Call me cruel : a story about murder and the dangerous power of lies / Michael Duffy.
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TextPublication details: Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2013, c2012Description: 286 p. [4] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 20 cmISBN: 9781743314074Subject(s): Wilkinson, Paul James | Labouchardiere, Kylie | Murder -- Investigation -- New South Wales -- Case studies | Murder -- New South Wales -- Case studiesDDC classification: 363.259523 | 363.25952309944 Summary: In the four months of their affair, Kylie Labouchardiere and Paul Wilkinson exchanged over 20,000 text messages. She was a trainee nurse; he worked in the New South Wales Police Force. Although Wilkinson eventually killed his lover to save his marriage, his main weapon was always words. He was a frighteningly convincing liar and left a trail of devastation across the lives of many he met. The victims of Wilkinson's stories included his own family and those of his wife and his lover. Another was policeman Geoff Lowe, whom he tried to frame for Kylie's murder. Thanks to Wilkinson's lies, Lowe lost his home, his job, and his family.It took five years to bring Wilkinson to justice. His lies continued to the end, when he sent police to five different locations in the search for Kylie's body. He once texted his wife: 'Everybody has reasons 4 hiding a crime. Mine is the family can live not knowing where and why. Call me cruel, call me nasty her family can live their lives in misery 4 all I care F--- THEM.' Kylie's grave has never been found.Summary: Australian True Crime.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction | 363.259523 DUF (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111050350170 |
First published: 2012.
In the four months of their affair, Kylie Labouchardiere and Paul Wilkinson exchanged over 20,000 text messages. She was a trainee nurse; he worked in the New South Wales Police Force. Although Wilkinson eventually killed his lover to save his marriage, his main weapon was always words. He was a frighteningly convincing liar and left a trail of devastation across the lives of many he met. The victims of Wilkinson's stories included his own family and those of his wife and his lover. Another was policeman Geoff Lowe, whom he tried to frame for Kylie's murder. Thanks to Wilkinson's lies, Lowe lost his home, his job, and his family.It took five years to bring Wilkinson to justice. His lies continued to the end, when he sent police to five different locations in the search for Kylie's body. He once texted his wife: 'Everybody has reasons 4 hiding a crime. Mine is the family can live not knowing where and why. Call me cruel, call me nasty her family can live their lives in misery 4 all I care F--- THEM.' Kylie's grave has never been found.
Australian True Crime.
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