Cameo conspiracy : a shocking true story of murder and injustice / George Skelly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skelly, George.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kelly, George, -1950--Trials, litigations, etc.

Kelly, George.

Capital punishment--Great Britain.

Capital punishment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Hook, Hampshire : Waterside Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The definitive book on the case - updated, freshly edited, typeset and with new images and fully indexed for the first time in this new third edition. The true story of Liverpool's Cameo Cinema murders vividly demonstrates the need to guard against police corruption and legal manipulation. George Kelly was hanged in 1950 for shooting dead two men early in 1949: the manager of the Cameo Cinema, Wavertree and his assistant. Undeniably from the wrong side of the tracks and involved in petty crimes of the post-Second World War era, Kelly and his coaccused Charles Connolly (who went to prison for ten years) found themselves expertly 'fitted-up' as riff-raff in a Kafkaesque nightmare. This is the definitive book on the Cameo case -- a superbly worked account of an astonishing miscarriage of justice. It is also a snapshot of social History, of a time when fabrication of evidence and denial of the right to a fair trial could be a means of ensuring 'good riddance to bad rubbish'. Nothing can put right a wrongful execution although in 2003 -- following publication of the original version of this book -- Kelly and Connolly were posthumously cleared by the Court of Appeal. The judgement condemned the 'unsafe convictions' and the 'unfair trial' as a tragic breakdown in the administration of justice, which was to be deeply regretted. This new edition tells the whole story from investigation, trial, sentence and execution to posthumous pardon.

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Copyright""; ""Also by George Skelly ""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""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. ""; ""PLATE SECTION 1 ""

""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""; ""PLATE SECTION 2 ""; ""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.""

""Suffer any wrong that may be done to you rather than come here.""""WHY?""; ""Epilogue""; ""Index""

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-908162-03-1