Matthew Leveson search continues in NSW

The third search in six months for murdered NSW man Matthew Leveson has so far failed to uncover any trace of the 20-year-old.

The renewed search for murdered NSW man Matthew Leveson is expected to continue into its eighth day in dense bushland south of Sydney.

The current search for the 20-year-old at the Royal National Park is the third in the past six months, after police combed the site in November and January.

Weather permitting, crews will continue working on Wednesday, watched as always by Matthew's parents Mark and Faye Leveson.

Investigators were originally led to the remote site by his former boyfriend, Michael Atkins, who was acquitted of the younger man's murder in 2009.

Mr Atkins took detectives to the potential burial site after he was offered immunity from prosecution for perjury and contempt of court. He had admitted to lying at an inquest into the suspected murder.

An ongoing inquest into the death of Mr Leveson, who was last seen leaving Darlinghurst's ARQ nightclub with Mr Atkins in September 2007, is scheduled to resume in August.


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