Framed: proof that evidence was planted against Scott Austic in murder case | 7NEWS Spotlight

[@sayitlikeitis9868]

After watching this I immediately googled Scott’s case & I am delighted to find that he was acquitted in 2020 after spending 13 years in prison. Imagine going to prison for that length of time for something you didn’t do, especially the murder of your girlfriend, as well as doing time he must have been grieving her loss too. Absolutely shocking. Those incompetent detectives should be sent to prison for framing him for the same amount of time Scott served

[@Dollybird198]

**And unborn baby

[@AnonCommenter-k5m]

It was easier to make him look like the killer than actually find the killer, and the detectives would have come from elsewhere and just wanted to go home. Yet go commit a big enough crime in melbourne where detectives live, they'll find you 6 months later cos theyre looking for YOU, not someone to pin it on so they can go home, they go home everynight.. I know from experience, I bashed a truck driver for nearly running me over as i crossed the street at the crossing while it was green, and they found me 6 months later, took them 6 months to get enough cctv footage to locatedthe apartment building i lived in, then they had to contact real estates and turns out there was only 3 white people living in the building, me, my brother and 1 other person on the 10th floor, so 6 months later, they come got me, knew my apartment, knew id be home, probably watched me come home before coming up to get me

[@RCMN-2024]

It happens more often than you think, incompetent detective hell bent on conviction despite evidence, I know someone that got 8yrs for a crime he didnt commit and the evidence found cleared him, evidence has come to light that they lied about, disallowed witnesses and a prosecutor that was excused as they wanted to speak on his behalf. Heck we just got a copy of the court documents and the replacement prosecutor lied in their closing statement to the jury, we found proof their statements were false, hoping for appeal

[@sugarsundae3400]

What a heartbreaking case. Ive since found out Scott was acquitted, the police officers who set him up should be sent to prison. Meanwhile i hope they are working on finding the real killer. Hope Scott's living his best life and hope his lovely mum is too, what a wonderful woman she is.

[@bokvarv1926]

they should be sent to SERVE A MURDER SENTENCE becuse they framed the man for it, that makes the poiice offiers GUILTY of said crime, and they should serve for murder

[@jonstone9741]

@@bokvarv1926 The detectives are guilty of putting blood on the cigarette pack and planting it on the table. They planted the Jim Beam can and planted a bloody knife that was not the murder weapon. The detectives MUST go to prison for at least 20 years -- preferably life without parole -- and all of their cases must be re-investigated to discover how many other innocent people they framed.

[@chrisleach4245]

I hope he sues and becomes a wealthy man after all this!

[@denismcclurkin1421]

Sure like to know more about this case,, please.

[@Ben28782]

@@chrisleach4245He was awarded a $1.6 million dollar settlement. Rightfully so.

[@Strobie_one]

This was a crime of passion. The person who stabber her hated her. Scott by all accounts did not hate her.

[@Amy-rm5lh]

Framing an innocent man is the most unforgivable act.

[@JP-uk9uc]

The Lord will sort it out in the end, and the Lord knows how to keep the guilty under punishment until the day of judgment. Such as a few thousand years burning in torment, for their wicked deeds; Luke 16:19-31

[@tomfischer5790]

Sorry to tell you but there are not any sky fairies @@JP-uk9uc

[@lucydouglas8446]

😊 you

[@trentnelsom2493]

Those officer are crooked for sure wow very sad story

[@trentnelsom2493]

Free the man already free Austin from prison asap

[@fredgrove4220]

What the bent cops don't seem to realise, the real murderer, having got away with it once, will probably do it again, so they are putting another life at risk.

[@numberone5680]

fred grove They’re gambling on that possibility only to protect themselves.

[@JustBeYouooh]

Exactly! The were too busy trying to frame Scott, to get on with it! Didn’t wanna spend time on the case

[@dewilew2137]

I would never outlive my guilt if I were one of the neighbors who didn’t hear her. Her bloody handprints on the doors. My god, that was devastating.

[@dewilew2137]

@@Memeu2992….okay?

