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Neil Mercer

Neil Mercer

Neil Mercer is an award-winning print and broadcast journalist. He covered the 1983 Nielsen inquest for the Herald.

SG is suing the NSW Crime Commission in the NSW Supreme Court for breach of contract.

A supergrass gave up secrets of Sydney’s underworld. Now he wants more than $1m from the crime commission

He risked his life to provide information on the city’s criminal milieu to the authorities. Now he’s in a protracted, top-secret court fight to get paid.

  • Neil Mercer

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Juanita Nielsen disappeared in 1975.

Juanita Nielsen: Sydney’s most enduring mystery

One day, she was there. The next day, she was gone. The Herald investigates the plot to silence the outspoken activist and the efforts to solve the crime.

Abe Saffron dropped a bomb during secret testimony in Canberra.

Who killed Sydney heiress Juanita Nielsen? ‘Mr Sin’ points finger from the grave

For the first time in 33 years, Saffron’s evidence before an in-camera parliamentary inquiry can be revealed.

  • Peter Rees and Neil Mercer
Juanita Nielsen left locks of hair with her wigmaker.

Lost (almost) without a trace: A murder mystery 50 years in the making

In the custody of the Unsolved Homicide Team is a precious link back to a missing heiress.

  • Peter Rees and Neil Mercer
The disappearance of Juanita Nielsen is one of Sydney’s enduring mysteries.

New details of failed police sting linked to Sydney’s most notorious cold case

Eddie Trigg was the last man to see Juanita Nielsen alive. Police suspected he held the key to solving her disappearance.

  • Peter Rees and Neil Mercer