Motive: Gone Fishing

27 years after she was convicted, the case against Gail Maney for the murder of Deane Fuller-Sandys has collapsed. What happens now?
This episode was first released on 17 August 2024.
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Nearly 35 years have passed since Deane Fuller-Sandys went missing.
And 27 years since Gail Maney was accused of ordering a hit on the young West Auckland tyre fitter.
The Police case was that on Gail’s orders, Stephen Stone murdered Deane in the garage of a Henderson house for stealing her drugs and some leathers belonging to her friend Tania Wilson. Police said four other men were then forced to shoot his body. Four other women were made to watch.
A week later, they said, one of those women, Leah Stephens, was raped and murdered by Stone because he feared she would go to the police.
Now, after years of fighting to prove her innocence, Gail Maney’s case has just been through a Court of Appeal hearing. And the only witness who specifically accused Gail of murder, her childhood friend, Tania Wilson, is dead.
Because of this, and many other issues to do with Tania’s accusation, Gail and her co-accused may be about to walk free.
Hosts Amy Maas and Adam Dudding bring you up to date with this latest installment of the Gone Fishing case.
Gone Fishing. Murder. Mayhem...Maybe...
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More rumours emerge, another witness recants and Gail Maney finds new allies in her fight to prove she’s innocent.
This episode was first released on 30 September 2019.
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A key witness comes forward with new information that could vindicate Gail Maney, and the lead detective reflects on where his investigation might have gone wrong.
This episode was first released on 30 June 2018.
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As Gail Maney and three others go on trial for murder, flaws in the prosecution case come to light.
This episode was first released on 29 June 2018.
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The media called him a “stone cold killer”, but the truth about Stephen Stone is a bit more complicated than that.
This episode was first released on 28 June 2018.
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