No charges for man linked to Tasmanian woman's death

Tasmanian police have said a man identified by a coroner will not be charged for the strangulation of a woman who disappeared in 1969.

Coroner Simon Cooper found Geoffrey Charles Hunt was responsible for killing 20-year-old Lucille Butterworth after she disappeared from a Hobart bus stop.

But the Tasmanian Director of Public Prosecutions said despite the coroner's report no charges would be issued because Cooper's involvement could not be proved "beyond reasonable doubt" ABC reports.

"Further, in a criminal prosecution the strict rules of evidence apply where they do not in a coronial inquest," Daryl Coates said in a statement.

"A criminal prosecution should not be proceeded with unless on the available admissible evidence there is a reasonable prospect of conviction.

"After a careful analysis of all the relevant material, I have concluded that a significant amount of evidence that was given at the coronial inquest would not be admissible at any criminal trial."

Ms Butterworth's niece, Kassie-Lee McDiarmid, expressed he disbelief at the decision on Facebook.

"It is with great sadness and disbelief that we have now been told that Geoffrey Charles Hunt will not face trial..." she wrote.