Macmillan, 1998, Softcover, Book Condition: Fair, Unstated
In February 1997, Dean Waters, former Australian heavyweight boxing champion, walked into Wyong police station on the New South Wales central coast and confessed to a killing committed nine years before. During the subsequent trial Dean's only defence was that his father, Ces Waters, had forced him to carry out the killing, and that after a lifetime of physical and mental abuse he was unable to disobey his father - even if it led to murder. In a trial that riveted the entire nation, the evidence presented was so shocking that it took the jury only an hour and a half to acquit him and set him free. Now for the first time, Dean tells the full story of his upbringing , and the relentless evils of his father. From adrenaline-charged boxing fights, to the chilling account of the killing itself and the terrible road that led to it, Raging Waters is a book that will challenge every readers assumptions. Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. Spine has some reading creases. Covers hae some shelf wear, rubbing and creasing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australia; True Crime. ISBN: 0330361228. ISBN/EAN: 9780330361224. Inventory No: 54267.
In February 1997, Dean Waters, former Australian heavyweight boxing champion, walked into Wyong police station on the New South Wales central coast and confessed to a killing committed nine years before. During the subsequent trial Dean's only defence was that his father, Ces Waters, had forced him to carry out the killing, and that after a lifetime of physical and mental abuse he was unable to disobey his father - even if it led to murder. In a trial that riveted the entire nation, the evidence presented was so shocking that it took the jury only an hour and a half to acquit him and set him free. Now for the first time, Dean tells the full story of his upbringing , and the relentless evils of his father. From adrenaline-charged boxing fights, to the chilling account of the killing itself and the terrible road that led to it, Raging Waters is a book that will challenge every readers assumptions. Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. Spine has some reading creases. Covers hae some shelf wear, rubbing and creasing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australia; True Crime. ISBN: 0330361228. ISBN/EAN: 9780330361224. Inventory No: 54267.