The Beamish Case

Discussion of the murder case in Western Australia involving Darryl Beamish, a profoundly deaf teenager, charged with the 1959 axe murder of the 22 year old socialite and chocolate heiress Jillian Brewer. Beamish spent 15 years in jail after his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. In 2004 following several appeals, the judge ruled Beamish had not committed the murder, saying they now believed a 1964 gallows confession from one of Australia’s most notorious serial killers, Eric Edgar Cooke. pp. vi, 57 (See image for edgewear to cover). #0319