AU Author. A tale of murder and miscarriage of justice, 'Gun Alley' recounts the infamous 1921 rape and murder in Melbourne of 12-year- old schoolgirl Alma Tirtschke. A public sensation at the time, the case was histrionically played out day by day in the press. For the first time in Australia, forensic evidence was used to send a man to the gallows, but recent exhaustive research by the author Kevin Morgan shows they hanged the wrong man. What emerges is a trial riddled with erroneous evidence, greedy and vengeful witnesses and an inept bungled defence. Morgan's commitment to uncovering the truth of this murder is unparalleled, and he believes he knows the real killer.

First published Pymble, N.S.W. : Simon & Schuster Australia, 2005. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [361]-366.