Graeme Thorne | |
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 A family photo of Graeme Thorne | |
| Born | Graeme Frederick Hilton Thorne[1] 18 December 1951[2] Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 7 July 1960 (aged 8) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Body discovered | Grandview Grove, Seaforth, New South Wales, Australia 16 August 1960 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Known for | Murder victim |
Graeme Thorne was an Australian child who was kidnapped and murdered in 1960 for part of the money that his parents, Bazil and Freda, had won in a lottery. The crime, regarded as one of the most infamous in Australia's history,[3] caused massive shock at the time and attracted huge public attention,[4][5] and was the country's first well known kidnap for ransom.[6][7] The police investigation that led to the capture and conviction of his murderer, a Hungarian immigrant named Stephen Bradley, is often considered as pioneering, sophisticated and the beginning of modern forensic investigation in Australia.[3][8][9]
- ^ "Articles – Australian Police Journal | Australian Police Journal". apjl.com.au. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ Bradley Extradition Hearing (Continued):Court hushed as Mrs Thorne called, Sydney Morning Herald, 20 October 1960. Retrieved 27 February 2014
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
:15was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Tedeschi, Mark (24 October 2015). "The kidnapping that shocked a nation". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
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:19was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "'I have your boy. I want £25,000 before 5 o'clock'". Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ Charleston, Libby-Jane (5 March 2016). "The End Of Innocence: The 1960s Crime That Changed The Lives of Aussie Kids". Huffington Post. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ Alberici, Emma (2 November 2015), Interview: Mark Tedeschi QC, New South Wales Senior Crown Prosecutor and author, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, retrieved 1 October 2017
- ^ Tilstone, William J.; Savage, Kathleen A.; Clark, Leigh A. (2006). Forensic Science: An Encyclopedia of History, Methods, and Techniques. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781576071946.
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