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Australian dingo baby case: Final verdict due | Australian dingo baby case: Final verdict due |
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An Australian coroner is due to make a final ruling on whether a dingo dog killed baby Azaria Chamberlain in 1980. | An Australian coroner is due to make a final ruling on whether a dingo dog killed baby Azaria Chamberlain in 1980. |
After the eight week-old baby went missing from their campsite, her parents were charged with her disappearance, and mother Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton with her murder. | |
She was later released when evidence was found to corroborate the dingo story, but doubts have lingered. | She was later released when evidence was found to corroborate the dingo story, but doubts have lingered. |
Azaria's parents recently presented new evidence to the coroner. | |
They have long argued that the open verdict recorded after an earlier review of the case left room for doubt about Ms Chamberlain-Creighton's innocence. | |
Famous case | Famous case |
Earlier this year, the Chamberlains gave evidence to a coroner in Darwin recording a series of other attacks by dingos on humans, and on Tuesday the coroner will make a final verdict on whether a wild dingo dog was responsible for the baby's disappearance. | |
Virtually ever since Azaria vanished from her tent near Uluru (Ayers Rock) in 1980, Australia has been engrossed by the question of whether she was taken by a dingo. | Virtually ever since Azaria vanished from her tent near Uluru (Ayers Rock) in 1980, Australia has been engrossed by the question of whether she was taken by a dingo. |
In 1982, Ms Chamberlain-Creighton was found guilty of her baby's murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, while Mr Chamberlain was found guilty of being an accessory. | In 1982, Ms Chamberlain-Creighton was found guilty of her baby's murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, while Mr Chamberlain was found guilty of being an accessory. |
Both were later exonerated on all charges, after the chance discovery of a fragment of Azaria's clothing in an area dotted with dingo lairs. | Both were later exonerated on all charges, after the chance discovery of a fragment of Azaria's clothing in an area dotted with dingo lairs. |
It was a case that divided Australians and was even turned into the film A Cry In The Dark, starring Meryl Streep. | It was a case that divided Australians and was even turned into the film A Cry In The Dark, starring Meryl Streep. |
Three previous coroner's inquests proved inconclusive, but Azaria's parents are hoping that this time they will finally and officially be proven innocent. |