The police alleged an Aboriginal man named Kevin Henry, or Curtain, was the person who placed her in the river. We are asking anyone who believes in justice to support and help Curtain, particularly with the purchasing of a new car – a dream of his since he was a child – as well as funds to equip him with household necessities like white goods. "Without an inflow and with the parallel line, we have very convincing evidence the body moved simply in one straight line with the tide and it was quite a forceful tide," Mr Hodgson said in episode one of Curtain.
As part of the investigation, Mr Hodgson examined historical tide times and concluded there was no way Linda's body could have crossed to the northern banks after being placed in the water on the southern Toonooba House side of the Fitzroy. Mr Hodgson explains to The Morning Bulletin what he sees as flaws in the Henry case.
40 minutes In a very special episode of Curtain the Podcast we are joined from Rockhampton by Sterling McQuire.
Henry would have had to carry or drive Linda's body across the bridge to place her in the river, where she would be dragged downstream by the tide. Mr Hodgson said his biggest issue with the Henry case was that if he didn't do it, then Linda and her family did not get justice. At the time it appeared to many an open and shut case, but the new podcast series from Hodgson and McQuire is hoping to shed new light on this story. "Everything I've done since then has only turned up more flaws in the police investigation, more issues with the trial, the way the forensic evidence was handled," he told The Morning Bulletin. Currently, we are preparing an application of this new evidence to present to the Governor of Queensland, to call for an official pardon, but the process is long and without precedent.
He left jail with only the clothes on his back but his spirit still strong. Kevin Henry is lead away by prison officers after being sentenced for life for rape and murder in Rockhampton, 1992. “We have not seen any piece of evidence in two years saying he was involved,” he said.https://nnimgt-a.akamaihd.net/transform/v1/crop/frm/aDk3ybksPDmZjUDtWpgi6b/793df7c0-4589-4762-9d22-2bc8a4bd58fd.jpeg/r2_177_606_518_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg The then 22-year-old said he called an ambulance after having sex with Linda, but she had disappeared when paramedics arrived. “The women who brutally assaulted Lynda were covered in material evidence, they admitted the assault and there was witnesses. Tidal records do not match Henry's version of events where he admitted to placing Linda's body in the river, but didn't mention leaving Toonooba with her body. Curtain the Podcast Woorabinda man Kevin Allen Henry was handed a life sentence for the murder of a 36-year-old woman named Linda (last name omitted for cultural reasons) at the Fitzroy River in 1991, despite three women also being charged with the same offence under different circumstances. Mr Hodgson drew parallels between the way race interplayed with the Henry case, where both the victim and accused were Aboriginal and frequented drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic Toonooba House, and wrongful convictions uncovered in America's deep south.
Before exploring two disturbing and shocking deaths in custody of Aboriginal Women. They didn’t even look in the boot of a burnt out car found nearby, which was probably full of blood,” Mr Hodgson said.“It’s not even about beyond reasonable doubt, there is no case against him.”The investigation has uncovered new witnesses and new evidence, all pointing to Henry’s innocence, and an alleged conspiracy by authorities to pin the death on the then 21-year-old, who has now spent 26 years in prison. Be a part of the ongoing fight to overturn an enormous injustice, 25 years in prison and still fighting for his freedomBe part of a civil rights struggle of your time, you CAN make a difference!This will cover the basic costs of producing Curtain The Podcast. Unauthorised reproduction is prohibited under the laws of Australia and by international treaty.
"I think you have two families ... all victims of an appalling piece of police work that really should concern all of us because if what I say is true ... then I think every Queenslander and every citizen of Rockhampton has the right to be angry," he said. This podcast explores the imprisonment of Aboriginal Man Kevin "Curtain" Henry, who has served 25 years for a murder he has always insisted he didn't commit. Kevin Henry was picked up by police and charged with Lynda’s death within the same week she was found.
The police alleged an Aboriginal man named Kevin Henry, or Curtain, was the person who placed her in the river. We are asking anyone who believes in justice to support and help Curtain, particularly with the purchasing of a new car – a dream of his since he was a child – as well as funds to equip him with household necessities like white goods. "Without an inflow and with the parallel line, we have very convincing evidence the body moved simply in one straight line with the tide and it was quite a forceful tide," Mr Hodgson said in episode one of Curtain.
