Dave

The more I read about Dave Everett, the more I admire the bloke. Sure, he wasn't perfect; but none of us are, and he seemed to have good reasons for doing the bad things...

Was he the Port Arthur shooter? I don't know and I don't want to tarnish his memory by making an accusation. All I'm saying is, he ticks a lot of boxes. Probable? Possible? Maybe...

Here's some photos and an unpublished chapter from his book: Shadow Warrior. It's no longer available online, so you'll need the wayback link to get it from the archives...

https://web.archive.org/web/20081102083734/http://www.dangerousdaveeverett.com:80/index.html

Make sure you read the chapter on The Lost Tunnels.

You can order his book from your local library...

Interview

My interview with Crazz Files about Port Arthur, the book and the necessary inquiry

http://crazzfiles.com/the-2nd-empty-chair-the-port-arthur-paradox-with-oskar-zimmerman/



Incompetence

Yet more news about incompetent police investigations leading to convictions:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-05/keli-lane-baby-search-left-163-children-unaccounted-for/10465296

What happens when it's your turn? Every citizen must be concerned about this because it strikes at the heart of our legal system.




The following questions about Port Arthur need further investigation:

1. Who fired three shots at 6.30pm outside Clougha - a historic house inside the PAHS?

2. Where did the FN FAL Serial # G3434 come from? Martin Bryant did not own it, had never seen it before.

3. Who fired shots in the background of the telephone conversation with "Jamie" inside Seascape and why did the transcribers list them as "cough" instead of "gunshot"?

4. Why did Margaret Jacobs arrange a staff seminar to commence on a Sunday? If she did not select the date, time and agenda, who did and why? What other state government seminars were held on a Sunday in 1996 or the years since?

5. Why did Constable Chris Isles travel out of his jurisdiction to Port Arthur? He arrived at 1.55pm, speaking to Jim Laycock outside the Kodak Shop. The shooting began about 1.35pm, but it is an hour's drive from his jurisdiction in Sorell. What prompted Chris Isles to drive an hour south of his jurisdiction on a Sunday afternoon, forty minutes before the massacre began?

6. Who were the two women driving the gunman's yellow Volvo that Paul Cooper and Vicky McLaughlin saw on Tramway Street?

7. How completely were the instructions in Helen Harvey's will carried out? Did the Public Trustee transfer all her assets, including rights to the income from her father's Tatts Lotto shares, into Martin Bryant's account? If no, where are they now? If yes, how were they disposed of and distributed to victims?

8. Where is the glass jar of soap powder, recovered from Saltwater River by Constables Whittle and Hyland? Was it forensically tested for fingerprints and DNA?

9. Where are the eating utensils, plate and Solo can from the café gunman's tray. Were they forensically tested for fingerprints and DNA?

10. Why were staff of the newspapers not prosecuted for contempt of court, by publishing Martin Bryant's personal photographs without permission, before he had even been charged with any crime?

11. Why was the 22-bed refrigerated morgue truck disposed of, after the massacre?

12. Prosecution allege Martin shot David and Sally Martin. Two shots were heard from Seascape at 10.40am, yet Martin was putting $15 fuel in the Volvo at Taranna at 10.45am.

Cheok

The official story of the Port Arthur Massacre really comes apart at the Toll Booth.

Nicholas Cheok saw most of what transpired, and gave a witness statement two and a half months later. I've linked his Witness Statement here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jej77qLbgWK3CykULvHCiMOuiUk6h-VP/view?usp=sharing

and I'll put a link on the sidebar as well.

Read it carefully. You owe it to the victims to understand what happened.

He clearly saw three people in the yellow Volvo, and two people in the gold BMW.
None of them were running away, even when the gunman stepped away from his hot, smoking rifle.
He left it in the back seat of the Volvo, while Robert and Helene Salzmann got in and sat with him, talking, then arguing.
Jim Pollard and Rose Nixon sat in her husband's BMW, warning away anyone trying to drive in to the Port Arthur Historic Site.
As Nicholas and Debra Rae watched in horror, Robert got out of the Volvo, followed by a blonde, six-foot, well-built man. They were both on the driver's side, in the roadway. The blonde man walked around the front of the Volvo, opened the back passenger door, came around the back of the Volvo with a gun and shot Robert at point-blank range.
Jim Pollard got out of the driver's side of the BMW, walked around the front into the middle of the road and was shot by the gunman. The blonde man then walked back around the front of the Volvo, opened the front passenger door and dragged out Helene Salzmann, shooting her twice.
He then goes back to the middle of the road, opening the BMW passenger door and shooting Rose Nixon.
He then takes the BMW, drives out to the Port Arthur petrol station and kills Zoe Hall, kidnapping Glen Pears and driving to Seascape.

So here are some questions for the coroner to answer:
What was the relationship between Jim Pollard, Rose Nixon and the Salzmanns?
Why didn't the four run away from the shooting?
Why would you argue with an armed man, let alone sit inside a car with him?
Why didn't Robert Salzmann unload the hot, smoking rifle in the passenger seat next to him?
Seeing Robert shot, it's understandable if Jim Pollard thought he could "talk down" the gunman. But why didn't the women run away? Why didn't Jim Pollard drive the BMW (with his friend in the passenger seat), away from the danger zone before returning to try and talk the shooter down?
Did any of the 4 know Martin Bryant prior to the shooting?

At the end of the witness statement, Nicholas identifies Martin Bryant as the gunman. I respect Nicholas' statement, but keep in mind how susceptible our memories are to suggestion, and Nicholas had just been subject to 10 weeks of constant, saturation media saying Martin Bryant was the shooter and splashing his photo everywhere.

Even if Nicholas was correct, and it was Martin Bryant shooting Jim Pollard, Rose Nixon and the Salzmanns, their actions are enough to throw reasonable doubt on the official story and are grounds for an inquiry.

Sketch made by the police and updated by Nicholas Cheok