Comments on: Lindsay Smith seeks feedback on hunt for murderer Brian William Robinson OB

By: Tom Wagner

Tom Wagner — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 01:47:39 +0000

If anyone can remember,I was driving the TVW OB Von at this time.
Ist funny,no one can remember my.

By: Brian SMITH

Brian SMITH — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 21:27:11 +0000

hi
I am the son of Arthur Smith the taxi driver I arrived at scene of shooting of the driver a few minutes after taxi driver was taken. I saw the body of the driver slumped over the car. I heard some men talking about what happened and when my fathers name was mentioned I went in shock I only remember what happened from around 3pm forward
Sunday night channel 7 sent a taxi and My father and I wet to channel 7 and a live interview took place with Syd Donovan after the interview there was a cuppa in the board room for a about half and hour

regards

Brian

By: Cedric Woods

Cedric Woods — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:44:54 +0000

From my recollection: The mini OB van arrived early at Epsom Ave before the bodies had been covered. There was a Police Officer dead on the pathway to the house and an open car (I think a Gogomobile) in the middle of the road with a body hunched over the side. The driver had escaped and run down the road. We had images ready to go to air within a few minutes but I believe the decision to
hold back, was made because of the horror of the images. The information at the site was that a Taxi and driver had been forced to leave the area by an armed man.
Information had come to hand that the taxi had been found bogged at Gnangara so we proceeded to the Plantation. At that point the vehicle and trailer with alternator were commandeered by the Police and just before sundown, we proceeded, with lights ablaze, into the Plantation with an armed Police Officer or Officers on the roofrack. We eventually became bogged and had to push the vehicle, it was then, that the decision to leave the plantation was taken because of the dangerous situation.
The next day we proceeded out to an area south of the plantation where it was believed that the offender would be flushed out. My recollection is that Robinson emerged from the scrub and an onlooker with a rifle took a potshot at him and he ran back into the scrub. He was eventually convinced to come out and was subsequently arrested. I believe the bystander with the rifle was also dealt with by the Police.

Check with Ross McDonald whether he was the Driver. I was in the front passenger seat and Ross’s name comes to mind.
After all these years I still retain an image of the Epsom Ave carnage.

By: Vic Jones

Vic Jones — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:25:47 +0000

My involvement was to climb the Bickley Television Transmitting Tower to assist in winching a microwave dish up the tower to receive a signal from the OB and relay it back to the Studio.

By: Frank Calabrese

Frank Calabrese — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:43:42 +0000

Lindsay,

Today Tonight did a story on this just days before Bob Cribb passed away – best bet is to ask for a copy of that story, had lots of old footage as well.