The Trial of Rupert Maxwell Stuart

In 1958, nine-year-old Mary Hattam was murdered in South Australia. During an interview with ex-Detective Sgt Paul Turner over 40 years later, he admitted that Rupert Maxwell Stuart, an illiterate Aboriginal man they charged and arrested, was coerced into confessing. At the time, many believed Stuart to be innocent, and it became one of Australia's most controversial trials. Did Stuart kill Mary Hattam? Were the police right to cut corners? Or was he falsely convicted?

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