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Featuring controversial and previously banned books written by investigative
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<td><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="avonlovell.htm" target="_self"><font size="2">Avon
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<td align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#F2EFEC" height="34" width="544"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><i><font color="#003366" size="2"><a href="bookshop.htm" target="mainFrame">Where
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<td colspan="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">In
1982 an ingenious swindle at the Royal Perth Mint netted a fortune
in gold bullion. Police focused in on the Mickelberg brothers, Ray,
Peter and Brian who were sentenced respectively to 20, 16 and 12 years
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<td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The
Prosecution case was based on a mass of questionable evidence:<br>
- unsigned `confessions' - fabrications, omissions - and a forged
fingerprint!<br>
Now the Mickelbergs are after their persecutors.<br>
Avon Lovell's documented expose of an Australian courtroom Watergate
is a triumph of investigative writing.<br>
The facts are explosive; </font><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The
story unfolds like a drama. Police methods in Australia will never
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<td colspan="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">In
1982 an ingenious swindle at the Royal Perth Mint netted a fortune
in gold bullion. Police focused in on the Mickelberg brothers, Ray,
Peter and Brian who were sentenced respectively to 20, 16 and 12 years
gaol.</font></td>
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<td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The
Prosecution case was based on a mass of questionable evidence:<br>
- unsigned `confessions' - fabrications, omissions - and a forged
fingerprint!<br>
Now the Mickelbergs are after their persecutors.<br>
Avon Lovell's documented expose of an Australian courtroom Watergate
is a triumph of investigative writing.<br>
The facts are explosive; </font><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The
story unfolds like a drama. Police methods in Australia will never
be the same ...</font></td>
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<td bgcolor="#F2EFEC" width="544"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">On
Monday the 12th of August, 2002, Dymocks booksellers launched the
infamously unatainable text, The Mickelberg Stitch. </font></td>
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<td colspan="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The
launch itself generated interest from all media circles, celebrities
and the general public alike. <a href="file:///C|/booklaunch.htm" target="_self">More
on the launch</a> and speech by Bret Christian of the <i>Subiaco Post</i>.</font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="758"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"<b>Mickelberg
gamble pays off for author - </b>His supporters say</font><font size="4" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font size="4" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><img src="images/info.gif" width="20" height="17"></font></b></font></b></font><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
his behaviour in front of the police royal commission that led him to the
brink of a jail sentence has succeeded in getting the Mickelberg case sent
to the Supreme Court...After Mr Lovell walked out of the commission, Mr
McGinty changed his mind & signed the order referring the Mickelberg
case to the Court of Criminal Appeal...Mr Lovell says he also had a genuine
belief that his summons to appear before the commission was not valid because
it referred to events in 1982. The commission's terms of reference appear
to restrict it to investigating matters from 1985 onwards. He now admits
he was wrong in his belief, & that his 1200 court appearances on his
own behalf might have given him some misplaced confidence about his abilities
as a 'bush' lawyer" <i>Subiaco Post </i></font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="758"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Avon
was quoted as saying he had achieved his goal to get the Mickelberg case
to the court of criminal appeal, "<b>I just want to get on with my
business, my work and get my life back</b>" - <i>The Australian Newspaper.</i></font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="758"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Sentencing!</b>
Judges fine Lovell $30,000 for 3 contempt of court convictions.</font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="758"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">"<b>Mint
witness back - </b>An application to expedite the evidence of former detective
Tony Lewandowski, who admitted framing the Mickelberg brothers over the
1982 Perth Mint Swindle, will be heard by a Perth court tomorrow. Mr Lewandowski
is believed to have returned to Perth from Thailand at the weekend."
