AAP General News (Australia)
12-18-2011
NT:New inquest into Azaria disappearance
MICHAEL CHAMBERLAIN says the decision to hold a new inquest into the disappearance
of AZARIA CHAMBERLAIN is a milestone.
The Northern Territory government has confirmed Coroner ELIZABETH MORRIS will conduct
the inquest, which will start on February 24 next year.
Mr CHAMERLAIN has told the ABC he was pleasantly surprised and gratified after hearing the news.
He says he's sure the new inquest will deliver the ultimate verdict they've been looking for.
AZARIA was nine-weeks-old when she disappeared from her parents' tent at Uluru in 1980.
Her mother LINDY CHAMBERLAIN was sentenced to life in jail in 1982.
MICHAEL CHAMERLAIN was given a suspended sentence after being found guilty of being
an accessory after the fact.
But in 1987 a royal commission exonerated the pair after AZARIA's matinee jacket was found.
LINDY CHAMERLAIN always maintained she had seen a dingo leave her tent on the night
AZARIA disappeared.
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KEYWORD: AZARIA (DARWIN)
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