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Susan Neill-Fraser says she will keep fighting to clear her name
Susan Neill-Fraser says she will keep fighting to clear her name after giving her first interview since a parole restriction on discussing her case was lifted.
She was convicted of murdering her partner, Bob Chappell, aboard their yacht near Hobart in 2009, and has continued to say she is innocent.
Chappell’s body and the murder weapon have never been found.
Neill-Fraser served 13 years of a 23-year sentence before being granted parole in 2022.
Two appeals and a bid to take the case to the High Court failed, and a coroner also concluded she had murdered Chappell.
She says she fears for her safety and that speaking publicly could put her parole at risk.
She is assembling a new legal team to pursue other ways to overturn the conviction.
Susan Neill-Fraser says she will continue trying to clear her name after a parole condition barring her from discussing her case was lifted.
Neill-Fraser was convicted of murdering her partner, Bob Chappell, in 2010.
She gave her first interview since the condition was lifted to Channel Nine’s 60 Minutes.
Neill-Fraser says she is innocent, while two appeals and a bid to take her case to the High Court have failed.
She was granted parole in 2022 after serving 13 years of a 23-year sentence.
- Who
- Susan Neill-Fraser, convicted of murdering her partner, Bob Chappell.
- What
- She says she will keep fighting to clear her name and has given an interview about her case.
- When
- The interview aired the night before the ABC Australia article was published on October 19, 2026. The parole condition was lifted the previous month.
- Where
- Chappell was killed aboard the yacht Four Winds, moored off Hobart.
- Why
- Neill-Fraser says she is innocent and wants to clear her name. The interview followed the lifting of a parole condition that had prevented her from discussing the case.
Susan Neill-Fraser
The jury and coroner's findings
Conviction
Susan Neill-Fraser
Neill-Fraser continues to profess her innocence.
The jury and coroner's findings
A jury found Neill-Fraser guilty of murdering Chappell in 2010, and a coroner concluded in 2014 that she murdered him.
Case outcome
Susan Neill-Fraser
Neill-Fraser is continuing her fight to clear her name.
The jury and coroner's findings
Two appeals and a bid to have the High Court hear her case failed.
Bob Chappell was killed aboard the Four Winds, moored off Hobart.
Neill-Fraser was convicted of murdering Chappell.
Neill-Fraser's appeals against her conviction failed.
A coroner concluded that Neill-Fraser murdered Chappell.
Neill-Fraser was granted parole after serving 13 years of her 23-year sentence.
The parole condition preventing Neill-Fraser from speaking to the media about her case was lifted.
- Age
- Neill-Fraser is 72
- Conviction
- 2010
- Parole
- Granted in 2022 after 13 years served of a 23-year sentence
- Victim
- Bob Chappell, 65
- Yacht
- Four Winds, moored off Hobart
- Missing evidence
- Chappell's body and the murder weapon have never been found
What people are saying
I am nervous but I am very determined. Sitting with a wrongful conviction is like having an infected thorn in your mind; it's there all the time.
But you can't remain quiet about this sort of thing.
absolutely no doubt at all