A dingo took my baby!

snubbleste · 12-06-2012 9:39am #1

In 1980, Azaria Chamberlain was taken by a dingo from the tent where her parents were camping in the Australian outback. Initially this was accepted to be the case, but then the mother was convicted of murder and her husband as an accessory. The media and the general public more or less had her convicted before the high-profile trial. Lindy Chamberlain served three years in prison before their convictions were quashed.
Yesterday, the Australian authorities apologised and concluded that a dingo did take and kill baby Azaria. Australian coroner finds dingo took baby Azaria in 1980

Can you imagine having to go through all that? Having your name rubbished over and over, huge personal suffering, being convicted of something you did not do? And fighting to get your name vindicated.

Pushtrak · 12-06-2012 9:40am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghCTZF61ey0

biko · 12-06-2012 9:42am

It's still a fun thing to say to parents when the baby has wandered off.

Bell Butter · 12-06-2012 9:44am

snubbleste wrote: »

In 1980, Azaria Chamberlain was taken by a dingo from the tent where her parents were camping in the Australian outback. Initially this was accepted to be the case, but then the mother was convicted of murder and her husband as an accessory. The media and the general public more or less had her convicted before the high-profile trial. Lindy Chamberlain served three years in prison before their convictions were quashed.
Yesterday, the Australian authorities apologised and concluded that a dingo did take and kill baby Azaria. Australian coroner finds dingo took baby Azaria in 1980

Can you imagine having to go through all that? Having your name rubbished over and over, huge personal suffering, being convicted of something you did not do? And fighting to get your name vindicated.

I'd have called 'em chazzz wazzers.