Lisa Lines: Adelaide 'love triangle' academic charged over alleged murder plot of ex Jonathon Hawtin faces criminal probe in Taiwan
- Academic at centre of separate investigation in Taiwan
- Found out 'something fishy' about her financials
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An Australian academic charged over an alleged love triangle murder plot could be hit with more charges after being suspected of committing financial crimes while on the run.
Lisa Lines, 43, was recently arrested on an outstanding Interpol warrant on the tiny Pacific island nation of Palau over an alleged murder attempt on her ex-husband Jonathon Hawtin, 36, which left him paralysed from the neck down in 2017.
Dr Lines, who has PhDs in history and creative writing, left Australia in 2020 with the two children she shares with Mr Hawtin and relocated to Taiwan.
She was charged with two counts each of attempted murder and conspiracy to murder and has since been extradited back to Adelaide.
Taiwanese authorities have confirmed they're now combing through Lines' bank and income records as part of a separate investigation of her activities there.
![Taiwanese authorities have launched an investigation into Lisa Lines' activities since moving there in 2020. She's pictured being extradited back to Australia on November 24](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/29/22/78392807-12806689-image-a-11_1701298266979.jpg)
Taiwanese authorities have launched an investigation into Lisa Lines' activities since moving there in 2020. She's pictured being extradited back to Australia on November 24
Authorities launched an investigation a month ago after South Australia Police alerted them of their own probe into the alleged murder plot.
'SAPOL notified us of the (attempted) murder case and we started looking into everything about her and then we found out something fishy about the financial stuff so then we began a separate investigation,' Taiwan Criminal Investigation Bureau Investigator Jimmy Tan told the Adelaide Advertiser.
'It might be a long one because we need all the records we can get and getting these records can take time,' he said.
He wouldn't elaborate on the alleged crimes Lines was suspected of committing in Taiwan.
'I can't really talk about anything other than (to say) financials,' Mr Tan said.
It's understood evidence seized from her workplace and home in Taipei will form a key part of any police evidence brief.
Mr Tan confirmed Taiwanese authorities tracked Lines for a month before orchestrating her arrest in Palau, where she had gone to apply for an extension of her Taiwanese visa.
'We started putting surveillance on her since we became aware of this case, which gave us an idea of her whereabouts,' he told the publication.
They notified SAPOL and Australian Federal Police once they became aware of Lines' plans to leave Palau to contact local authorities to make the arrest.
![Lisa Lines (pictured) will spend Christmas behind bars, charged with two counts each of attempted murder and conspiracy to murder](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/29/22/78392803-12806689-image-a-12_1701298586207.jpg)
Lisa Lines (pictured) will spend Christmas behind bars, charged with two counts each of attempted murder and conspiracy to murder
![An alleged murder attempt on Lines' ex-husband Jonathon Hawtin (pictured) left him paralysed from the neck down](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/29/23/78395513-12806689-image-a-13_1701299217008.jpg)
An alleged murder attempt on Lines' ex-husband Jonathon Hawtin (pictured) left him paralysed from the neck down
Lines, along with her then-lover and co-accused Zacharia Bruckner, 36, allegedly attempted to murder Mr Hawtin, in a brutal axe attack in 2017.
Bruckner was arrested on November 15 in Brisbane.
He is charged with one count of attempted murder and two counts of conspiracy to murder before being extradited to Adelaide.
They allegedly planned to have Mr Hawtin and his mother killed by a hitman who turned out to be an undercover police officer.
Lines appeared in court along with Letiticia Fortune who is jointly charged with her for one of the alleged attempts to kill Mr Hawtin.
They allegedly planned to have Mr Hawtin and his mother killed by a hitman who turned out to be an undercover police officer.
This was allegedly set to happen while he was already paralysed and recovering from the axe attack at a rehabilitation centre in January 2018.
In the convoluted series of events, Mr Hawtin was charged with attempted murder for shooting Bruckner, 30, with police assuming the younger man was acting in self-defence.
But a jury of six men and six women unanimously acquitted him in 2019 after three hours of deliberation.
![Taiwanese authorities tracked Lisa Lines (pictured during her extradition) for a month before contacting their Australian counterparts and orchestrating her arrest in Palau](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/29/23/78395525-12806689-image-a-14_1701299298757.jpg)
Taiwanese authorities tracked Lisa Lines (pictured during her extradition) for a month before contacting their Australian counterparts and orchestrating her arrest in Palau
In 2020, major crime detectives in South Australia reopened the investigation, resulting in a warrant being issued for Lines' arrest.
Bruckner was arrested in Brisbane earlier in November on conspiracy to murder offences and extradited to SA.
The prosecution will allege that while Lines was abroad she conspired with Bruckner to hire a hitman to 'finish the job', in an alleged plot to kill Mr Hawtin and his mother.
Craig Caldicott, appearing for Lines, said his client denied the allegations and would plead not guilty.
He asked the court to release Lines on bail so she could see her children regularly.
But magistrate John Wells refused bail due to the seriousness of the charges and because Lines 'remains an unacceptable flight risk'.
Both Lines and Mr Bruckner have been remanded in custody until May next year.
Fortune will reappear in court next week for a continuing bail application.
![Taiwanese authorities are combing through Lisa Lines' bank and income records after she relocated there in 2020](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/29/23/78395551-12806689-image-a-15_1701299311805.jpg)
Taiwanese authorities are combing through Lisa Lines' bank and income records after she relocated there in 2020