[@sferrhep1088]

And they didn’t even bother to check his hands for cuts ? This case and cases like these are so disturbing and frustrating . Lazy police an detective work at its finest

[@Ben28782]

For those wondering Scott was eventually acquitted in 2020 and in May of 2023 he was awarded a $1.6 million dollar settlement…Rightfully so! As for the police, they investigated themselves and found no evidence of wrongdoing…which is absolutely absurd. Whoever claimed to have discovered those items should spend 13 years in prison just as he did. That would be true JUSTICE!

[@ilmaariola8916]

I never thought planting evidence could happen in this kind of country. How could these police sleep at night knowing they have put the wrong guy in prison?

[@NnEnkaa_]

They do it to Aboriginal people over there all the time that's why. Been doing it for 200+ years. Theres alot of generational crooked habits among small towns in places like Western Australia. Even in the Law Enforcement, they all know each other.

[@01Ricken]

Google Graham Stafford

[@Forevertrix]

Planting evidence on innocents is one of the most common things to happen all through out American history alone

[@benjaminmukarati4774]

Some police working and bring ing killers to the justice. But some plants evidence. Unjust.

[@arconeagain]

Like babies. And what do you mean by this type of country? You could argue the opposite, that it's more likely. My local country cops are corrupt as. They're corrupt everywhere in this state since the beginning, and everywhere else. Falsifying statements and evidence, and false charges are just the tip of the iceberg.

[@markgreenwell5830]

I knew early on it was a woman that did it, the crime scene was too spread out, a big struggle. If the man did it, the crime scene is usually located in one room, being over powered. She would have been found inside not outside walking around. Terrible corrupt police.

[@craftycriminalistwithms.z3053]

Mark Greenwell or a small man, but I agree it is a woman.

[@dewilew2137]

Good thinking

[@therooffairy5979]

yes mate...yep.100%

[@michaeltuffin5002]

West Australian police are corrupt along with Queensland and Victoria

[@RoyalWatcher1985]

What kind of ex-wife threatens to stop access to the father of her daughters? Making him choose, new baby to be or the 2 daughters he has with his ex-wife.

[@moviemad56]

Um, this is irrelevant, isn't it? Scott didn't do the crime so it doesn't matter what his ex-wife did or didn't do.

[@sharonfarrar5316]

@@moviemad56 Are you the ex-wife?

[@fredgrove4220]

You would be surprised at just what an ex wife is capable of doing. My ex wife actually told my 2 kids that I wasn't their real father, and turned them totally against me.

[@karenevangelista3267]

Moviemad56. It is TOTALLY relevant!

[@alison4316]

I totally agree with you. Hateful, vindictive, spiteful woman. Cruel to her ex as well as her own children. Disgusting.

[@jenniferholden9397]

So lock the cops up that falsified evidence, they not only did a huge harm to this man, taken away from him and his family on so many levels but they let the murderer get off scott free. Perhaps it was a cop that did it or a previous partner. This is such a huge tragedy and disgrace on the police department.

[@kam0406]

I'm so happy he's free. How terrible to be convicted of a crime you didn't commit.

[@johnlummis5119]

If you have to plant ' evidence ' to get a conviction. the person is not guilty , it's really that simple , R.I.P, Stacey

[@carolsisti7203]

That’s how some cops roll. It’s actually the prosecutors too; they’re all in on it when a conviction is necessary they forget about justice.

[@lenitaa7938]

Not necessarily! It’s not black and white like that! Sometimes there is just not enough evidence to convict the guilty ones! I agree that planting evidence is corrupt and dishonest!

[@xebek]

To be fair, your comment is ambiguous and not exclusive. Someone could still be guilty even if cops plant evidence against them. That said, the courts can't use that evidence to convict them (in a perfectly ethical legal system). There's the corrupt part.

[@johnlummis5119]

@@xebek nothing ambiguous about my comment at all

[@craigking3018]

Makes you wonder how many other innocent people are in jail because of those dirty pigs

[@JimMcnevin]

the detectives who PLANTED THE EVIDENCE and the ones who KNEW this all need to be put in jail for at LEAST 50 years !!! An absolute betrayal of the public trust!!!

[@Susanc06]

So sad 😞 They are so lazy they just plant evidence in order to be done with the case and callously send to prison an innocent person. In the United States this happens too.

[@marionchase-kleeves8311]

19:37 why didnt the defense do counter questioning and check the evidence for themselves?

