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The
Royal Mint is swindled of over 2000 Oz of gold bullion in the Australian
west coast city of Perth in 1982.
Three brothers, Raymond, Peter and Brian Mickelberg are convicted
of fraudulently conspiring to steal the golden fortune. There was
precious little direct evidence, except a curious fingerprint.
But evidence had been tampered with by Crown officers...
As evidence shuffled back and forth in a pragmatic dance of deceit.
International power-games ensued in Britain, Canada, the United
States and Australia to protect forensic science.
Seven years later, in 1989, $1,000,000 of gold bullion was delivered
to a news reporter, with a note claiming the Mickelbergs were innocent!
Avon
Lovell continues his exposition that follows the conviction and
imprisonment of the brothers over the 1982 Great Mint Swindle. The
New Scotland Yard, the O.P.P., U.S. Secret Service, the F.B.I. and
the Royal Canadian Mounties all contributed and learnt from the
scrutiny of forensic evidence in the appeals that followed. 'Police
Science' will never be the same.
All echelons of the judicial process are forced to review their
procedures in the light of this expose of corruption, collusion
and fabrication in the interests of maintaining a conviction.
Police, prosecution and the separation of government and legal fraternity
are scrutinized.
Where 'The Mickelberg Stitch' reveals how a major fraud was executed,
the corrupted proceedings in the collation of the hand-up brief,
'Split Image' offers an insight into the depths that individuals,
organisations and governments will go in order to protect the integrity
of a flawed justice system.
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