As part of the investigation, Mr Hodgson examined historical tide times and concluded there was no way Linda's body could have crossed to the northern banks after being placed in the water on the southern Toonooba House side of the Fitzroy. Mr Hodgson explains to The Morning Bulletin what he sees as flaws in the Henry case.
40 minutes In a very special episode of Curtain the Podcast we are joined from Rockhampton by Sterling McQuire.
Henry would have had to carry or drive Linda's body across the bridge to place her in the river, where she would be dragged downstream by the tide. Mr Hodgson said his biggest issue with the Henry case was that if he didn't do it, then Linda and her family did not get justice. At the time it appeared to many an open and shut case, but the new podcast series from Hodgson and McQuire is hoping to shed new light on this story. "Everything I've done since then has only turned up more flaws in the police investigation, more issues with the trial, the way the forensic evidence was handled," he told The Morning Bulletin. Currently, we are preparing an application of this new evidence to present to the Governor of Queensland, to call for an official pardon, but the process is long and without precedent.
He left jail with only the clothes on his back but his spirit still strong. Kevin Henry is lead away by prison officers after being sentenced for life for rape and murder in Rockhampton, 1992. “We have not seen any piece of evidence in two years saying he was involved,” he said.https://nnimgt-a.akamaihd.net/transform/v1/crop/frm/aDk3ybksPDmZjUDtWpgi6b/793df7c0-4589-4762-9d22-2bc8a4bd58fd.jpeg/r2_177_606_518_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg The then 22-year-old said he called an ambulance after having sex with Linda, but she had disappeared when paramedics arrived. “The women who brutally assaulted Lynda were covered in material evidence, they admitted the assault and there was witnesses. Tidal records do not match Henry's version of events where he admitted to placing Linda's body in the river, but didn't mention leaving Toonooba with her body. Curtain the Podcast Woorabinda man Kevin Allen Henry was handed a life sentence for the murder of a 36-year-old woman named Linda (last name omitted for cultural reasons) at the Fitzroy River in 1991, despite three women also being charged with the same offence under different circumstances. Mr Hodgson drew parallels between the way race interplayed with the Henry case, where both the victim and accused were Aboriginal and frequented drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic Toonooba House, and wrongful convictions uncovered in America's deep south.
Before exploring two disturbing and shocking deaths in custody of Aboriginal Women. They didn’t even look in the boot of a burnt out car found nearby, which was probably full of blood,” Mr Hodgson said.“It’s not even about beyond reasonable doubt, there is no case against him.”The investigation has uncovered new witnesses and new evidence, all pointing to Henry’s innocence, and an alleged conspiracy by authorities to pin the death on the then 21-year-old, who has now spent 26 years in prison. Be a part of the ongoing fight to overturn an enormous injustice, 25 years in prison and still fighting for his freedomBe part of a civil rights struggle of your time, you CAN make a difference!This will cover the basic costs of producing Curtain The Podcast. Unauthorised reproduction is prohibited under the laws of Australia and by international treaty.
"I think you have two families ... all victims of an appalling piece of police work that really should concern all of us because if what I say is true ... then I think every Queenslander and every citizen of Rockhampton has the right to be angry," he said. This podcast explores the imprisonment of Aboriginal Man Kevin "Curtain" Henry, who has served 25 years for a murder he has always insisted he didn't commit. Kevin Henry was picked up by police and charged with Lynda’s death within the same week she was found.
The police alleged an Aboriginal man named Kevin Henry, or Curtain, was the person who placed her in the river. We are asking anyone who believes in justice to support and help Curtain, particularly with the purchasing of a new car – a dream of his since he was a child – as well as funds to equip him with household necessities like white goods. "Without an inflow and with the parallel line, we have very convincing evidence the body moved simply in one straight line with the tide and it was quite a forceful tide," Mr Hodgson said in episode one of Curtain.
As part of the investigation, Mr Hodgson examined historical tide times and concluded there was no way Linda's body could have crossed to the northern banks after being placed in the water on the southern Toonooba House side of the Fitzroy. Mr Hodgson explains to The Morning Bulletin what he sees as flaws in the Henry case.
