The ballroom murder : the dancefloor shooting that shocked Australia / Leigh Straw.

By: Straw, Leigh S. L [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: North Fremantle, Western Australia : Fremantle Press, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 178 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781760990572Subject(s): Murder -- Investigation -- Western Australia | Murder -- Investigation -- Australia | Perth (W.A.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: True crime stories. Summary: 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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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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