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The ballroom murder : the dancefloor shooting that shocked Australia / Leigh Straw.
Publication details: North Fremantle, Western Australia : Fremantle Press, 2022.Description: 178 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781760990572
- Jacob, Audrey Campbell
- Gidley, Cyril, -1925
- True crime stories
- Murder -- Investigation -- Western Australia
- Murder -- Investigation -- Australia
- Murderers -- Western Australia -- Perth
- Murder victims -- Western Australia -- Perth
- Murder
- Murder victims
- Murderers
- Trials (Murder)
- Murder -- Western Australia -- Perth -- Case studies
- Trials (Murder) -- Western Australia -- Perth -- Case studies
- Perth (W.A.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Western Australia -- Perth
- Crime & criminology (Australia)
- 20th Century history (c 1914+) (Australia)
- 364.152/309941/1 23
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 364.152 STR | Available | 071398 |
Total reserves: 0
Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-178)
In August 1925, Audrey Jacob shot dead her former fiancé, Cyril Gidley, in full view of hundreds of guests at a charity ball in Perth's Government House. When she was arrested, she still held the gun in her hand. It was an open-and-shut case of wilful murder - that is until lawyer Arthur Haynes took the case with a unique defence. His ability to play both the press and the jury for sympathy led to an extraordinary outcome.
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