SA: Snowtown suppressions partially lifted by Supreme Court

AAP General News (Australia)
12-21-2000
SA: Snowtown suppressions partially lifted by Supreme Court

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A South Australian Supreme Court judge has partially lifted suppressions in the Snowtown
bodies-in-barrels murder case.

Justice BRIAN MARTIN ordered suppressions be lifted on parts of the Crown prosecutor's
opening address in the committal hearing in the Adelaide Magistrates Court of four men
facing charges of murdering 10 people.

The Crown's opening address to the committal hearing, which has been adjourned until
January 22 next year, was suppressed by Magistrate DAVID GURRY last week.

Mr GURRY also suppressed the evidence of three pathologist's who performed post mortems
on the 10 alleged victims.

Lawyers representing 13 media outlets appealed the suppressions to the Supreme Court.

Justice MARTIN says he will release an edited version of the Crown prosecutor's opening
address to the media this afternoon.

He says the suppression orders relating to the pathologists' evidence will remain.

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