Lisa Margaret Lines (born 18 July 1980) is a former academic editor, historian, author and lecturer in history at the University of New South Wales Canberra who is currently remanded in custody in South Australia having been charged with a number of serious criminal offences including attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
[1] She has written about the history of the Spanish Civil War and the prevalence and influence of plagiarism and academic integrity in higher education.
On 24 November 2023 she was extradited from Palau to South Australia on charges that she conspired to murder her former husband and his mother.
[6] Lines has also argued for a re-evaluation of General Franco's military leadership, strategy and political acumen during the Spanish Civil War, reasoning that Franco's prolonging of the war was purposefully done to solidify his control of the Nationalist camp, ensure the complete destruction of the Republican forces and establish the foundation for his position as head of state in the post-war years.
On 15 November 2023, South Australian Police released a statement advising that a 43-year-old woman, who was later confirmed to be Lines, was arrested by local Police in Palau on behalf of South Australia Police Major Crime Investigation Branch to face charges in South Australia of two counts of attempted murder and two counts of conspiracy to murder involving the October 2017 incident in which Mr Hawtin was rendered a quadriplegic.