Sydney (dpa) – A feature film, an opera and now a fourth inquest: Australians don't tire of the 1980 “the dingo took my baby” case, which led to the jailing, release and subsequent exoneration of the vanished infant's mother. There was no word Wednesday on whether Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, the woman once sentenced for the murder of her infant daughter Azaria Chamberlain, would be in the courtroom when the coroner takes another look at the evidence. The inquest was to open Friday in Darwin, the Northern Territory capital. Chamberlain-Creighton and her former husband, Michael Chamberlain, Azaria's father, asked for a fourth inquest because the last one, in 1995, ended with an open verdict. They were seeking a clear finding from the coroner that a dingo was responsible for the death of their 9-week-old daughter who disappeared from the Uluru campsite near Alice Springs in August 1980. Stuart Tipple, representing the couple, told the Northern Territory News this week that the open finding was “unsatisfying” and a fresh inquest should end with his clients being cleared beyond all doubt. Chamberlain-Creighton was jailed in 1982 after being convicted of murder, but her conviction was overturned and she was released in 1988 when new evidence came to light that undermined the prosecution. Michael Chamberlain received a suspended sentence for accessory after the event, which was also revoked in 1988. BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/6TAjR Tags: Australia, Court, Dingo, Murder, Trial Section: Latest News, Oceana