40 minutes In a very special episode of Curtain the Podcast we are joined from Rockhampton by Sterling McQuire.
Henry would have had to carry or drive Linda's body across the bridge to place her in the river, where she would be dragged downstream by the tide. Mr Hodgson said his biggest issue with the Henry case was that if he didn't do it, then Linda and her family did not get justice. At the time it appeared to many an open and shut case, but the new podcast series from Hodgson and McQuire is hoping to shed new light on this story. "Everything I've done since then has only turned up more flaws in the police investigation, more issues with the trial, the way the forensic evidence was handled," he told The Morning Bulletin. Currently, we are preparing an application of this new evidence to present to the Governor of Queensland, to call for an official pardon, but the process is long and without precedent.
He left jail with only the clothes on his back but his spirit still strong. Kevin Henry is lead away by prison officers after being sentenced for life for rape and murder in Rockhampton, 1992. “We have not seen any piece of evidence in two years saying he was involved,” he said.https://nnimgt-a.akamaihd.net/transform/v1/crop/frm/aDk3ybksPDmZjUDtWpgi6b/793df7c0-4589-4762-9d22-2bc8a4bd58fd.jpeg/r2_177_606_518_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg The then 22-year-old said he called an ambulance after having sex with Linda, but she had disappeared when paramedics arrived. “The women who brutally assaulted Lynda were covered in material evidence, they admitted the assault and there was witnesses. Tidal records do not match Henry's version of events where he admitted to placing Linda's body in the river, but didn't mention leaving Toonooba with her body. Curtain the Podcast Woorabinda man Kevin Allen Henry was handed a life sentence for the murder of a 36-year-old woman named Linda (last name omitted for cultural reasons) at the Fitzroy River in 1991, despite three women also being charged with the same offence under different circumstances. Mr Hodgson drew parallels between the way race interplayed with the Henry case, where both the victim and accused were Aboriginal and frequented drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic Toonooba House, and wrongful convictions uncovered in America's deep south.
Before exploring two disturbing and shocking deaths in custody of Aboriginal Women. They didn’t even look in the boot of a burnt out car found nearby, which was probably full of blood,” Mr Hodgson said.“It’s not even about beyond reasonable doubt, there is no case against him.”The investigation has uncovered new witnesses and new evidence, all pointing to Henry’s innocence, and an alleged conspiracy by authorities to pin the death on the then 21-year-old, who has now spent 26 years in prison. Be a part of the ongoing fight to overturn an enormous injustice, 25 years in prison and still fighting for his freedomBe part of a civil rights struggle of your time, you CAN make a difference!This will cover the basic costs of producing Curtain The Podcast. Unauthorised reproduction is prohibited under the laws of Australia and by international treaty.
"I think you have two families ... all victims of an appalling piece of police work that really should concern all of us because if what I say is true ... then I think every Queenslander and every citizen of Rockhampton has the right to be angry," he said. This podcast explores the imprisonment of Aboriginal Man Kevin "Curtain" Henry, who has served 25 years for a murder he has always insisted he didn't commit. Kevin Henry was picked up by police and charged with Lynda’s death within the same week she was found.
CALL FOR JUSTICE: Kevin Henry led away by guards during his 1992 murder trial.
But it’s broadened out to wider discussions about the criminal justice system in Australia, and this recent episode examines the marches in Australia highlighting Aboriginal deaths in custody. He was only 22 at the time and was visiting Rockhampton from the nearby Aboriginal community of Woorabinda. "(I) always say there's two sets of laws - one for the black, one for the white. This week the series was named by online magazine Vulture as one of the top 52 true-crime podcasts available on the platform. From his family and friends, to those who have supported him for years and the old people of the community. Popular American podcast series “Serial” has helped lead to a murder retrial of a potentially wrongly convicted man.A groundbreaking series closer to home is now also putting pressure on the Australian justice system to look at new evidence in We have not seen any piece of evidence in two years saying he was involved.Created by Kalaru’s Martin Hodgson and Darumbal and South Sea Islander journalist Amy McQuire in 2016, the Curtain podcast investigates the murder of a woman named Lynda in Rockhampton in 1991.“The police could have solved the murder the morning Lynda’s body was found by fishermen. They didn’t even look in the boot of a burnt out car found nearby, which was probably full of blood,” Mr Hodgson said. Hosts Amy McQuire and Martin Hodgson begin a series of interviews with those people who know Kevin “Curtain” Henry best. The charges against the women were eventually reduced to grievous bodily harm and they served out their sentences before being released.
