The Colour of Injustice

The Mysterious Murder of the Daughter of a High Court Judge

John Hostettler (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

170 Seiten

2013
Waterside Press (Verlag)
978-1-904380-94-8 (ISBN)

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Based on actual (sometimes exclusive) materials, The Colour of Injustice raises questions about politics and the judiciary in post Second World War Northern Ireland. Describing parallel worlds of power and influence, this book - the first on the case - shows corruption at its most disturbing, justice at its most deficient. The case of Ian Hay Gordon involves a miscarriage of justice brought about in circumstances of privilege, patronage and the social and religious divides existing in Northern Ireland in the decades following World War II. It lifts the lid on a world in which institutions operated against a backdrop of behind-the-scenes influences and manipulation, in which nothing is what it seems due to hidden allegiances, walls of silence and a multitude of competing agendas spanning religious, sectarian and authoritarian interests. It is also a case in which despite the framing of an innocent man there was sufficient concern that he might not be guilty that a way had to be found to ensure that he did not end up on the gallows.
Hence the twists, turns and manipulations of a tragic story that was to see a young and until then medically-fit RAF officer confined to a mental institution for a large part of his life. Behind this bizarre sequence of events sits the tragic death of Patricia Curran, the daughter of a High Court judge, killed in the grounds of their home (or was she murdered elsewhere?), a refusal to admit investigators to Glen House, Whiteabbey, Belfast where blood was many years later discovered beneath a carpet, delay in calling the police, private removal of the body, a knee-jerk arrest and other mysterious events surrounding a case in which no proper investigation of the crime scene or other potential suspects took place.

John Hostettler is one of the UK's leading legal biographers, having written over 20 biographies and other books on legal history. With Richard Braby he was the author of the acclaimed and highly successful Sir William Garrow: His Life, Times and Fight for Justice as reflected in the BBC TV series Garrow's Law.

About the Author. List of Cases. Acknowledgment. 1.Setting the Scene. 2.Murder in the Glen. 3.The Initial Investigation. 3.The Confession. 4.The Prosecution. 5.The Defence. 6.A Case for "Justice". 7.New Evidence. 8.The Criminal Cases Review Commission. 9.On Appeal. 10.The Relationship of the Court of Appeal to the Criminal Cases Review Commission. 11.The Influence of Stormont Policies on the Legal Process. 12.Aftermath. Select Bibliography. Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.2013
Verlagsort	Winchester
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-904380-94-8 / 1904380948
ISBN-13	978-1-904380-94-8 / 9781904380948
Zustand	Neuware