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Annette Mason cold case: New inquest into murder of Toowoomba teenager

'The family of murdered Toowoomba teenager Annette Mason is hopeful the reopening of an inquest into her death will lead to the conviction of her killer.

Queensland Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath announced on Monday there would be another inquest, after months of petitioning by the Mason family and supporters.

The 15-year-old's partly naked body was found bludgeoned to death in the bedroom of her Anzac Avenue home in November 1989.

She was murdered after a night out sneaking into pubs and was last seen alive that morning at about 3:30am when she arrived home in a taxi.

It was her first week living out of home and she had been share-housing with other women.

No-one was ever charged and an inquest in 1991 found there was insufficient evidence to find anyone responsible, despite hearing from 25 witnesses.'
 
I find it amazing that police have been so fixated on their preferred perp, that this has been allowed to drag on for 27 years!

The inquest will hopefully make a decision based on ALL the reports made over the years! Crimestoppers reports have been simply ignored
 
About time! Let's hope this leads to a conviction. Way overdue. I think in this case the police may have May a few blunders over the years. Will be watching how it pans out.
 
Fresh inquest into Annette Mason murder hoped to bring closure
news.com.au/AAP
Sarah Motherwell
DECEMBER 13, 2017 8:06am

‘THE question of who killed Toowoomba teenager Annette Jane Mason almost 30 years ago is hoped to be answered in a fresh inquest launched by the Queensland coroner.’

‘Annette’s sister Linda Mason said her ultimate goal was to “see someone charged”.

“It’s a long, hard fight but it will be well worth it to see an ending,” she told reporters.

Annette’s death occurred before the new Coroners Act was introduced in 2003, meaning state coroner Terry Ryan will not have the power to compel a witness to answer questions during the inquest.

Special counsel Leanne McDonald, whose firm Shine Lawyers is representing Annette’s family, said she expected the proceedings to be lengthy. “We need some answers, that’s the end result,” she told AAP. ’

‘An initial inquest in late 1991 could not identify a person responsible for Annette’s death due to insufficient evidence.

Since then there have been numerous coercive hearings held by Queensland’s Corruption and Crime Commission that helped narrow the list of persons of interest.

One of those hearings resulted in a 44-year-old woman being charged with perjury, however prosecution of that charge was eventually unsuccessful. The new inquest is the result of Annette’s family petitioning Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath to put fresh eyes on the case.

It will now return to court for a further hearing on February 26 to determine how the matter will proceed.

Meanwhile, a $250,000 reward remains on offer for anyone with information that could lead to a conviction for Annette’s death.’

Read more at:

http://www.news.com.au/national/que...e/news-story/2d4a698975828829470b462ab5652197
 
Annette Mason inquest to hear from dozens of witnesses
20th Mar 2018 6:11 AM

THE death of Toowoomba teen Annette Mason will be examined at an inquest starting on July 30.
On Monday, the Coroners Court heard the inquest was expected to take a fortnight and involve about 46 witnesses.
It will establish, among other things, if anybody should be charged for Mason's murder or manslaughter.
The 15-year-old was found dead in a Toowoomba home in November, 1989.
Investigations have continued over the decades but nobody has been charged over her death.
In December, State Coroner Terry Ryan re-opened the inquest. -NewsRegional


https://www.news-mail.com.au/news/annette-mason-inquest-to-hear-from-dozens-of-witne/3365157/
 
As with the McCulkin case and Carlyle case, the Queensland Police Cold Case are doing some fantastic work. They've - IMO - long had someone in the frame for this senseless crime and I hope they're able to see justice through to the end.
 
Kaie said:
They were careless with their headline... it wasn't the family home at all. Annette was renting with housemates.
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Of course! I missed that. She’d only recently moved out of home to a share house right?
 
The absence of news articles on the inquest yesterday (Day 9) was due to a non-publication order.

Edit: I should mention, you my find articles that were published yesterday... but they'd be written on information from the previous day of the inquest.
 
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The inquest was to resume on 18 January, but has had to be rescheduled. This means that if anyone has information that may help the inquest, they still have time to come forward. Others who remained silent for years (out of fear) have given evidence now. Clearly there is no reason to be afraid anymore.
 
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