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Authors of this page: Dr Robert N Moles and Bibi Sangha

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The Killing of Derrance Stevenson

David Szach in Gouger Street Adelaide 14 March 2008 Photo1 - Photo2

Go here for a pamphlet on Szach's case

Media Reports

4 May 2008 - Sunday Mail - Police seek Von Einem Associate
25 April 2008 - Adelaide Now - Death House: End of the road
8 November 2007 - The Advertiser - DNA leads to wife’s murder charge [body in freezer case]
11 July 2007 - The Advertiser - IRELAND: Body found in fish freezer
27 May 2007 - The Sunday Age Melbourne - Lover [Szach] asks science to clear his name
12 March 2007 Today Tonight Adelaide - A remarkable television program about the murder of Derrance Stevenson
16 May 1993 - Sunday Mail – Peter Haran "Freezer Killer freed'. David Szach is released from prison and vows to clear his name.

David Szach was in a gay relationship with the lawyer Derrance Stevenson. Derrance and David had been living together for about three years. In June 1979, Derrance’s body was found in a freezer at his home with a gunshot wound to the head. David was 19 years old at the time and Derrance was 44 years old. According to the post-mortem report, Derrance is said to have died around 4 - 5 June 1979. In December 1979, David was convicted of the murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was released in 1993. David has claimed throughout, that he did not commit the crime. Again, serious questions have been raised with regard to the forensic evidence with regard to the timing of the murder.

Here we provide you with documents from the trial together with various post trial reports and submissions which will enable you to make up your own mind about this puzzling matter.

An introduction to the Szach case
Setting out brief background details of the case with relevant dates

David Szach's Petition to the Governor of South Australia

Letter in response from the Governor 16 June 2006

Letter in response from the Governor 26 June 2006

In March 2007 David Szach re-submitted his Petition to the Governor. This time it included a 200 page scientific report setting out what it said were errors in Dr Manocks' calculation of the time of death

Reports

Dr Colin Manock Autopsy Report 25 July 1979

Dr Byron Collins Letter September 1995

Dr Byron Collins Report August 1994

Professor Bernard Knight UK Report July 1994

Dr Byron Collins Letter June 1994

Dr Byron Collins Letter September 1993

Dr Byron Collins Report March 1992

Summaries of Trial Transcripts - December 1979

Dr Manock's evidence in Chief
He is being examined by Brian Martin.

Dr Manock's cross-examination
He is being cross-examined by Kevin Borick.

Defence summing up to the jury - part one
Events in Adelaide on the night of the murder

Defence summing up to the jury - part two.
Overnight to Coober Pedy and the following day there

Judge's summing up to the jury - part one.
Basic principles of murder - and general approach of the jury to the evidnce.

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