[@luiselatoka3101]

I feel for this man and his daughters. I hope he sues them when he's exonerated

[@brendonhawley2662]

He was paid hush money. A sum he and his kids wouldnt really need to work to live comfortably.

[@WildlifeRescueCare]

yes give Scott heaps of BLOOD MONEY !!!!!!!

[@GinaAria]

@@brendonhawley2662he was actually given an ex-gratia payout. Which essentially means they payout for the purposes of “kindness” or “compassion,” it’s voluntary and the giver (the state in this case) are not recognising any legal liability or legal obligation to payout, they’re just doing it out of more so moral obligation, through an ex-gratia. It’s not really hush money, it’s more so just here’s a payout but we’re making no admissions we’ve done anything wrong, we’re just choosing to pay out out of moral obligation

[@frankvandalen6524]

I have a sneaky suspicion that one of the jackals in the investigation planted the evidence. Who else had access to it? How many wrongfully convicted people are there around the world? This is appalling.

[@johnscanlon2598]

@@WildlifeRescueCareI doubt he will look at it as blood money

[@traciehart4470]

This story is absolutely heartbreaking. This poor poor man, his family and friends. I am actually so incredibly embarassed to know, not only has one or more of these detectives supposedly found evidence AFTER each piece where this evidence was found had already been searched, BUT one or more of them has actually planted this evidence there. Obviously on purpose. WHAT SORT OF PERSON, OR PEOPLE DO THAT? To actually intentionally plant false evidence, that you KNOW full well will be used against him in a court of law, very possibly, and in this case it did, send him to jail for YEARS. I personally and most definitely believe that, as well as getting out there and finding the REAL killer/murderer, they need to get out there and find WHO PLANTED THIS EVIDENCE, ON PURPOSE. Very much obviously meaning to get this poor, very innocent man in jail. FOR MURDER. This is actually an absolute MASSIVE DISGRACE and so incredibly embarassing for not only Australians, but also the Western Australian detectives who were working on this case. The innocent detectives, if there were any I mean. An absolute disgrace. I'm so IMMENSELY HAPPY that finally, this totally innocent man was found to be innocent. Innocent of all charges. I desperately hope and pray that he can move on with his life and put this terrible nightmare behind him. I wish him and his family the very very best.

[@andrewmckeown6786]

Yes...is evidence being planted by law enforcement employees because someone following the true evidence trail might just find that it leads back to those exact, badge wearing, public servants?

[@Dollybird198]

The fact le r willing to do this knowing a real killer wud still b roaming the streets goes against the point

[@Harley.Townsend]

We need an update/part 2 to this story! Ive googled and saw he was appealing but nothing more. That poor man! It breaks my heart to think he was jailed for life over poor detective work and missed out on the precious years with his children. He lost his partner and unborn child that night. That in itself is devasting let alone being wrongfully accused. My prays go out to him and his family

[@peterjongsma2779]

Scott was acquitted.

[@sugarsundae3400]

He was acquitted after spending 10 years in prison 10 years he can never get back it's absolutely heartbreaking hope he has sued not that money can bring back those lost year's.

[@sayitlikeitis9868]

I see your comment is 4 years old. Scott was acquitted in 2020 after spending 13 years in prison. As well as looking for the real killer, those so called detectives should face a long prison sentence for planting evidence & framing this innocent man

[@BusterDuglas]

"poor detective work"?? Did you even watch this video? LMMFAO

[@Ein2404]

uhhh, he actually wasn't really happy about having this child. "poor man" if he wouldn't consume alcohol, and have sex with his wife/fiancée, this wouldn't happen, won't it?

[@karenevangelista3267]

So much as it really does look like the sister could be the murderer afterall - I wondered why the ex-wife wasn’t questioned more, she threatened Scott regarding his daughters and the new baby, that is a HUGE jealousy, and jealousy is one of the biggest ‘reasons’ a murder takes place. I hope Scott is released very soon, if that is the case.

[@deevillarreal9475]

Agreed 💯

[@sherrylstratford5115]

And well compensated for all the years he was in prison.

[@cplmpcocptcl6306]

For every crooked cop, I’ve no doubt that there is a special place in hell for you. Anyone who knows anyone doing this but not saying anything, special place in hell for you too. May karma respond swiftly.

