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Julie Ramage had lived most of her married life in fear. Her husband was a possessive bully who had hurt her physically and taken away her self confidence. But, when she finally gathered the courage to leave him she didn’t foresee what would follow. On Monday 21 July, 2003, her husband, James, called her to a meeting at their home in a final bid to lure her back to the marriage. When she told him, not for the first time, that she wouldn’t be returning, he bashed and murdered her. When a court found that Julie Ramage had provoked her own murder by leaving her husband, the Victorian public was outraged.Getting Away With Murder is an in-depth look at the events of Julie Ramage’s life and death and of the justice system which failed her and her family. With emotion and clarity, author Phil Cleary captures the tragedy of the events and the anger of those affected by the way James Ramage was able to manipulate the legal system to plead provocation. Phil Cleary is a former member of Federal Parliament and AFL footballer, who has campaigned for many years against the criminal justice system’s treatment of female victims. Cleary’s sister was murdered by her former partner in 1987 and served only three years in jail. Getting Away With Murder is the story of Julie Ramage’s tragedy, but is also an expose of the way female victims have been treated by the courts. Compelling reading. Getting Away With Murder, by Phil Cleary
Allen & Unwin, 2005 More Essential Reading Just Another Little Murder, by Phil Cleary
Mr Big, by Tony Reeves
The Society Murders, by Hilary Bonney
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