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The Dominici Affair is the name given to the criminal investigation into the triple murder of three Britons in [[France]]. During the night of 4 to 5 August [[1952]], [[Sir Jack Drummond]], a 61-year-old scientist; his 45-year-old wife Anne Wilbraham; and their 10-year-old daughter Elizabeth were murdered by their car which was parked in a lay-be near ''La Grand'Terre'', the farm belonging to the Dominici family, located near the town of [[Lurs]] in the [[département]] of [[Basses-Alpes]] (now [[Alpes-de-Haute-Provence]]. Family patriarch Gaston Dominici was convicted of the three murders in 1957 and sentenced to death without his guilt being clearly established. In 1957, President [[René Coty]] commuted the sentence to life imprisonment, and on 14 July 1960, President [[Charles de Gaulle]] pardonned and released Gaston Dominici. The affair made international headlines at the time. |
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Revision as of 17:09, 8 January 2014
The Dominici Affair is the name given to the criminal investigation into the triple murder of three Britons in France. During the night of 4 to 5 August 1952, Sir Jack Drummond, a 61-year-old scientist; his 45-year-old wife Anne Wilbraham; and their 10-year-old daughter Elizabeth were murdered by their car which was parked in a lay-be near La Grand'Terre, the farm belonging to the Dominici family, located near the town of Lurs in the département of Basses-Alpes (now Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Family patriarch Gaston Dominici was convicted of the three murders in 1957 and sentenced to death without his guilt being clearly established. In 1957, President René Coty commuted the sentence to life imprisonment, and on 14 July 1960, President Charles de Gaulle pardonned and released Gaston Dominici. The affair made international headlines at the time.