John Bryson (2) (1935–2022)
Auteur van Evil Angels
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- 1935
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- 2022-02-05
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- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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On 17th August, 1980 Lindy Chamberlain’s baby was taken from a tent in a popular camping spot near Uluru in Australia’s Northern Territory, and killed. For well over seven years Australia was divided. Did a dingo kill the baby or was Mrs Chamberlain, an until then unknown Australian housewife, make up the story.
She was found guilty and spent three years in prison. She was found guilty because she stood up for herself in court, didn’t behave like a “normal” mother and was of a “strange”religion” - a Seventh Day Adventist! That is, sheer ignorance condemned her. Had she been tried in Sydney or Melbourne it was unlikely she would have been convicted.
But those from all states who believed in her guilt were adamant, and the topic was one of many a dinner party.
The forensics were doubtful. Indigenous Australians reported that dingos were known to take young babies, but they were not believed. Eye-witnesses placed her well-away from the tent when the baby was taken.
Lindy was eventually found not guilty, and on February 1986 was released from prison.
John Bryson ‘s book does an excellent job of detailing the death of the child’s, Azaria, and the events that followed.
Meanwhile many in Australia still think Chamberland is guilty.
A notorious woman who should have been able to live her chosen quiet life as a suburban church-going mum.… (meer)