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40 tausaga i le fale puipui ae tumau pea le tali tete'e a Derek Bromley i le moliaga.

Faaulu le apili mulimuli a Derek Bromley i le mae'a ai o le 40 tausaga i le fale puipui.

Brothers Russell Milera and Derek Bromley were taken from their family as children (Supplied Russell Milera).jpg

Russell Milera ma Derek Bromley.

E iai se alii ua lata i le 40 tausaga o saisaia i le fale puipui i se faasalaga o le fasioti tagata e ui e oo mai i le taimi nei o loo ia teena pea lona faia o le solitulafono e pei ona tuua'ia ai o ia.
Na aumaia le faai'uga a le faamasinoga o le falepuipui solo atoa ia Derek Bromley i le 1984 i le moliaga o le fasioti tagata, i le maliu o Stephen Docoza, na maua lona tino maliu i le vaitafe le River Torrens i Adelaide i le 1984.
Sa tatau ona magalo Bromley i le palola i le 2006, ae o le tuutuuga, faato'a talia sana talosaga mo le palola pea ia Ioeina lona moliaga.
Peita'i o lana tali Leai pe tete'e i le 1984, na ia faatumauina ma le suia i le 2006, ma o lea ua faaauau ai pea ona saisaia o ia i le fale puipui.
Ua sauni nei Derek Bromley mo lana apili mulimuli i le High Court e toe iloilo ma suia le faai'uga na aumaia i le 1984.
E iai le uso laititi o Derek Bromley e igoa ia Russell Milera.
Na faaalia e Russell lona taliaina o le tulaga o lona uso i le tautu i lona tete'e i le moliaga ma lana molimau na te le'i fasiotia Stephen Docoza.

"He did miss out on a lot. But if he looks at that, he'll miss out on the real, real, real value that he's given to our people. He said I don't want to, I don't want people looking at me saying he's a murderer, you know? And it's really, I don't know whether he realises it, but it's powerful. To me, it's the most honourable thing he could do in his life."

O le apili mulimuli lea o le a faaulu e loia a Derek Bromley i le High Court, o lona avanoa mulimuli lea e taumafai ai e suia le faai'uga na aumaia i le 1984, ma e faavae i nisi o molimau fou.
E aofia ai le fesiligia o le faatuatuaina o le molimau a se tasi e faapea na va'ai o faia le solitulafono - o se tagata ua iloa nei sa aafia i se gasegase o le mafaufau le schizoaffective disorder.
Ua fesiligia fo'i le agavaa o le foma'i na faia le suesuega maliu, le autopsy, na faia e le chief forensic pathologist Colin Manock.
E talitonu nisi o Manock e le'i iai ni ona faailoga tala feagai mo le galuega na tofia iai.
O se tasi na suesueina ma iloiloina mataupu i le faamasinoga na molimau ai Colin Manock i lona tulaga o le forensic pathologist, o le alii o Doctor Bob Moles.
Na saunoa Dr Moles, i le 30 tausaga o tau'aveina e Colin Manock le tofi chief forensic pathologist i South Australia, sa le tatau ia Manock ona tula'i ma molimau i se faamasinoga o se tagata e iai sona tomai faapitoa poo se expert witness.

"He was never qualified to do autopsies. He was never qualified to give evidence in court as an expert witness. Disclosure to the court is essential. So what we've said in connection with Mr Bromley's appeal is that the court has never been informed that Doctor Manock was never qualified. They've never been informed that Doctor Manock never had the qualifications either to do autopsies or to give evidence in court as an expert witness."

Na saunoa fo'i se faipule i le palemene seete o South Australia, Frank Pangallo, ua tatau ona faia se Komisi suesue i faamasinoga na molimau ai Colin Manock.

"There should be a Royal Commission into all the cases that have been handled by Doctor Colin Manock, but unfortunately, successive governments have not gone down that path because they know the implications of that. It would be enormous costs, litigation costs, compensation claims, and at the same time, it would damage big reputations in the legal fraternity."

Ae mo Russell Milera, na ia faaalia lona mitamita i le tu malosi o lona uso e faailoa le mea moni.
Semanu ua tele tausaga o sa'oloto, ae o loo loka pea i le fale puipui ona o lana mau na te le'i faia le solitulafono.

"I'm very proud of what he's done, the way he stood up to all the temptations to get out of jail. He stood up to that. And stood up for his own personal values, which is truth and freedom."

[[That story by Rebecca Kazmierczak for SBS News, produced and presented by Ioane Lafoa'i]]

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By Rebecca Kazmierczak
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