The Man Who Wasn't There

Australian True Crime

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True Crime

4.5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In 2011, A young indigenous man by the name of Zak Grieve was sentenced to life in prison for a murder he didn't commit.

The murder of Ray Niceforo was commissioned by his former partner Bronwyn Malyschko, and carried out by her son Chris Malyschko and accomplice Darren Halfpenny.

Grieve was originally supposed to be an accomplice to the murder too, but changed his mind on the night.

Despite this, due to Northern Territory's mandatory minimum sentencing laws, Grieve was sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 20 years (eventually reduced to 12 years following a mercy plea).

Journalist Dan Box has been reporting on crime for decades and was unexpectedly drawn into this story and family on a very personal level.

He joins us to tell us about his new book "The Man Who Wasn't There" and the extraordinary man who emerged in Zak Grieve.

Dan Box's "The Man Who Wasn't There" is available to purchase now.

For Support:

Lifeline on 13 11 14

13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)

1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732

CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram

Guest: Dan Box

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

This episode contains audio grabs from the documentary, "The Queen and Zak Grieve"

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0:00.0	We're bringing Australian True Crime live to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this July,
0:04.3	and I have to tell you that Brisbane sold out already.
0:07.4	Good for you, Brisbane, so we've quickly added a second show.
0:10.3	Now we can't keep adding more shows, so please make sure you get your tickets. Our special guests,
0:15.2	our forensic criminologist Santee Mallet in Brisbane and Sydney and the one and only Charlie Bazzina in
0:19.9	Melbourne. There'll be a Q&A of course so you can ask your own burning questions on the night but you have to book quickly.
0:26.0	This is a true crime podcast as the title suggests.
0:29.0	So please consider this your warning that it's not suitable for children and it probably will
0:33.8	contain content that may be triggering to some people. Also it's an Australian
0:38.3	true crime podcast so Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
0:41.9	listeners should be aware it may contain the voices of deceased people.
0:47.0	The producers of this podcast recognize the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded.
0:59.0	They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging.
1:07.0	First thought was just somebody thrown out a dead pig and then I thought well England that's somebody wouldn't throw out a pig like somebody
1:13.8	out a dead pig and then I thought well England that's not somebody wouldn't throw out a pig
1:14.8	like that so then I went back we start to walk away turn around and
1:18.0	left it up some another part of the sheet and as soon as I saw a man's foot
1:21.0	and I thought that's it so then I walked back up my phone and rang the police
1:24.7	and daw.
1:25.7	This week's Australian True Crime takes us back to the Northern Territory.
1:35.0	The victim whose remains were found just outside Catherine on the 25th of October 2011 by
1:40.7	Darryl Hill were those of 41-year-old Raphaeli Nichifolo, also known as Ray.
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