Australian police to release Falconio murder van

An ageing camper van that provided key evidence in the trial of the man convicted of murdering British backpacker Peter Falconio is to be released by Australian police after seven years.

The orange Volkswagen Kombi van, held as a court exhibit, was ambushed on an Outback highway on July 14, 2001, by a gunman who shot dead Mr Falconio, aged 28, from the UK, and attempted to abduct his girlfriend, Joanne Lees.