Rayney calls for cold case murder review
Corryn Rayney's murderer is still out there and a cold case investigation should be launched into her death, her husband - the man acquitted of the crime - says.
Former Perth prosecutor Lloyd Rayney was cleared of his estranged wife's murder in November 2012 after what many dubbed Western Australia's "trial of the decade".
Ms Rayney, a former Supreme Court registrar and mother of two, went missing on August 7, 2007, after her weekly bootscooting class and was found buried in Perth's Kings Park on August 16.
Six weeks after her body was found, Senior Sergeant Jack Lee named Mr Rayney as the "prime" and "only" suspect in the investigation - a statement that led to a defamation case brought by Mr Rayney, which is still before the courts.
After a three-month judge-alone trial, Justice Brian Martin ruled the case against Mr Rayney was circumstantial.
Mr Rayney has reportedly told a Channel 7 documentary, which is scheduled to air on Thursday night, that a new investigation with new people is needed to solve the crime.
Forensic expert Robin Napper, who worked on Mr Rayney's defence, also told the documentary that at least two violent criminals should have been investigated as thoroughly as Mr Rayney.
During the trial, it was heard convicted sex offender Allon Lacco was living in the same suburb as the Rayneys in 2007 with Ivin Eades, whose DNA matched that on a cigarette butt found on a footpath outside the Rayney's home during a police search on August 22, 2007.
In his decision, Justice Martin said Ms Rayney did not die of natural causes, rather she suffered a violent, possibly sexually-motivated assault outside her home.
The judge also said police investigating the case had behaved in an unacceptable manner that "ranged from inappropriate to reprehensible", but there was nothing to suggest the probe was not thorough.