[@JeffHall-w3q]

Karma happened to my Ex-wife. She beat my son's. Her new man beat her so bad he busted her ear drum

[@ms.s0665]

Thy really got that man sitting in jail when clearly the evidence was tampered with?? The justice system is so fuc... Up

[@emilytruman2291]

This is awful, I hope he gets out soon and the police involved should’ve thrown in jail.

[@MrPaulc222]

What happened to the bent bastards who planted dodgy evidence?

[@bhutehole]

they investigated themselves and of course found nothing wrong! being above the law sure has its perks!

[@barrymcdougal4816]

IT IS SAD THAT THESE EVENTS ARE SOLVED BY NEWS OUTLETS AND NOT THE ONES PAYED TO INVESTIGATE WHICH THEY RARELY DO.

[@Rainy..Day.]

Looks to me like Denise is/was sleeping with someone in the police department. This is such a sad case of injustice.

[@shizzynwa]

Was thinking the same thing. Crooked cop is laughing he got away with murder and put innocent in jail.

[@NnEnkaa_]

Or someone from the police department is screwing his ex & is protecting her more like it.

[@dirtfarmer7070]

By the looks of her, she slept with nearly everyone and invests a few things too. Looks ran thru....

[@coreencasey5109]

Not the first time cops planted evidence to close the case, plenty of innocent people still in prison.

[@SanchoSanto]

Disgusting! The fact that those who framed him got away without any punishment is just as bad. Also, a killer got away with murder and his mom spent every dime to help him.

[@SaintCharbelMiracleworker]

Scott spent more than a decade in prison before being acquitted of murdering his pregnant lover and has been awarded $1.6 million in compensation by the state government.

[@jonstone9741]

Thanks for the update. He should have received a lot more money for being framed and sent to prison for 10 years.

[@DeborahSutherlandDebinPei]

A crime within a crime, sad for all involved.

[@williamkerr8161]

they should have been taking a good look at his ex . There's definitely a cover-up in this case.

[@AwesomeAngryBiker]

and this is one of the reasons why many big cases wont be solved in Australia eg Wanda murders, Beaumount kids etc

[@tomwatson2430]

It’s just beyond ridiculous that they can get away with such a huge amount of evidence that proves that Scott was not the killer !. I hope you get the justice that you deserve pal, respect from the United Kingdom

[@jimmckay2337]

Respect from the US.

[@TheHighPriestessStudio]

This screams of corruption I hope these Detectives are charged for this!! But it would be like asking a dog to bite it's own hind leg off. Disgusting!! I feel the murder may had been done by someone the Detectives know, it certainly feels like a cover up or could it had been someone in authority or possibly a female?

[@teachatami45]

A corrupt cop may be the murderer or knows the murderer. They are too invested in putting him away.

[@alison4316]

I'm only fifteen minutes in, but wow... just freaking wow. Let this man out of prison. Despicable.

[@stevepoulson5867]

This man's defense attorney was obviously absolutely terrible and not qualified to defend someone from stealing a candy bar from a store, let alone defend an obviously innocent defendant accused of murder.

[@jonstone9741]

Don't blame the defense attorney. It was the corrupt, dishonest detectives who planted several pieces of false evidence and failed to compare the bloody footprints to the woman who may have been the actual killer.

[@richardkatz8713]

Justice is only for the wealthy

[@kazhausler2359]

How the hell did he miss that detail in the photos is beyond me!!! And the Jim beam can... FFS he was there often again the photos tell the story.. This is totally fucked up and I'm no rocket scientist! ♥️ ♥️

[@robinnelson3868]

what a targeted man. Specifically targeted well before the crime.

[@craftycriminalistwithms.z3053]

Robin Nelson I agree

[@mamamarianovits9029]

What an utter cluster~fuck. At the very least, this man deserves a new trial. I wonder how well the detectives sleep at night.? Do they sleep well, believing that they did what they had to do in order to secure a conviction... or do any of them have a conscience, wondering if they may have gotten it wrong.? Shame. Shame on those who would decide the fate of another and plant evidence to punish them.

[@athena8729]

It's obvious he's innocent. 😤 Where's the petition to reevaluate the evidence? Seriously!

