Murders of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope
Ben Smart and Olivia Hope, two young New Zealanders, disappeared in the early hours of the morning on New Year's Day, 1January 1998. The two friends had been celebrating on New Year's Eve at Furneaux Lodge in the Marlborough Sounds with other partygoers. The pair accepted an offer from a stranger to stay aboard his yacht in the early hours of the morning, and it was the last time they were seen alive. The disappearance of the duo sparked one of the most publicised and controversial investigations in New Zealand's history.After a five-month investigation the police arrested Scott Watson, a resident of Picton. At trial, he was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of seventeen years.
The police investigation and subsequent trial generated considerable media attention and public debate. Watson has maintained he is innocent and has filed several unsuccessful appeals. In June2020, it was announced that his case would be referred back to New Zealand's Court of Appeal. The case remains the subject of on-going speculation in New Zealand as a possible wrongful conviction and has been the subject of several books and documentaries. Provided by Wikipedia
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5by Mariana Carrillo González, Brandon Melcher, Kenneth Ratliff, Scott Watson, Chris D. WhiteGet full text
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9by Ruth M. J. Amey, John R. Elliott, Ekbal Hussain, Richard Walker, Marco Pagani, Vitor Silva, Kanatbek E. Abdrakhmatov, C. Scott WatsonGet full text
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11by Kylie D Rock, Brian Horman, Allison L Phillips, Susan L McRitchie, Scott Watson, Jocelin Deese-Spruill, Dereje Jima, Susan Sumner, Heather M Stapleton, Heather B PatisaulGet full text
Published 2018-02-01
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12by Dalia Kirschbaum, C. Scott Watson, David R. Rounce, Dan H. Shugar, Jeffrey S. Kargel, Umesh K. Haritashya, Pukar Amatya, Pukar Amatya, David Shean, Eric R. Anderson, Minjeong Jo, Minjeong JoGet full text
Published 2019-09-01
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13by C. L. Morris, Jeffrey Bacon, Konstantin Borozdin, Haruo Miyadera, John Perry, Evan Rose, Scott Watson, Tim White, Derek Aberle, J. Andrew Green, George G. McDuff, Zarija Lukić, Edward C. MilnerGet full text
Published 2013-08-01
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15by Jane Coad, Asam Latif, Tahseen Jilani, Gillian Colville, Joseph C Manning, Jos M. Latour, Martha A.Q. Curley, Elizabeth S. Draper, Philip R Quinlan, R. Scott Watson, Janet E. Rennick, Neethi Pinto, Emma PopejoyGet full text
Published 2020-05-01
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17by Steffan Gwyn, Scott Watson, Thomas Slight, Martin Knapp, Shaun Viola, Pavlo Ivanov, Weikang Zhang, Amit Yadav, Edik Rafailov, Mohsin Haji, Kevin E Doherty, Szymon Stanczyk, Szymon Grzanka, Piotr Perlin, Stephen P Najda, Mike Leszczyski, Anthony E KellyGet full text
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18by Milan Lazecký, Karsten Spaans, Pablo J. González, Yasser Maghsoudi, Yu Morishita, Fabien Albino, John Elliott, Nicholas Greenall, Emma Hatton, Andrew Hooper, Daniel Juncu, Alistair McDougall, Richard J. Walters, C. Scott Watson, Jonathan R. Weiss, Tim J. WrightGet full text
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19by Azka Ali, William P. Skelton IV, Neeka N. Akhavan, Thu-Cuc Nguyen, Zachary A. Taylor, Tabitha Townsend, Prajwol Pathak, Nalini Hasija, Li Li, Jacqueline Indrisek, Scott Watson, Isis Nixon, Nam H. Dang, Robert Zlotecki, Paul Crispen, Robert Allan, Patricia Abbitt, Long H. DangGet full text
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