At Odds with the Facts: The Kangaroo Justice Follow-up Questions asks some difficult questions of a number of the players in the investigation and coronial inquest into the death of British ultra-endurance cyclist Mike Hall near Canberra, Australia on 31 March 2017.
Following on from Kangaroo Justice and the Death of Mike Hall: An Australian Miscarriage of Justice, these follow-up questions attempt to hold members of two police forces, a leading university expert witness, and members of the Canberra justice system to account. At Odds with the Facts then concludes with the appeal to the Chief Coroner to hold a fresh inquest in light of new evidence uncovered by the author.
Will justice be done in this case, or is the reality of Australian justice different from the narrative we are accustomed to seeing in the movies?
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Preface
Part A – The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth
Section A.1: NSW Police Senior Constable Slater
Section A.2: AFP Constable Wiseman
Section A.3: AFP Leading Senior Constable Cantwell
Section A.4: AFP Sergeant Lewis
Section A.5: AFP Leading Senior Constable Boyce
Section A.6: AFP Senior Constable Munro
Section A.7: AFP Senior Constable Potts
Section A.8: Chief Police Officer Neil Gaughan
Section A.9: Deputy Chief Police Officer Michael Chew
Section A.10: Commissioner Reece Kershaw
Part B – If I Could Interview You Now
Section B.1: The driver of the ‘car in front’
Section B.2: The ACT Health analyst
Section B.3: Brett Rossiter
Section B.4: Karina O’Grady
Part C – In the Public Interest
Section C.1: Shane Rattenbury MLA
Section C.2: ACLEI
Section C.3: Attorney-General Christian Porter
Section C.4: Attorney-General Michaelia Cash
Part D – At Odds with the Laws of Physics
Section D.1: Dr Steve O’Hern
Section D.2: Associate Professor Jennie Oxley
Section D.3: Vice-Chancellor Margaret Gardner AC
Section D.4: Department of Infrastructure and Transport (DOI
Section D.5: James S Sobek, Wolf Technical Services
Part E – There But for the Grace of God Go I
Section E.1: Counsel Assisting Ken Archer
Section E.2: ACT Bar Association
Part F – A Poor Boy Like You Could Use a Break
Section F.1: Mr Bobb
Part G – Justice Must be Seen to be Done
Section G.1: Coroner Boss
Part H – In the Interests of Justice
Section H.1: Some answers
Section H.2: Call for a fresh inquest
Section H.3: A last option
Appeal to the ACT Supreme Court
Quash the findings
Про автора
Heath Ryan is a publisher and writer, and holds a BA in Economics and History from the University of Toronto. Born in Canada, Heath lived in Jordan, France and the United Kingdom before moving to Australia. In addition to being a father, Heath is also an ultra-endurance cyclist. Riding as ‘The Dark Knight’, he was in twentieth position in the 2017 Indian Pacific Wheel Race from Fremantle to Sydney on the day Mike Hall was killed. Since then, Heath completed three transcontinental races in the 2018 calendar year, achieving what can be called the triple crown of unsupported ultra-endurance cycling. Heath’s current focus is investigative books dealing with social justice, books that celebrate human achievement, and books and articles that observe and comment on behaviour and society.