<i>The Australian </i></font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="758"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Avon's
book '<b>The Mickelberg Stitch</b>' finally enjoys a <b>public <a href="file:///C|/booklaunch.htm">launch</a></b>
at Dymocks, Perth City Store</font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="758"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">"<b>Lovell
faces jail sentence - </b>Convicted author says he wants to help commission
'get the bastards'. Author Avon Lovell faces a possible jail term after
being found in contempt of the police royal commission. Lovell...was convicted
in the State Full Court yesterday on three counts of contempt." <i>The
West Australian</i></font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="758"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">"<b>I
will be first person jailed: Lovell - </b>Mr Lovell said he had provided
evidence of major police corruption yet he was the first person most likely
to be jailed in relation to the royal commission. He had wanted his case
heard by a single judge so that he could appeal against an unfavourable
decision to the Full Court. As it stands the Full Court will hear the contempt
case...In the Full Court yesterday Mr Kevin Penkin said it would be submitted
that there had been no contempt because the summons was beyond the power
of the royal commission." <i>The West Australian</i></font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="758"><font face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif" size="2">"<b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Brothers
get day in sun - </font></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Attorney-General
Jim McGinty sent the Perth Mint swindle case back to the Court of Criminal
Appeal yesterday, saying it was time Ray & Peter Mickelberg had their
day in court." <i>The West Australian</i></font></font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="758"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">"<b>Lovell
bailed on contempt </b>- The original arrest warrant alleged Lovell committed
three contempts: failing to answer a summons to appear on Monday, refusing
to give evidence when he did attend on Wednesday & leaving without being
released. <b>Lovell replied that he had not committed contempt</b>. He had
made submissions that the commission did not have authority to ask him questions
as he was not a police officer & his evidence did not fall within the
term of reference." <i>The West Australian</i></font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="758"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">"<b>I'll
face inquiry as a courtesy: Lovell</b> - Mickelberg advocate Avon Lovell,
who defied a subpoena to go before the royal commission into police corruption
on Monday, intends to appear before today's hearing out of courtesy. He
said yesterday he wished to know what it wanted from him in relation to
the confession he got from self-confessed corrupt former detective Tony
Lewandowski." <i>The West Australian</i></font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="758"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">"<b>New
moves to get witness home</b> - Negotiations to bring Tony Lewandowski back
from Thailand to Perth were taking place behind the scenes, author Avon
Lovell said yesterday...he railed against Attorney General Jim McGinty's
handling of the affair. <b>He denounced the possibility of his imprisonment
for failing to attend the inquiry as 'stupid' pointing out the paradox of
jailing him when he had exposed police corruption</b>." <i>The West
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<td valign="top" width="758"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">"<b>Mickelberg
author defiant</b> - The police royal commission resumes today with the
threat of imprisonment hanging over author Avon Lovell" <i>The West
Australian</i> </font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="758"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">"<b>Confession
in the spotlight</b> - Author Avon Lovell...said he had been <b>subpoenaed</b>
to the inquiry (royal commission) but would boycott it because it was an
inappropriate forum for the case. He said he got a sworn & signed confession
from Mr Lewandowski to support a petition to refer brothers Ray & Peter
Mickelberg's conviction to the Court of Criminal Appeal. <b>Instead, the
case was going to the Royal Commission which did not have the power to overturn
the brothers' conviction</b>.", "I have told the commission I'm
not going to attend,' Lovell said" <i>The West Australian</i></font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"<b>Hopes
rest on bent cops - Top detective's death may break wall of silence</b>",
Mickelbergs will apply today to have their case heard again by the court
of criminal appeal. <i>The West Australian</i></font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="758"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">"<b>Stitch
has become a smokescreen</b>...A week has passed since <i>The Sunday Times
</i>asked<i> </i>Attorney-General Jim McGinty a list of questions about
the handling of the confidential new evidence in the Mickelberg case. The
newspaper has not even received a telephone call in response. This from
a state government which has declared itself open & accountable in dealing
with the sensitive issue." Editorial <i>The Sunday Times</i></font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="758"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">"<b>This
time, the stitch is by Lovell</b>...when former detective Tony Lewandowski
decided to become our most famous dobber last week, it was his old enemy
Avon Lovell who stitched up the deal...he gave no hint of the months of
work & negotiations it took for Mr Lewandowski to steel himself for
the flak that would follow breaking the code of silence" Bret Christian,
<i>Subiaco Post</i></font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="758"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Fingerprint
expert Terry Nesbitt</b>...says he feels vindicated by Tony Lewandowski's
admission of fabricated evidence. Mr Nesbitt said he was initially sceptical
of the Mickelbergs' case but his views changed when he found three fingeprints
on the cheque. "<b>They were all identical - all from the same angle
& the same finger</b>," he said.</font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="758"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">"<b>Enduring
Lovell</b>...One man who copped almost as hard a time from the cops &
the West Australian establishment as the Mickelbergs was Avon Lovell...had
his phone tapped, received death threats, was briefly jailed & had his
book banned by the WA government. Yesterday he was quietly, but happily,
celebrating his vindication" D.D McNicoll, <i>The Australian.</i></font></td>
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<td valign="top" width="758"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>"Ex-cop
admits framing gold swindle brothers</b>", <i>The Australian Newspaper</i>-Front
Page. <a href="file:///C|/images/Aust120602.pdf" target="_blank">View Acrobat
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