The Missing Campers Trial, to discuss the murder conviction of Gregory Lynn. Search for The Missing Campers Trial in your podcast app to get the latest on the Gregory Lynn matter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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