What the campaign is about |
The campaign for Christine concentrates on the trial “Metropolitan police against Lucky Gordon” and not the Stephen Ward trial.
The case against Lucky Gordon led to Christine’s prison sentence and her conviction for perjury. This conviction for perjury took away Christine’s ability to defend herself from some of the lies that have been told about her, it has also given some historians and journalists scope to dismiss Christine’s version of events as lies from a convicted perjurer. Perversely, Christine’s conviction for perjury has since been used as the legal basis for Stephen Ward's conviction to be overturned.
The case against Lucky Gordon led to Christine’s prison sentence and her conviction for perjury. This conviction for perjury took away Christine’s ability to defend herself from some of the lies that have been told about her, it has also given some historians and journalists scope to dismiss Christine’s version of events as lies from a convicted perjurer. Perversely, Christine’s conviction for perjury has since been used as the legal basis for Stephen Ward's conviction to be overturned.
In December 1963 Christine pleaded guilty to the crime of perjury - she took a deal and did not contest the charge as she had been advised that her best course of action to avoid a long prison sentence was to plead guilty and beg for the court's mercy. At this time Christine was a pariah in the minds of the press and public and a fair trial would have been impossible.
As Christine pleaded guilty, the full details of her perjury did not play out in court.
As Christine pleaded guilty, the full details of her perjury did not play out in court.