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Photo behind family’s heartbreak Matthew Leveson’s death was marred by scandal. Now, his parents speak about the tragic reality of not being able to bury their son.
Download this stock image: Mark Leveson and his wife Faye Leveson on the scene where NSW Police and Forensic officers are seen as they continue their search at the site where it is believed their son Matthew Leveson is buried, in the Royal National Park, near Waterfall south of Sydney, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016.
Nov 9, 2012 · Mr Leveson and his wife, Faye, are consumed by the loss of their son four years ago. His Toyota Seca is still parked in their driveway in the Sutherland Shire, their living room is a shrine of photographs, they write numerous letters to authorities begging for the murder case to be reopened, and they both wear the indelible marks of grief on ...
Faye Leveson says she will always wonder if her son Matthew Leveson suffered before his death - and she'll ...
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Mr Atkins stood trial for the murder and manslaughter of his boyfriend, and was acquitted by a jury in 2009. Police tapes — where he denies the Bunnings purchases — were ruled inadmissible evidence, as police at the time had not informed him he was a suspect. Mr Atkins exercised his right to silence during his trial, but was eventually grilled on w...
That Mr Atkins lied on the stand meant he could be charged with perjury, a crime that carries a maximum 10-year prison sentence in NSW. Suddenly, his murder acquittal, and section 61 immunity, appeared less significant. For a decade, Faye and Mark Leveson spent their weekends driving around bushlandin a futile attempt to find their son's grave. The...
Despite Mr Atkins leading police to the body, it did not mean he would be charged again with murder or manslaughter. Double jeopardy laws, the section 61 certificate he was issued by the NSW deputy coroner and the separate deal struck with the NSW Attorney-General made this case unique. Even if Mr Atkins' DNA was found on Matthew's remains — extrem...
Mar 9, 2018 · Faye blew a kiss as Mark Leveson urged the crowd to smile and be happy they were finally able to “give Matty the proper send off he so justly deserves”. It took Faye and Mark Leveson a decade ...
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Aug 25, 2017 · Mark and Faye Leveson with a photograph of their son Matthew Leveson. Credit: AAP. Next to it was a confronting photograph of "Matty's" skeleton, laid out on a piece of blue plastic at the morgue.