ANZFSS NSW Branch News – 15th of October 2008

Guthrie Theatre
University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)
Broadway Campus

Members $10
Non-members $20

Detective Senior Sergeant Megan Rowe

D/S/Sergeant Megan Rowe has been a Northern Territory Police officer for 22 years, joining in 1986 as a General Duties Constable. She has worked all over the Northern Territory. Her duties have included General Duties uniform policing, sex crimes, plain clothes, drug squad, intelligence division and major crime management. D/S/Sergeant Rowe worked on the Falconio case as Intelligence Manager until the conclusion of the trial and was also the Exhibits Officer for the case. She is currently the Officer in Charge of Tennant Creek Police Station.

This presentation provides an overview of a criminal case that captured the imagination of people the world over. In the winter of 2001, British tourist Peter FALCONIO was murdered in remote outback Australia, and his girlfriend Joanne LEES abducted and assaulted. The case grabbed headlines then and has continued to generate interest to this day. The presenter, Detective Senior Sergeant Megan Rowe, was involved from the early days of the investigation and managed the Intelligence Division of the Taskforce concerned with the case. She also supported the prosecution team through both the Committal hearing and the trial, eventually leading to the conviction of Bradley John MURDOCH. D/S/Sergeant Rowe will provide an audiovisual presentation outlining the case from crime scene to court room, including an analysis of the forensic science, relating to DNA and other sources of evidence, used to prosecute the case.

ANZFSS NSW Branch Newsletter

Contents

Volume 25, August 2008

• ANZFSS News
  
• New Members
  
• New Committee
  
• Annual General Meeting – President's Report 2007
  
• REVIEW: "Forensic Imaging Technology Within NSW Police" by Christine Golbach
  
• REVIEW: "Odd sex: a psychiatric perspective on sexual deviancy" by Dr Steven Allnutt
  
• REVIEW: "2007 Honours research from UTS"
  
• REVIEW: "Current issues relating to sports drug testing" by Dr Ray Kazlauskas
  
• REVIEW: "The expansion of forensic DNA databases and associated evidentiary issues." by Dr Simon J. Walsh
  
• REVIEW: "Is a good science grounding enough for today’s forensic science leaders?" by Dr Tony Raymond
  
• Planet Earth Chemistry
  
• Symposium Scholarships
  
• Final Words

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