Stephen Ward was innocent, ok : the case for overturning his conviction
Robertson, Geoffrey2013
Book
In the summer of 1961 John Profumo, Minister for War, enjoyed a brief affair with Christine Keeler. Late in the afternoon of Wednesday 31 July 1963, Dr Stephen Ward was convicted at the Old Bailey on two counts alleging that he lived on the earnings of a prostitute. He was not in the dock but comatose in hospital. The previous night he had attempted suicide. He died on Saturday 3 August, without regaining consciousness. Many observers of the proceedings thought the convictions did not reflect the evidence and that the trial was unfair, and this book will show that it breached basic standards of justice. Geoffrey Robertson brings his forensic skills and a deeply felt sense of injustice to the case at the heart of the Profumo affair, the notorious scandal that brought down a government.
Main title:
Stephen Ward was innocent, ok : the case for overturning his conviction / Geoffrey Robertson.
Author:
Robertson, Geoffrey, author
Imprint:
London : Biteback Publishing, 2013.
Collation:
208 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781849546904 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941'.0856'092
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
108917