Convictions Overturned for Seven Bikie-Linked Men Found Guilty of Murder

'Starved Rock killer' loses bid to overturn 1961 conviction

OTTAWA — The 86-year-old man known as the Starved Rock killer won’t get a new trial.On Wednesday, Chester Weger lost his bid to have his conviction overturned in the bludgeoning death of one of three women killed in 1960 in Starved Rock State Park."Every witness that testified about how the murders occurred did so based on hearsay, and none of the hearsay came from an eyewitness to the murders," Judge Michael Jansz said in denying Weger's reques…

Convictions overturned for men found guilty of murder

Seven bikie-linked men who were convicted of murdering innocent man Jason De Ieso have won their appeal.

Convictions overturned for seven bikie-linked men found guilty of murder

Seven men who were previously found guilty of the murder of Adelaide man Jason De leso have had their convi...

Seven found guilty of Jason De Ieso murder have convictions overturned

Seven men who were sentenced to life for the 2012 murder of an Adelaide man have been granted a retrial after having their convictions overturned on appeal.

Conviction overturned for SA man Nicholas Sianis in 2012 murder case

Nicholas Sianis, 36, of Beverley, is among seven men whose murder convictions over the 2012 shooting of Jason De Ieso have been overturned by South Australia’s Court of Appeal. The men were found guilty in October 2023 following a five-month trial and over 30 hours of jury deliberations. However, the Court of Appeal—comprising Chief Justice Chris Kourakis, Acting Chief Justice Mark Livesey, and Justice Chris Bleby—quashed the verdicts on Wednesd…