Overview

The notorious Cameo Cinema murder case of 1949 is one of Britain's legal cause celebres. But for over half a century the convictions of two young men, George Kelly and Charles Connolly, went unchallenged, until - following publication of The Cameo Conspiracy - both were exonerated by the Court of Appeal in 2003. This made it the longest-running miscarriage of justice in British legal history. In this powerful, meticulously-researched account the author painstakingly exposes the evil police conspiracy which sent Kelly to the gallows and Connolly to ten years' imprisonment. He recounts how the men were framed by corrupt investigators and condemned by an amoral legal establishment, making it a terrible indictment of human wickedness by those supposed to uphold the law. This revised third edition of the definitive book on the case not only reveals a diabolical miscarriage of justice but comprehensively describes the arrests, trials and execution as well as Kelly's successful posthumous appeal. It also authentically chronicles 1940s Liverpool, its pubs, post-war rationing, shebeens, black market and the colourful and seedy characters of the city's underworld.

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Author:   George Skelly
Publisher:   Waterside Press
Imprint:   Waterside Press
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9781909976719

ISBN 10:   1909976717
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   04 December 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Undergraduate ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgements; The Author; Introduction; Prologue; We're off to see the Wizard; Oh how we danced; We are the Brothers Malone; The best of life is but intoxication; Smart girl, wise guy; Calling all cars!; An inspector calls; Investigations are continuing; A dangerous game; When first we practice to deceive ...; In the merry month of May ...; My brother's keeper?; Fools are made the dupes of rogues; The conspiracy begins ...; The spider and the fly; The vilest deeds like poison weeds; Some do the deed with many tears And some without a sigh; Thou shalt not bear false witness ...; Heads you win. Tails I lose.; In suspicious circumstances; Agree to a short Armistice with the Truth; Two plus two equals five; A most fantastic case; This welter of wickedness; The law's delay, the insolence of office; It's surprising what the law can do to an innocent man; ""No, no,"" said the Queen. ""Sentence first. Verdict afterwards.""; Suffer any wrong that may be done to you rather than come here; WHY?; Epilogue; Index."

Reviews

Skelly is a very good writer -Norman Mailer; He writes from the heart with his life's blood -John Schlesinger; The best book I have ever read -Former Police Sergeant, Chris Kelly; One man's relentless hunt for the truth -Liverpool Echo; A truly brilliant book...memorable and thought-provoking -John Howley; An impeccable account of the infamous Cameo case -Professor E Rex Makin

Author Information

George Skelly is also the author of the forthcoming Waterside Press publication Murderers or Martyrs, about an equally disturbing case in which he argues that the Cameo case was no isolated instance of police corruption and legal manipulation during that era in Liverpool.

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