[@jamesl9371]

Australia needs an equivalent of the FBI to investigate murders. Especially in small communities

[@morganstone897]

Who says they don't? They have AISO, AFP and ASIS (Australian Intelligence Security Organization, Australian Federal Police, Australian Secret Intelligence Service) AISO would be a lot like MI5 and FBI. AFO handles issues with a more focused approach to specific Australian domestic crime rather than international crime. ASIS handles cases that typically involve global and domestic cyberattacks and cybersecurity. Often the above organizations handle overlapping cases. ASIS = CIA, ASIO = FBI, AFP = Secret Service, Federal Police and details that cross State and Territory crime and protection. There are also another 3 other Intelligence agencies in Australia. DIO, DIGO and ONA and they each have their own allocated national security systems similar to that in the USA

[@stevepoulson5867]

Yeah, because the FBI is not a corrupt agency at all.😂😂😂

[@kam0406]

How can anyone just leave a woman they think is drunk? Even if I thought that, I'd still have called the police or an ambulance! I had a man banging at my door who was covered in blood. I was too afraid to answer the door but I immediately called the police. They called an ambulance because he had fallen and cut through an artery. Had I not called anyone, he would have bled to death in a short while, I was told. I can understand being afraid, but please do not just leave someone alone to die.

[@jamesl9371]

I hope the cops are charged and go to prison

[@andresmit9384]

He must have had the worst lawyer in the country

[@seanpadgett3053]

He end d up getting $1.6 million AUD if anyone is interested. I would imagine it comes out of the public funds and not the police funding??

[@tefillahhavilah6952]

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE UNKNOWN FOOTPRINTS

[@Strobie_one]

they would have been removed by a crime scene cleaning company

[@johnscanlon2598]

@@Strobie_one if the family hired one , pretty sure it’s up to the homeowner

[@sarahsmiths550]

I like Scott’s mom, she’s lovely.

[@jamesl9371]

So much blood and evidence. Wasn’t there DNA of the real murderer ?

[@jonstone9741]

There were the bloody footprints. The footprints would have contained the murderer's DNA as well as the victim's DNA, and the footprints could have been matched to the actual killer, if the detectives had bothered to do their job right.

[@mrsipster1]

Its sad because stacey would probably be rolling around in her grave knowing the person who done it is free and the man she loved is framed..Both scott and stacey have been punished twice not only by the murderer but by the detectives also..

[@user-nf7ui7dz1z]

Those cops should be doing life in prison. Planting all that evidence just to get another notch in his/their belt and to so easily lock up the man they decided on, all the while knowing they didn’t have the evidence so they made it. Every case they worked on must be reinvestigated at once.

[@samgovars9544]

This seems to happen all the time in Australia

[@justsandra71]

Obviously the cops were too busy eating donuts n Macas to investigate! Typical.

[@matthewfmiller2305]

What if it was his ex wife? Because she did threaten Scott to stop access with his children if Stacy went through with the pregnancy. So she must be jealous that he has gotten another woman pregnant and obviously dose not like her so there is a high possibility that it was her.

[@johnscanlon2598]

Probably a race thing , the ex didn’t want her kids related to an Aborigine

[@johnscanlon2598]

Love how that lawyer talked , Bereft of any cigarette pack

[@Mysasser1]

Damn that's a lot of booze! I think the ex wife did it. I think she followed him to the bar, then to the girls house and after he left she ran up on the girlfriend. All those stab wounds has crime of passion written all over it. Oh wait it could have been the cousin. The footprints... Murderers aren't normally barefoot. That's a whole new level of of being comfortable.

[@alison4316]

Good point.

[@JustBeYouooh]

Yep! I said the same thing! All she had to do is wear men’s boots, bigger in size, or she paid someone man to do it

[@leahmurray666]

Why the HELL didn't any neighbours come to help. A quiet neighbourhood, they heard her screaming.

[@johnscanlon2598]

Shame on all the crime scene techs for not coming forward

[@peterlederer3896]

Have suspicions about her cousin she certainly had motive and perhaps they should look at her footprint and have forensics analysing the blood footprint on the photograph to see if there is a correlation

[@PTQ4Q4Q4Q4]

This isn't justice, if police did this these officers need to be charged, absolutely disgusting.

