Suburban Legends

Martin Pearson and Leanne Sleba


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Anzac Day Friday, 25 April 2014


John Pearson said it was a bleak irony that his brother Martin was killed on a day that was all about mateship and courage.


“This is an act of supreme cowardice and I can’t believe somebody’s conscience hasn’t got the better of them and they won’t be struck by an act of guilt,” 


“I can’t believe the extreme irony of someone leaving a vet by the side of the road. Being left for dead on Anzac Day, a day we remember mateship and self-sacrifice, and he was left as roadkill.”


Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the tragic hit and run death of a well-respected vet and family man, and the police investigation that uncovered the culprit, and another strange death he was connected with from six years earlier.

 

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This episode was produced by True Blue Media using the open source materials referenced below: 


  1. https://www.abc.net.au/austory/the-only-witness---part-2/11981550
  2. https://www.abc.net.au/austory/the-only-witness---pt-1/11951088
  3. https://metrocount.com/traffic-counter-convicts-driver-of-manslaughter/
  4. https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/95278/cif-sleba-lm-20110624.pdf - Coronial Findings
  5. https://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/cyclist-killed-collision/2240501/ 
  6. https://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/story/2246138/vet-killed-in-hit-run-tragedy/ 
  7. https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/tests-prove-wife-gun-close-toowoomba-court-death/858691/
  8. https://www.qt.com.au/news/theres-recognition-that-martins-life-was-valued/3331495/
  9. Coroner wants woman’s death reinvestigated, by Kate Kyriacou, The Chronicle, 21 September 2019
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