- Shirley Finn
Shirley Finn was a brothel madam of
Perth, Western Australia shot on the 23rd June 1975.Her body was found in a parked car on Labouchere Road, next to the
South Perth golf course. [ "Shirley Finn - found shot dead"The West Australian , 24 June 1975, p.1,5 ] At the time various rumours regarding the murder attributed specific issues relative to prostitution and the way it was being handled by police and government in Perth at the time, but nothing eventuated in any evidence or information available at that time. [ Gregory, Jenny (2003) "City of light : a history of Perth since the 1950s" Perth, W.A. : City of Perth. ISBN 0959463240 p.243-249, re "containment" and issues surrounding prosititution at the time ]The murder, and the implied connections with issues relating to policing of the sex industry, resulted in a royal commission being held. [ Norris, John Gerald (Commisioner) (1976)- "Report of the Royal Commission into Matters Surrounding the Administration of the Law Relating to Prostitution". Perth: Government of Western Australia ]
Continued interest in her murder and the lack of any leads led to periodic speculation as to the murderer. [ "Shirley Finn - police still have not found her killer" Daily News (Perth, W.A.), 23 June 1988, 24 June 1988, p. 11 ]
On the thirtieth anniversary of the murder - June 23, 2005 a cold-case review of the murder was announced [ http://www.police.wa.gov.au/MediaAndPublicAffairs/MediaReleases/3232.pdf ] [ Ambrose, Melanie.(2006) "Cold case." Author Juliet Wills discusses the murder of Finn. Sunday times (Perth, W.A.), 23 April 2006, STM section, p.10-12 ] general opinion by some was that no further leads were possible. [ Kelly, Jim.(2005) "No hope" in "Lawyer Ron Cannon doubtful Shirley Finn's murderer will be found". Sunday times (Perth, W.A.), 26 June 2005, p.29 ]
ee also
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Prostitution in Australia
*Crime in Western Australia References
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