[@anandnairkollam]

Those cops should be named.

[@TheLochs]

Australia usually sentences murderers with light sentences (ie-10-15 years), so they get one wrong and put him away for 25 minimum? how ironic.

[@archerbob6847]

What's really shocking is if they did it here to him in such a blatant way, how many others are in prison for stuff they haven't done because of these officers actions...?

[@teachatami45]

Just imagine if these police have done this to all or most of their cases.

[@DoubleO787]

The law should apply equally for the Bad Officers of the Law and should be placed in prison for the exact amount of time Scott did... no good time or early parole.. day for day They throw money at those who have falsely been imprisoned and think that solves the problem.

[@keshaponso2034]

What percentage of stabbings (where the victim is stabbed more than 15 times) have no DNA from the killer?

[@raymondmailloux9593]

OMG!!!! we can't go out at night or else you can get into trouble big time sad .

[@karenevangelista3267]

??..

[@SuzieQGirl]

So he walks from the pub to Stacey’s cousin Denise’s home looking for sexual intercourse but since she wasn’t home at the time he then walks to Stacey’s home where he engages in sex with Stacey despite having messaged her two weeks earlier pleading with Stacey to abort their three month pregnancy? Over an 18 month period he is engaging in sexual activity with both women. 🤯🤔🤯 Whilst Scott may not be guilty of murder (Denise is looking good for it) he is certainly guilty of playing a dangerous and disrespectful game with Denise and Stacey.

[@clairewinter4117]

Richard is the man that knows and if he said this poor man is not guilty he is not guilty, why do some people have to lie so much mainly the police in all countries

[@fizzygumable]

Police or detectives involved should be mandatory jailed for the same time !!

[@deevillarreal9475]

I whole heartedly believe her cousin was on fire with anger jealousy. She took care of that beautiful baby to come, and her rival.

[@DC-zf5tu]

They need to release the names of the "detectives" who "found" the evidence .... these detectives are public servants government employees they should at least face the court of public opinion!!

[@bokvarv1926]

Anyone who plants evidence resulting in a conviction should be charged, found automatically guilty (the trial did give a quilty verdict) and then they serve the time and sensence. Meaning this, REGARDLESS OF REASONS an investigator (or others) framing somone for Murder is guilty of Murder and should serve that time, even if they never murdered and "only" farmed someone, that is 100 % fair

[@kerrypoole148]

I tried to google and only update seems to be a pending appeal - how long does it take to look at the 4 before and after pics of the magically appearing evidence and let this man go home to his daughters? And God help whomever innocent women the real killer may have access to.

[@carolynmerrick6377]

They obviously knew who the killer was and protected him/her by framing this innocent man, it's just to f--king obvious.

[@eazyrider6122]

How do the cops sleep at night knowing the real murderer is still in that little community?.

[@laratheplanespotter]

As a trainee forensic scientist, this has really peed me off. Sloppy police officers making a mockery of my training 😡 Dr. Shepherd is why I’m training to do. He’s my hero

[@jennypalmer331]

This was shocking to watch. Has the murderer ever been found??

[@NaturingIFindNatural-august73]

imagine how gorgeous that baby would’ve been! horrendously sad tale. a stunning looking / vivacious young lady, that deserved to enjoy motherhood. 🥺 heartbreaking for all! an update is much needed please & thanks ✌🏻🇦🇺 * also, as a smoker & many people i know included - never in my life have i seen a packet left upright & slightly ajar. flat & closed (to keep fresh) lighter / matches always… close by too. 😉🙏🏻

[@deevillarreal9475]

Truth about the cigarette's. Plus anything nerve racking your grabbing your smokes 💯

[@paulheywood2116]

Disgusted and someone needs to be held accountable for this disgusting act planting evidence unforgivable

[@CrisTina-tp2jg]

What motivates people to frame an innocent human?

[@eibeecue7974]

This is so sad😐

[@vimbaideliwemiga9398]

Just read that he was acquitted last November!!!!those cops were idiots for framing him!

[@deborahmcgee7970]

O that’s great 😃 Thank God 🙏

[@JessaLynn8]

How in the world was this case against him allowed to be tried?? Never should have went to trial.

