‘Justice must prevail,’ Neil Bantleman writes from Indonesian prison
The Burlington teacher has penned an open letter proclaiming his innocence By Chris Seto, CBC News Posted: Jun 21, 2016 12:49 PM ET Last Updated: Jun 21, 2016 2:40 PM ET http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/bantleman-justice-prison-1.3645002 Neil Bantleman hugs his wife, Tracy, ahead of another day in court in Indonesia. (Victoria Botvin) "I am innocent... we are all innocent. There [...]
Neil Bantleman’s family satisfied feds are ‘taking this seriously’
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/neil-bantleman-s-family-satisfied-feds-are-taking-this-seriously-1.3489757 After meeting with government officials in Ottawa this week, Guy Bantleman said his family is satisfied that the federal government is taking action in the case of his brother, Neil Bantleman, who is in prison in Indonesia for a crime he says he did not commit. "They (the federal government) need to take all [...]
CBC: the fifth estate: Testing the medical evidence of the Bantleman case
WEDNESDAY MARCH 2, 2016 IN JUSTICE AND LAW From the start of the Bantleman saga almost two years ago, a key element in convincing the Indonesian public and authorities that Bantleman, teaching assistant Ferdinant Tjiong and six janitors were guilty of sexual assault, were claims that one of the alleged child victims had contracted herpes [...]
CBCNews: Neil Bantleman faces ‘very serious setback’ after acquittal reversed, says lawyer
Usually, if there's any sort of intervention, it's a back door kind of thing,' says Kathleen Mahoney CBC News Posted: Feb 25, 2016 3:04 PM MT Canadian school administrator Neil Bantleman being led by police out of the courtroom after an Indonesian judge declared him guilty of abusing three young boys at the Jakarta [...]
Sex assault evidence used against Neil Bantleman seriously flawed, fifth estate finds
Burlington, Ont., teacher has had conviction for assaulting 3 boys overturned but is still stuck in Indonesia By Lisa Mayor, Vanmala Subramaniam, CBC News Posted: Jan 07, 2016 5:12 PM ET Crucial pieces of the evidence used to convict Canadian teacher Neil Bantleman of sexually assaulting young boys at a private school in Indonesia are seriously flawed, [...]
Neil Bantleman’s child sex assault case: Cops under investigation
Burlington, Ont. teacher jailed in Indonesia has filed an appeal The Canadian Press Posted: Jun 11, 2015 10:20 PM ETLast Updated: Jun 12, 2015 7:50 AM ET Life in Indonesian prison is wearing on Canadian teacher Neil Bantleman, his brother says. (Darren Whiteside/Reuters) The family of a Canadian teacher imprisoned in Indonesia [...]
Neil Bantleman reads, teaches in prison while wife fights on
Tracy Bantleman says it is difficult not to 'shout out against injustice' by hoping appeal will free husband By Jeff Green, CBC News Posted: Apr 23, 2015 5:45 AM ETLast Updated: Apr 23, 2015 8:07 AM ET [youtube id="tttqDD_RXCU" width="600" height="350" autoplay="no" api_params="" class=""] Tracy Bantleman's days start early, as she sets off on the 60 to 90 [...]
Neil Bantleman more hopeful after inconsistent testimonies, wife says
Bantleman, a Burlington, Ont. native taught in Calgary for 10 years CBC News Posted: Dec 31, 2014 3:47 PM ET Last Updated: Jan 02, 2015 10:36 AM ET Lawyers for a Canadian teacher on trial for the sexual assault of three children at an Indonesian school called the testimony of one child in the second [...]
Neil Bantleman’s Lawyers Call Child’s Testimony ‘Bizarre’
Bantleman, a Burlington, Ont. native taught in Calgary for 10 years CBC News Posted: Dec 31, 2014 3:47 PM ETLast Updated: Jan 02, 2015 10:36 AM ET Lawyers for a Canadian teacher on trial for the sexual assault of three children at an Indonesian school called the testimony of one child in the second day [...]