Dimensions
154 x 234 x 25mm
From true crime to petty crime - this is the memoir of one of Australia's most experienced court reporters. As a seasonedcourt reporter, the ABC's Jamelle Wells has filed thousands of stories on murderers,sex offenders, thieves, bad drivers, family feuds and business deals gonewrong. In more than 15 years, Jamelle has witnessed many of Australia's mostnotorious and high-profile court cases. In the line of duty, she has sat nextto criminals and their families, been chased, spat on, stalked and carted offby ambulance for emergency surgery after an accident outside ICAC.Every day in courts acrossAustralia the evidence, facts and theories are played out in a kind oftheatre, with their own characters, costumes and traditions. But ever-presentis the human tragedy of ordinary people's lives disrupted, destroyed andforever altered. The judges, the lawyers and barristers, the witnesses and thevictims - all striving to play their part in the quest for fairness, justiceand always, the truth of what really happened.From the calculated andcruel, to the unfair and unlucky, from pure evil to plain stupid - JamelleWells, the court reporter, has seen it all.Court Reporter is a tough and fearless journalist'smemoir that looks at the cases that have shocked, moved and never left us.
