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Ethan James

HISTORICAL FACTS: Evidence faked during attempted murderer s appeal - The Untold Story

A man jailed after setting his partner on fire got a prison mate to falsify evidence for an appeal. (Ethan James/AAP PHOTOS)

A remorseless man who tried to kill his girlfriend by setting her on fire relied on fabricated evidence from a prison mate during his failed court appeal. 

Matthew John Davey was jailed for 18 years in 2021 for attempting to murder his then-20-year-old partner at a home in Hobart's northern suburbs in 2017. 

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