Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Dingo took Azaria Chamberlain, coroner finds
A DINGO was responsible for the death of Azaria Chamberlain in 1980, a Northern Territory coroner has found.
Coroner Elizabeth Morris told a packed courtroom today that a dingo was to blame for the attack at Uluru, which originally saw Azaria's mother Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton jailed for murder and her husband Michael given a suspended sentence for being an accessory after the fact.
Both were later exonerated after a royal commission in 1987.
A smiling Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, flanked by her son Aidan, told the waiting media outside a Darwin court that Australia was a “dangerous country” and her story had now been vindicated.
"We are relieved and delighted to come to the end of this saga," she said.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/national/dingo-took-azaria-coroner-finds/story-e6frfkvr-1226392715293#ixzz1xYIdzQHB
Coroner Elizabeth Morris told a packed courtroom today that a dingo was to blame for the attack at Uluru, which originally saw Azaria's mother Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton jailed for murder and her husband Michael given a suspended sentence for being an accessory after the fact.
Both were later exonerated after a royal commission in 1987.
A smiling Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, flanked by her son Aidan, told the waiting media outside a Darwin court that Australia was a “dangerous country” and her story had now been vindicated.
"We are relieved and delighted to come to the end of this saga," she said.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/national/dingo-took-azaria-coroner-finds/story-e6frfkvr-1226392715293#ixzz1xYIdzQHB
And from the LA Times: Coroner rules mother innocent in 'Cry in the Dark' case
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-dingo-baby-20120612,0,3673524.story
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-dingo-baby-20120612,0,3673524.story
