In perusing a mass of Chamberlain case documents , a Little Darwin writer came across a scornful comment about the bizarre scenario that had Lindy Chamberlain , in the space of a few minutes , cut her daughter’s throat, without getting any blood on her clothes , hide the body, hide the matinee jacket , dash back to the barbecue area at Ayer’s Rock, with people standing nearby all the time . To achieve this amazing feat, the critic said she would have had to move faster than Sebastian Coe , the then great British middle distance runner of the 1980s who won four Olympic gold medals and set several world records. Lord Sebastian Coe is now the current face of the British Olympic Games .
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An NT government insider told Little Darwin the jury’s guilty verdict had taken the corridors of power in Darwin by complete surprise as it was felt there was so little evidence on which a conviction could be returned . With the jury returning after 8pm , ministers who had gone home or were dining out , had to be frantically contacted with the sensational news.
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An NT government insider told Little Darwin the jury’s guilty verdict had taken the corridors of power in Darwin by complete surprise as it was felt there was so little evidence on which a conviction could be returned . With the jury returning after 8pm , ministers who had gone home or were dining out , had to be frantically contacted with the sensational news.
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In London in July 1988 , Wollongong University (NSW) historian , Dr Stuart Piggin, attending an Australia 200 bicentennial conference on Australia, sponsored by the British Australia Studies Association, said the Chamberlains had been the victims of a " raging inferno of prejudice " similar to 16th century witchhunts. An “appalling miscarriage of justice " had been carried out in which not one single fact pointing to their guilt was substantiated. Prejudice and ignorance , he was quoted as saying, had spread a tidal wave of rumor, much of it originating with lawyers, police, scientists and journalists . He referred to the "hurt pride"“of NT authorities who "became paranoid in their quest for revenge " after the Chamberlains had been cleared by the first coroner, Denis Barritt. He was also particularly scathing of the evidence given by forensic scientist, the late Ms Joy Kuhl, and was reported as saying Kuhl had told reporters in a bar : "She is, you know, a witch , I could feel her eyes burning holes through my back."
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After the latest coronial inquiry, which attributed the death of Azaria to a dingo, Mrs Chamberlain-Creighton, spoke about the way she had been treated by reporters . She mentioned one in particular who used to fall asleep during hearings , wake up, and then go and ask the government what it wanted written up . Strange indeed . Little Darwin has been told that a person given to erratic behaviour and repeated fantasies had revelled in the Chamberlain case and undoubtedly played a large part in spreading tales about the Chamberlains. Another source said the belief – almost fear- that the death of Azaria by a dingo could cripple the tourist trade had not been followed up by reporters , but it was now too late . Another said it was a case of a Darwin clique over- reacting .
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In London in July 1988 , Wollongong University (NSW) historian , Dr Stuart Piggin, attending an Australia 200 bicentennial conference on Australia, sponsored by the British Australia Studies Association, said the Chamberlains had been the victims of a " raging inferno of prejudice " similar to 16th century witchhunts. An “appalling miscarriage of justice " had been carried out in which not one single fact pointing to their guilt was substantiated. Prejudice and ignorance , he was quoted as saying, had spread a tidal wave of rumor, much of it originating with lawyers, police, scientists and journalists . He referred to the "hurt pride"“of NT authorities who "became paranoid in their quest for revenge " after the Chamberlains had been cleared by the first coroner, Denis Barritt. He was also particularly scathing of the evidence given by forensic scientist, the late Ms Joy Kuhl, and was reported as saying Kuhl had told reporters in a bar : "She is, you know, a witch , I could feel her eyes burning holes through my back."
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After the latest coronial inquiry, which attributed the death of Azaria to a dingo, Mrs Chamberlain-Creighton, spoke about the way she had been treated by reporters . She mentioned one in particular who used to fall asleep during hearings , wake up, and then go and ask the government what it wanted written up . Strange indeed . Little Darwin has been told that a person given to erratic behaviour and repeated fantasies had revelled in the Chamberlain case and undoubtedly played a large part in spreading tales about the Chamberlains. Another source said the belief – almost fear- that the death of Azaria by a dingo could cripple the tourist trade had not been followed up by reporters , but it was now too late . Another said it was a case of a Darwin clique over- reacting .
