NZ Police doing what it is historically known for. Picking the guilty party, then manufacturing the evidence to convict them.

The ESR person that went over that blanket found nothing. Then the blonde hairs suddenly turned up in a plastic bag which was open, cross contamination or planted. Lets not forget what happened to Arthur Alan Thomas, the cartridges had found to have been planted

Rob Pope and the investigation team need to be dragged before a Royal Commission, as a Police investigation will cover their actions.

This case was rotten to the core.

Thoma , Ellis, Teina Pora , Allen Hall now Watson list go on Open Justice in 2023 found there has been nearly 900 wrongful convictions in the last ten years.

I heard many years ago that the clothes that Scott Watson was photographed in that night were never found. If that is the case may I ask how many times have you gone out with your best clothes on and have never found them ever again? If this is true anyone with common sense would say there is something not right here.

Can u imagine being sent to prison based on one person’s eye witness testimony? That just terrifies me. A persons recollection is the worst form of evidence possible.especially in this case it seems

Watson was like Peter Ellis - the cops just didn't like him. They were always going to fit him up.

Why were the Police not interested in the Ketch?

He didn't do it , someone has to be made accountable?

It’s very suspicious! There is someone out there who is still alive and being protected. To think all these years have passed and they still haven’t got it right!

Here is my opinion on the case first off I would like to cover some of the comments here about the cleaning and painting of the boat cleaning tapes and Scott’s missing clothes first off Scott and his boat out in some nasty weather in December of 97 every thing that was open got salt water all over and in the cabin as well from the hatch being open and him and his sister going in and out of the cabin salt water goes everywhere so of course you have to clean it and that goes for the tapes as well as if they have salt in them then you most likely to destroy your sound system particularly since most sound systems back then we’re not Marine grade. Second the painting of the boat was planed for way in advance as Scott had the paint put aside at Erie bay for him and it was not uncommon for people boating on a budget to do maintenance on the water while out my old man knew someone who painted his flybridge when out at sea for 2 weeks and there is more people than I can mention who do that. As for Scott missing clothes it’s more than possible he left them hanging on the side of his boat and they blew off into the water I’ve had it happen before doesn’t mean I’m a murderer. And here is the thing Scott’s boat was tied up to 2 other boats for all your land lovers that think they know everything here’s a fact sounds travels over water very easy and even beneath the cabin of the 2 other boats then you would hear the sound of more than one person and even if they were whispering u could hear them and then the scratches on the hatch cover the scratches went all the way to the edge of the hatch cover and when the hatch was shut the wooden stopper at the edge of the hatch way mean that there is no way for the scratches to go all the way to the edge when it was shut and even if Olivia was scratching the hatch cover it would have been open to do it and if it was open why she didn’t just try to escape with Ben? Or at least try and take control to me it’s obvious that it was Watsons nieces be young and bored/curious scratched the hatch when it was open from the top deck

A little suspicious that the main witness topped himself and mentioned his guilt at Watson's conviction in his goodbye letter.

Similar to the Mona Blades case where lots of witnesses reported the same car , but the authorities did not want to know about it.

I always found it incredible david bain got off with a mountain of evidence against him yet scott stays in prison with virtually nothing against him. You cant convict someone of double murder on such flimsy evidence. Its just not safe.

my sister and her husband photographed the ketch and sent them to the police. she never got a thank you or the photos back

What really concerns me is that those two kids were seen on that ketch by numerous people and some days latter. If that is fact....these police personnel have completely failed those families. Given the fact the crown had only 2 hairs as evidence in total and even that is dubeus its likely they are worried about the ramifications of facing the public with having to admit they have likely incarcerated an innocent man for the last 25 years.

Excuse the pun, but there’s something very fishy about this case.

If it looks like a duck, acts like a duck and sounds like a duck it’s corruption.

I always thought if Scott Watson was supposed to have killed 2 people on a yacht, then how come there were only two hairs from Olivia Hope?