Story of Caroline Byrne

“A Journey To Justice” – Robert Wainwright

True crime stories are sometimes the most interesting of stories. It is said that truth is stranger than fiction. I find this to be the case more often than not.

This story is of Caroline Byrne, the model and teacher with June Dally-Watkins who was thrown like a spear off the gap way back in 1995. It took many years to convict her suspiciously behaving boyfriend. In a very unique case filled with circumstantial evidence Gordon Brown was convicted of her murder 13 long years later.

As I read this story I wondered which was more tragic. Was it the means to her death or that she got involved with such a man in the first place. It’s more a rhetorical question as it all moulds into one big tragedy of a wasted life at the hands of a callous, selfish, egotistical man. Just when she felt she wanted out she felt trapped.

This is a good book if you are into the true crime genre. Recently made into an excellent telemovie starring Garry McDonald.