GRAHAM Stafford believes a new probe into the murder of Goodna schoolgirl Leanne Holland is a positive step in finding her real killer.
Mr Stafford spent 15 years in jail for the 1991 murder of Leanne, whose battered body was found in bushland off Redbank Plains Road.
On Saturday, Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson said an independent investigator would head an "expansive and comprehensive" review.
Mr Atkinson said the review would include new forensic testing, re-interviewing witnesses and examining the police handling of the 20-year-old case.
"It's good and it's a positive they're taking the next step in finding out who really killed Leanne," Mr Stafford said. "I feel it was always going to come to this. What the Crown prosecutor said probably tipped it over the edge."
Former Crown prosecutor Vishal Lakshman revealed he declined to prosecute the 1992 trial because he did not believe Mr Stafford committed the crime.