[@valleriefountaine7964]

Please update when you have the info...

[@FletchiiGames]

Vallerie Fountaine Scott is getting a retrial!

[@deborahmcgee7970]

He got acquitted isn’t that great justice at last for him didn’t hear anything about the corrupt police

[@bevcd3625]

Get a conviction at any cost, let the truth fall where it may. 😞

[@trayray3412]

4th of June 2020 bail application; Re trail application accepted all the best mate

[@vinceveloce9897]

Understand people there is an entity with unlimited power, money and resources that can and will lie to take your freedoms.

[@Motorsportqueen]

I am glad that Scott is now free and has been aquited for this crime. I am not surprised at what has happened though. My late partner had been living in WA in the late 80s. Was an original hacker and had done things that at the time did not have a name. My partner was convicted for some of the crimes which really was not a surprise and did not always play by the rules. One day a WA Police officer came to their unit with a warrant in one hand and mortgage in the other hand. My partner pay the police officers mortgage he then told my partner to pack their belongings and put them on a plane with the final worlds never come back. My partner and I travelled every state except WA for this reason. I have had this confirmed by another party.

[@earlanderson4002]

Cases like this lead to the conclusion that a police officer should have a college degree in a legitimate academic subject (not a "studies" but something like chemistry or history). Completing a traditional college degree is itself a personality test, while at the same time improving the best in a person.

[@frankaczmarek3042]

I searched Scott Austic appeal outcome and I found only that after hearing the new evidence judges are preparing the answer. The last info about that was on august 1, 2019. Nothing after. If anybody knows more, please write here what that decision was.

[@FletchiiGames]

Fran Kaczmarek hi Fran, I am Scott’s nephew Jaiyden :) just today we finally had our first taste of justice! Scott Austic is no longer convicted and now officially innocent until proven guilty. In the future we will be getting a retrial for my uncle

[@frankaczmarek3042]

@@FletchiiGames Thank you for the answer. I hope they let him go from prison. It is the only way it should be done in situation like this. Terrible ordeal.

[@johnscanlon2598]

@@FletchiiGames so what happened ?

[@chriss-nf1bd]

As long as raises, promotions are based on citations, arrest and convictions. This happens every day....

[@change_your_oil_regularly4287]

Any law enforcement held to account? I highly doubt it.

[@damon2085]

I hope he's exonerated soon

[@neilarmitage6632]

Apart from other diabolical behavior, the justice system has a budget. From the police to the courts to the prisons. Now if the number of detained people or prisoners drops for a significant period of time then the justice systems budget is cut. This means less jobs. So, part of the protocol is to increase the detainments, arrests and imprisonments to create jobs and maintain or increase the budget.

[@jamesl9371]

Why would police do this? Unbelievable. Just so they can say they solved the case? Unbelievable. I’m starting to think some Australian police are really fucked up

[@teachatami45]

Why would be crying for help and no one come out seriously. That was not a good community.

[@llisamichele]

I HOPE TO HELL THIS MAN IS OUT OF PRISON AT THIS TIME AND W/ HIS FAMILY LAUGHING LOUD & SMILING BIG 😀😃😄 IF HE ISNT WHY? WHY? THE PERSON OR PERSONS WHO PLANTED THESE OBJECTS THAT CONVICTED THIS MAN SHOULD GOTO PRISON !! LAST BUT NOT LEAST ..... I HOPE TO HELL HE SUES THIS POLICE DEPT AND GETS PAID VERY WELL FOR THE TIME HE SPENT IN PRISON, HE DESERVES TO BE A RICH MAN FOR HIS PAIN, SUFFERING & TIME SPENT IN THAT PRISON CELL ! I HATE A CORRUPT POLICE DEPT ! LISA 🇺🇸 MYRTLE BEACH SC 🌴👙🕶

[@craftycriminalistwithms.z3053]

I love how you sign your name and location as if you’re saying, “hey, I’m right here, come see...” lol I like you!

[@Roro-nz2jt]

It's not rocket science folks....this poor man has had a real job done on him. Beggars belief!!!!!!!

[@hippowpowtamos8848]

Police mentality... Innocent suspect = suspect Persecuted = suspect convicted = police accomplishment = police promotion... 😂😂😂