Christine's conviction for perjury was unjust

In December 1963, at the end of the “Profumo scandal” Christine Keeler was sent to prison for 9 months.

In a case that, on the face of it, had nothing to do with either Stephen Ward or John Profumo, a young girl was vilified and punished.

‘Christine was a victim of violence and sexual abuse who was sent to prison for lying about who was present when she was assaulted. Take a moment to think about that - she told the truth about being violently attacked, agreed to keep two men out of the publicity, and was the only one imprisoned from the events known as the ‘Profumo Affair’.’

It was wrong that the victim of a violent attack went to prison..

In her own words

On April 18th 1963 - Christine Keeler was assaulted by Lucky Gordon, he hit her to the ground and started kicking her. She sustained numerous injuries.

How do we know that Christine was assaulted



  • Christine testified she was assaulted
  • Paula Hamilton Marshal - witness the assault and testified
  • A doctor confirmed her injuries, and testified they were consistent with assault
  • At the later trial - Witnesses Rudolph “Truello” Fenton and Clarence Camacchio — testified that they witnessed a vicious assault.
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The Police at my mothers trial “No doubt that there was an assault”
  • Lucky Gordon - said in court, twice, that he had hit her, but he argued that most of her injuries were received when she tried to run away from him and ran into a door.



  • The police at my christine’s trial - testified that, ‘She was assaulted by Gordon that night’.



  • The police had been called on 8 separate occasions because Gordon ‘had assaulted, molested, or attacked Christine.’
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Lucky Gordon “I slapped you”

A history of violence

Christine Keeler - had never been arrested, or even cautioned by the police - in her words “My name had never even been written in a policeman’s book”.

Lucky Gordon had a criminal history that included attempted murder of a young woman.

Gordon would go on to stab another woman in the neck - in 1973.

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Stabbed in the neck - and 14 previous convictions
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From March 1962 til April 1963 - he had assaulted, pestered or molested her- Police testimony

Why did Christine Keeler plead guilty

On the night of the assault, Witnesses Rudolph “Truello” Fenton and Clarence Camacchio, put Christine under pressure not to involve them. One was married, one had already been in trouble with the police, both were West Indian and afraid of the police.


Christine lied and did not tell the police they were there, she later said in court and said they were not there.
This was deemed enough to charge her with perjury.

Christine Keeler was so hated in the eyes of the public, she was advised that if she did not plead guilty, she would lose and go to prison for 5 years

She took a deal to serve less time and to have some charges dropped, charges that would have allowed Lucky Gordon to sue her for wrongful arrest, for a crime it was accepted, that he had committed.

Why does this mean she was innocent


Her denial of Fenton and Camacchio's presence was wholly immaterial to the fact that Gordon assaulted her,
If she had said they were the in court, there would have been the same outcome for Gordon.
It was a lie without any malice. She was not trying to make innocent guilty.

Imagine your house is robbed, the burglar is caught, there are witness, found in possession of your stolen items, and you go to court.
In court you, the victim are asked. “Where were you at the time of the robbery” and you say “I went to the cinema”
The defence then says “We have proof that you were in fact, unbeknown to your family, at a hotel with your lover!”

Image that you end up in prison whilst the burglar goes free.

That is what happened to Christine Keeler

Christine Keeler was innocent

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Then in March 2022 case notes and an application where sent on to the CCRC. Who are reviewing if Christine Keelers case should be overturned
​On Monday 14 June 2021, these documents were sent to the Secretary of State for Justice.

They show that the criminal justice system let Christine down, maybe even deliberately.

We show that her reputation was deliberately destroyed by the men around her, who prove to have been liars or Machiavellian in their motives.
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Why this is important

“this case has a repercussive effect - women need to know the legal system protects victims of stalking, especially when they are attacked in front of witnesses. If Christine is exonerated, it sends a message to society that women will be protected, and stalkers - especially physically abusive stalkers - will not be tolerated.”
  • James Harbridge March 2024

The June 1963 Gordon trial paints a clear picture of Gordon as a stalker.

Both the Judge and Gordon’s own Counsel try to understand Gordon and Christine’s situation:

In court Gordons says “That they would meet outside a cinema”..no, he would just hang around waiting for her, and on one occasion he bundled her into a taxi, and if it wasn’t for a police officer, who knows what would have happened?

Gordon’s Counsel asks twice: “Didn’t you live together in Park West?” and Gordon always told people, they “lived together in Park West”. This is denied. Gordon did take a flat in the ParkWest complex, but not with Christine; she lived there with Kim Proctor.

“That Christine felt threatened and escaped to France, he was threatening to “cut me up” - in September then October 1961 she travelled to France, and I have the passport stamps.

“Christine says she never met him unless under threat”: those words “under a threat” are so significant and telling.

It was heavily implied that soon after she met Lucky he raped her. And it was heavily implied that he assaulted her at Dolphin Square.

Gordon had already served time for stabbing a woman in the stomach and he would go on to stab another woman in the neck.

Outside of court - “Stephen Ward told MI5 about Gordon hanging around waiting for Christine, stalking.”

This case has a broader impact on our understanding of our history. Many of the history books state Christine lied about being assaulted, to punish her “ex” Gordon, or she was allegedly in cahoots with the police to make up an assault as leverage to get Gordon to testify against Ward. This is certainly not the case.

Newspapers still print “Christine Keeler lied about being assaulted by her ex boyfriend/lover Lucky Gordon.”

Wikipedia still says “Christine was assaulted in April and she accused Gordon, who was a partner that she was sexually active with.” …. “Gordon maintained that his innocence would be established by two witnesses.” …. “Gordon’s assault conviction was overturned when the two witnesses were found and testified that Christine’s evidence was substantially false.”

Non of this is true: in court it is very clear Gordon is a stalker and ultimately the two witnesses, Fenton and Camacchio, both testified that they had witnessed my mother being assaulted that night by Gordon.

Calling my mother a liar in this way, changes her place in history, and alters our understanding of her motivation through the Profumo scandal. If she is a liar, capable of sending an innocent man to prison, then it makes all the men in the scandal a victim of her lies and deceit. But she wasn’t a liar – Gordon even admitted at his own trial that he had slapped my mother that night.

My mother was the victim of a stalker and her motivation through the scandal was by honourable, truthful means to get away from him or seek help for those around her, and it seems that all the people around her were self-serving and didn’t have her best interests at heart.

The Profumo scandal was not the Cross my mother bore; rather, her Cross was they called her a liar and they called Gordon a boyfriend and they said that Gordon was the victim.

That is what destroyed her life.

Overturning this decision cannot fix my mother’s life, but it is still vital, because it supports a woman who went to prison when she should not have done. Of course it matters to her family who loved her; it is hugely important. It may also matter to the telling of history, that Christine Keeler was a victim and not a criminal.

How you can help

I have been asking people to write to the Secretary of State for justice, showing support for a Pardon for my mothers. At this time the case is with the CCRC - Criminal Case Review Council and not with the secretary for state for justice.

We await the CCRC’s findings - it may mean that her case looked at again as a miscarriage of justice, or it may mean that they cant help and it referred back to the Justice Secretary for a pardon.

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