THE CAMEO CONSPIRACY The Real Story of the Cameo Cinema Murders (SIGNED)

Softcover. SIGNED. A shocking true story of murder and injustice. Liverpool's notorious Cameo Cinema murder case is one of Britain's legal cause celebres. But for over half a century the convictions of George Kelly and Charles Connolly went unchallenged in the courts until - following publication of this book - they were referred to the Court of Appeal in 2001. In this meticulously researched and powerfully incisive work, the author painstakingly reveals the truth of what really happened on that fateful Saturday night of March 19, 1949, when the manager of the Cameo cinema 44yr. old Leonard Thomas, and his 30yr. old assistant, John Bernard Catterall, were brutally gunned down in a botched armed hold-up whilst counting up the evening's takings of just £50.0s.8d. Recounting how the 2 accused were framed by a corrupt detective and condemned by an amoral legal establishment, it is a story of unbelievable human wickedness which resulted in the execution of one man and the false imprisonment of another. This first and definitive book on the Cameo case - stands in its own right as a classic exposure of a truly scandalous miscarriage of justice. But the authentically evoked 1940's atmosphere of the city's pubs, post-war rationing, illicit shebeens, the black market, and its portrayal of the colourful and seedy characters of Liverpool's underworld, also make it a fascinating and compelling social chronicle of the period. A major motion picture of 'the Cameo Conspiracy' is currently in development. Illus. 262pp. Trade size softcover. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. PRESENTATION COPY TO WILF GREGG SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. F.