The police alleged an Aboriginal man named Kevin Henry, or Curtain, was the person who placed her in the river. We are asking anyone who believes in justice to support and help Curtain, particularly with the purchasing of a new car – a dream of his since he was a child – as well as funds to equip him with household necessities like white goods. "Without an inflow and with the parallel line, we have very convincing evidence the body moved simply in one straight line with the tide and it was quite a forceful tide," Mr Hodgson said in episode one of Curtain.
As part of the investigation, Mr Hodgson examined historical tide times and concluded there was no way Linda's body could have crossed to the northern banks after being placed in the water on the southern Toonooba House side of the Fitzroy. Mr Hodgson explains to The Morning Bulletin what he sees as flaws in the Henry case.
40 minutes In a very special episode of Curtain the Podcast we are joined from Rockhampton by Sterling McQuire.
Henry would have had to carry or drive Linda's body across the bridge to place her in the river, where she would be dragged downstream by the tide. Mr Hodgson said his biggest issue with the Henry case was that if he didn't do it, then Linda and her family did not get justice. At the time it appeared to many an open and shut case, but the new podcast series from Hodgson and McQuire is hoping to shed new light on this story. "Everything I've done since then has only turned up more flaws in the police investigation, more issues with the trial, the way the forensic evidence was handled," he told The Morning Bulletin. Currently, we are preparing an application of this new evidence to present to the Governor of Queensland, to call for an official pardon, but the process is long and without precedent.
He left jail with only the clothes on his back but his spirit still strong. Kevin Henry is lead away by prison officers after being sentenced for life for rape and murder in Rockhampton, 1992. “We have not seen any piece of evidence in two years saying he was involved,” he said.https://nnimgt-a.akamaihd.net/transform/v1/crop/frm/aDk3ybksPDmZjUDtWpgi6b/793df7c0-4589-4762-9d22-2bc8a4bd58fd.jpeg/r2_177_606_518_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg The then 22-year-old said he called an ambulance after having sex with Linda, but she had disappeared when paramedics arrived. “The women who brutally assaulted Lynda were covered in material evidence, they admitted the assault and there was witnesses. Tidal records do not match Henry's version of events where he admitted to placing Linda's body in the river, but didn't mention leaving Toonooba with her body. Curtain the Podcast Woorabinda man Kevin Allen Henry was handed a life sentence for the murder of a 36-year-old woman named Linda (last name omitted for cultural reasons) at the Fitzroy River in 1991, despite three women also being charged with the same offence under different circumstances. Mr Hodgson drew parallels between the way race interplayed with the Henry case, where both the victim and accused were Aboriginal and frequented drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic Toonooba House, and wrongful convictions uncovered in America's deep south.
Before exploring two disturbing and shocking deaths in custody of Aboriginal Women. They didn’t even look in the boot of a burnt out car found nearby, which was probably full of blood,” Mr Hodgson said.“It’s not even about beyond reasonable doubt, there is no case against him.”The investigation has uncovered new witnesses and new evidence, all pointing to Henry’s innocence, and an alleged conspiracy by authorities to pin the death on the then 21-year-old, who has now spent 26 years in prison. Be a part of the ongoing fight to overturn an enormous injustice, 25 years in prison and still fighting for his freedomBe part of a civil rights struggle of your time, you CAN make a difference!This will cover the basic costs of producing Curtain The Podcast. Unauthorised reproduction is prohibited under the laws of Australia and by international treaty.
"I think you have two families ... all victims of an appalling piece of police work that really should concern all of us because if what I say is true ... then I think every Queenslander and every citizen of Rockhampton has the right to be angry," he said. This podcast explores the imprisonment of Aboriginal Man Kevin "Curtain" Henry, who has served 25 years for a murder he has always insisted he didn't commit. Kevin Henry was picked up by police and charged with Lynda’s death within the same week she was found.
