Episode 18: Fair Go

Will Shandee Blackburn ever get justice? Will systemic flaws in Queensland’s forensic lab be independently investigated by the authorities?

In this episode of the podcast series – which is pausing until new leads arise – Dr Kirsty Wright reveals the letter she confidentially wrote to Queensland’s corruption-fighting agency about the broken lab and her concerns that its problems are more serious than they first appeared.

John and Shandee's former friend Jarrod Hau describes as untrue a claim John made to detectives and friends after the murder.

Police investigate whether a taxi driver picked up John when he had a bandaged right hand in the days after Shandee’s murder.

Vicki and Shannah’s tireless search for justice continues and more developments will come as DNA in Shandee’s case and other leads are reinvestigated by the coroner.

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