The Llyod Rayney Case

Introduction- Case Summary

This case report is about the Llyod Rayney case. This case took place in Western Australia.

Lloyd Patrick Rayney was accused of killing his wife Corryn Veronica Ann Rayney. She was last seen alive approximately around 9:30 PM on 7th August 2007 when she left a boot-scooting class held in Bentley Community Centre. Her body was later discovered, on 15th August in a shallow grave in an area of bushland in Kings Park.

Lloyd Rayney worked as a prosecutoe for many years for the Western Asutralian Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. At the time of the death of his wife, he was working as a barrister at a private practice. He has two daughters.

Corryn Rayney, at the time of her death, was a Registrar at the Supreme court of Western Australia.

Summary of Evidence.

The following were the

A red polystyrene fragment was obtained from the material shed from the jeans. A particle of red brittle paint was found on the outside of the jeans, in the area of the left buttock.

• Shirt of the deceased.
Fibres were tape lifted form the shirt. Other than these fibres, no other artefacts were found on the shirt. Two of the ffibres that were tape lifted corresponded to fibres recoverd from the grave site, but not with the fibres of the deceased’s clothing at Como or the accused, i.e. Lloyd Rayney.

• Bra of the deceased.
The bra was soiled The left had side fastener of the bra contained moss. Many small red fragments were trapped in the clasp area and on the outside of the back of the shoulder straps. Como was not excluded as a source of these red fragments. A white paint fragment was also recovered from the loose material of the bra but it did not correspond to any other white paint.

• Hair combings.
The hair combings of the deseased contained soil, red paint fragments, white paint fragments and brick particles.

• Green Plastic on left