Rex Wild
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Rex Wild, QC
is a former Director of Public Prosecutions
for the Northern Territory
of Australia
. He was appointed to the position in 1998, retiring in 2006. One of his most prominent trials occurred in late 2005 when Wild led the prosecution of Bradley John Murdoch
for the murder of Peter Falconio
; he said that this would be his final case as Director of Public Prosecutions, a pledge he fulfilled by retiring.
He returned to private law practice when his tenure was completed and was co-author of the 2007 "Little Children are Sacred
" Report into the sexual abuse
of Indigenous Australian children in the Northern Territory
Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
is a former Director of Public Prosecutions
Director of Public Prosecutions
The Director of Public Prosecutions is the officer charged with the prosecution of criminal offences in several criminal jurisdictions around the world...
for the Northern Territory
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...
of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. He was appointed to the position in 1998, retiring in 2006. One of his most prominent trials occurred in late 2005 when Wild led the prosecution of Bradley John Murdoch
Bradley John Murdoch
Bradley John Murdoch is serving life imprisonment for the July 2001 murder of English backpacker Peter Falconio in Australia. He will be 74 when eligible for parole. Murdoch is being held in Alice Springs Correctional Centre in Alice Springs. He has lodged two appeals against his conviction; both...
for the murder of Peter Falconio
Peter Falconio
Peter Marco Falconio was a British tourist who disappeared in the Australian outback in July 2001, while travelling with girlfriend Joanne Lees and is nowpresumed dead....
; he said that this would be his final case as Director of Public Prosecutions, a pledge he fulfilled by retiring.
He returned to private law practice when his tenure was completed and was co-author of the 2007 "Little Children are Sacred
Little Children are Sacred
Little Children are Sacred is the report of a Board of Inquiry into the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse commissioned by the government of the Northern Territory, Australia, was publicly released on 15 June 2007...
" Report into the sexual abuse
Sexual abuse
Sexual abuse, also referred to as molestation, is the forcing of undesired sexual behavior by one person upon another. When that force is immediate, of short duration, or infrequent, it is called sexual assault. The offender is referred to as a sexual abuser or molester...
of Indigenous Australian children in the Northern Territory