Tue, Jul 3, 1973
The Sunday Nation newspaper, and one of its leading reporters, are being sued for libel after describing a psychotherapy group as 'harmful' and 'fraudulent'. Stephen Harvesty QC, for the defendants, will try to convince the court that the psychotherapy group is indeed nothing more than a cult which forces its members to part with large sums of money for very little in return.
Tue, Mar 27, 1973
Count Alucard, a Dracula-themed illusionist, is shot dead on stage when a stunt involving a gun goes horribly wrong. His assistant (his wife, Rita) is accused of having tampered with the gun, killing him after discovering yet another of his affairs. did she purposely kill her husband, or was the gun faulty?
Mon, Mar 29, 1976
Stanley Roberts was electrocuted and killed when his crane touched overhead cables; a young boy who rushed to help him was also killed in the incident. A postmortem showed that Roberts had drunk alcohol beforehand. His employer Colin Hunter is now charged with health-and-safety offences. The prosecution asserts that Hunter knew Roberts was an alcoholic and yet took no proper action to stop him working. His widow says Roberts used to hit her, and says she wrote to Hunter about her husband's drinking. However, the defence maintains that there is no evidence that Roberts was ever drunk at work, and that the company took reasonable measures to ensure he was a safe employee.