Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Murder of Leigh Leigh

Murder of Leigh Leigh

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/December 18, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 12:42, 2 December 2014 (UTC)



Leigh Leigh was a 14-year-old girl from Fern Bay on the east coast of Australia, who was murdered on 3 November 1989. While attending a teenage birthday party at Stockton Beach (pictured), Leigh was kicked and spat on by a group of boys after she publicly asserted she had been raped. Leigh left the party shortly afterwards. Her naked body was found in nearby sand dunes the following morning, with severe genital damage and a crushed skull. 18-year-old Matthew Grant Webster pleaded guilty to her murder. 19-year old Guy Charles Wilson was charged with assault; a third person was charged for having sex with a minor. The murder investigation proved controversial as several people who admitted to various crimes, including assaulting Leigh, were never charged. Webster's confession did not match the forensic evidence, and it is speculated that he was not alone when he murdered Leigh. The extended media coverage of the murder, which has been cited as an example of victim blaming, tended to focus on the lack of parental supervision at the party, drug and alcohol use, and Leigh's sexuality. Leigh's murder inspired a theatrical play entitled Blackrock, as well as a feature film of the same name.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Murder of Joanna Yeates (18 September 2014)
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 * Promoted: 15 November 2014
 * Reasons for nomination: My first FA/TFA. This is only the third 'Murder of' article to reach featured status on wikipedia. Happy for you to not include the picture as I am aware it is nothing special.
 * Support as nominator. Freikorp (talk) 05:23, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Support, over a month since the similar article, which I think is fine. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 05:51, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Support grim event and prominent in recent oz history. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:13, 24 November 2014 (UTC)


 * I am scheduling this without the image, and without the name of the 19yo male who pleaded guilty to a lesser offence - it happened 25 years ago, and we don't need to splash his name on the front page. BencherliteTalk 12:42, 2 December 2014 (UTC)