The End of Innocence - Estelle Blackburn

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Growing up in Perth in the 1950's and '60's was idyllic until 1963 as Eric Edgar Cooke stole cars and money, ran women over and shot, stabbed and strangled others. In a tragic twist of fate, Cooke crossed paths with 19 year old John Button whose girlfriend, Rosemary Anderson, had been killed in a hit and run. Although both men confessed to the crime, with Cooke becoming the last man executed at Fremantle Prison - John Button was convicted and jailed.

In a search for the truth, author Estelle Blackburn painstaking examined police and prison files, trail material and media reports, and spoke to previously unknown witnesses, publishing the groundbreaking book, Broken Lives, in 1998.

This 13 year quest for justice resulted in the exonerations of John Button and Darryl Beamish.

The End of Innocence details Estelle's experience in writing Broken Lives and takes the reader on a journey to the heart of our criminal justice system - where good and evil are tightly entwined and the truth is sometimes hard to find...