![]() The Whisky went on to become one of the most famous clubs in the world. We left town the next day, and I remember sitting on the plane, reading the paper and there was the photo of me throwing the water." He took a photo of the water coming out of the glass and soaking - accidentally - the actress Mamie Van Doren, who just happened to be passing. A photographer came and tried to get a picture and I threw the glass of water at him. We'd been sitting there for hours, waiting to get a drink we had glasses with ice in them, and the ice had all melted. John and I were sitting either side of her and she had her hands on our legs, by our groins - at least she did on mine. It was a total set-up by Jayne Mansfield to have p ictures taken with us. It seemed to take us twenty minutes to get from the door to the table and instantly the whole of Hollywood paparazzi descended. "I can never buy a sister a birthday card, or receive one," she said in a statement."Somebody conned us into going to the Whisky a Go Go. Ms Ellingham told the inquest she will "never have a sister, nieces or nephews - that right was taken from me". The first day of the two-week inquiry also heard from family members of victims who died in the fire, including Lorraine Ellingham's sister Jennifer Davies, who was a waitress working at the nightclub. The inquest heard findings of police corruption from the 1989 Fitzgerald Inquiry could also be used as evidence. Mr Keim said Rogerson's information might "be of assistance to the court" and he would arrange for him to give evidence remotely. The inquiry heard Rogerson did not believe O'Dempsey was involved in the attack. ![]() Rogerson is currently serving a life sentence in New South Wales after he and former detective Glen McNamara were found guilty of murdering Sydney university student Jamie Gao during a drug deal in 2014. It will also hear evidence from disgraced former police detective Roger Rogerson, who was involved in the initial police investigation into the nightclub attack. The inquest, before Coroner Terry Ryan, is expected to hear from a long list of witnesses, including friends and family of victims, an anonymous lawyer, an informer and an inmate. The pair were charged with the 1974 manslaughter of Brisbane mother Barbara McCulkin and the murder of her two daughters, Vicki, 13, and Leanne, 11.Īt the time, police alleged O'Dempsey and Dubois killed the family out of fear they might implicate them in the nightclub firebombing.ĭubois was due to give evidence at the hearing but died in a Queensland jail two weeks ago, making O'Dempsey the last convicted murderer to take the stand. Inquest to hear from disgraced detectiveįormer attorney-general Yvette D'Ath reopened the investigation into the incident in 2017 after convicted murderers Vincent O'Dempsey and Garry Dubois committed a triple murder, which police believed could have had potential links to the attack. The inquest will also investigate whether the attack was motivated by an insurance claim payout, with evidence expected to be heard about the club's finances. It comes after the inquest heard multiple people knew about the attack before it occurred, and some were warned not to attend the nightclub on the night of the incident.
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