Ben Smart
Ben Smart, at the age of 21, went missing on New Year's Eve 1998 in the Marlborough Sounds of New Zealand alongside his friend Olivia Hope. Their case garnered significant media attention and led to the wrongful conviction of Scott Watson, which has raised questions about eyewitness reliability and police procedures.
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Ben Smart was the other young friend who went missing alongside Olivia Hope.
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