Casefile Extra: Nicky Fleming
In 1998, the Easter holiday in Victoria, Australia got off to a tragic beginning when 12-year-old Nicky Fleming was killed in a car accident while travelling to a family camping trip. But what initially looked like a single-vehicle tragedy turned out to be a crime – and whoever had hit the Fleming family’s car had fled the scene…
Casefile Extra features bonus episodes exploring compelling cases, stories and topics beyond our regular weekly releases.
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Narration – Anonymous Host
Research & writing – Vikki Petraitis
Production & music – Mike Migas
Music - Andrew D.B. Joslyn
Audio editing – Anthony Telfer
Nicky Fleming case was originally released as a premium episode in October 2024.
Comments (9)
Are you ever going to do the Bega schoolgirl murders?
I think a different guy murdered the Bega schoolgirls.
How ironic is that name… Kilmore?
Are we ever going to get new content? I’m beginning to wonder why I pay a subscription.
There's been so much information shared about this. Almost every episode I believe. They're on their annual break. Back with new episodes in March
I practiced commercial law, but nevertheless, in a law degree (when I did it) Criminal Law and Evidence were both year long subjects. I clearly remember a case in Evidence where the dangerous acts of a driver noted in the lead up to a subsequent offence were admissible to show a pattern of behaviour. And under the Victorian Crimes Act 1958, culpable driving is a serious indictable offence that can carry a sentence in excess of 10 years. However, I believe that law reform is needed. In the case here, it was obvious Kilmore was driving in a manner intended to cause an accident. And his subsequent history adds to this. I think the law should provide that if a driver intentionally operates a vehicle with the aim of causing what is reasonably likely to be a major accident where the death of one or more persons is reasonably foreseeable, then the charge should be murder. Kilmore ought to have been sentensed to a minimum of around 24 years imprisonment and banned from driving for life. Tired? Hyped up? Guilty. Once a few are locked up for life, the industry should reform...but it won't, and if it doesn't then criminal liability in the form of corporate manslaughter on shipping companies (dedicated or hiring independent operators) should be part of additional reforms in cases where unreasonable working demands are placed on drivers or a non liveable amount is paid for the transport contract...also of course, the back door to unreasonable working demands.
Idk how you guys like to kill people in Victoria (I'm in NSFW) but you can't just start calling everything murder and throwing people in prison for it. For one thing, we've tried harsher penalties and mandatory minimums here and they just flat don't work; for another, murder iirc requires specific intent to kill *someone* wheras manslaughter indicates the perpetrator knew that someone might or even probably would be killed by their actions but had not set out specifically for that. IMO a law broadening the definition of murder that much would invite abuse by prosecutors ("we don't have to prove you WANTED to murder someone, just that you drove like an idiot") and cause prison overcrowding and, again, prison rarely actually acts as a deterrent against something like homicide (or any crime really) anyway. If you're intent on doing something that could reasonably cause someone's death, you're generally past the point of "but I might go to jail." (Charging corporations with murder or even manslaughter due to unsafe business practices just rarely sticks. We have also tried that in NSFW; PG&E was charged for murder for their role in starting numerous fires in Australifornia that resulted in hundreds of deaths, but the company just does not give a damn.) (As stated often on here I dropped out of law school to become a disappointment, but my mom's second worst husband did criminal law and specifically appeals on homicide convictions. He had a group of lawyer buddies who all did the same or similar work, and after they retired I spent a lot of time having the wonderful world of homicides carefully and drunkenly explained to me at the country club when I was roped into being their designated driver and wishing *I* were dead. Here in NSFW it qualifies me to practice law as long as I don't do it in front of a judge.)
In Australia we call Valentine's Day "Croc Sunday" because traditionally it was when Aussie couples went out to local Creamie Spots (ice cream parlors) to share banana split sundaes. In the old days, it was called "Banana Sunday" with a bit of a wink, but since the holiday has become a bit more kid-friendly, Creamie Spots started drawing little croc faces on the bananas with fudge. There's even kits you can buy to make Crockies at home, though most people agree that going to the Creamie and seeing the rows and rows of Crockies on the bar waiting to be served is part of the magic of the day. We don't walk about Wombat Wednesday.
That’s awesome. Thank you for sharing!