Evidence for Murder: How physics convicted a killer

Author:   Rod Cross
Publisher:   UNSW Press
ISBN:  

9781742231075


Pages:   352
Publication Date:   01 October 2009
Format:   Paperback
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Evidence for Murder: How physics convicted a killer


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When Australian model Caroline Byrne's crumpled body was discovered at the base of a cliff known as The Gap, a famous Sydney landmark and popular suicide spot, it was easy for both the public and police to assume her death was suicide. As a result; no crime scene was established, no measurements or photographs were taken, and no police log books recorded the events surrounding the recovery of her body. And yet forensic science would eventually prove that she could not possibly have landed in the place her body was found – wedged head-first into a crevice almost nine metres from the edge of the cliff – if she had jumped. Over a decade later, her then-boyfriend, Gordon Wood, the chauffer of a famous Sydney stockbroker, was successfully prosecuted for her murder. Written by Rod Cross, the forensic scientist who provided the crucial evidence that led to Wood's conviction, Evidence for Murder sets out a behind-the-scenes narrative of the investigation and the trial, chronicling the police investigation and detailing the science behind the forensic evidence. Visit Rod's website and watch an interview about the book here

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Author:   Rod Cross
Publisher:   UNSW Press
Imprint:   UNSW Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781742231075


ISBN 10:   1742231071
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   01 October 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Rod Cross is a forensic scientist and former professor of physics at the University of Sydney where he worked in the plasma physics department. He is a consultant to Tennis Australia, the International Tennis Federation, and the New South Wales coroner and homicide squad.

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