Casefile Revisited: Pamela Lawrence
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Casefile Revisited: Pamela Lawrence

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 1, 20261 hr 23 min
  • Documentary
  • Crime & justice

Casefile Revisited features newly re-recorded versions of classic episodes, revisiting the stories with enhanced production, fresh narration, and updated research where possible. When Mosman Park jewellery store owner Pamela Lawrence was late to return home from work on May 23 1994, her husband Peter went to check if everything was okay. There, he found Pamela clinging to life with serious head injuries, which she later succumbed to in the hospital. Despite a lack of physical evidence or any DNA tying him to the crime scene, accused thief Andrew Mallard was soon arrested for Pamela’s mu...

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warnings, please see the show notes for this episode on your app or on our website. As it neared 6pm on the evening of Monday, May 23, 1994, Peter Lawrence was starting to worry. Peter lived in Mossman Park, an affluent suburb 11 kilometres outside of Perth in Western Australia, and that afternoon, a violent storm had hit the city. Gale-force winds raged while thunder and lightning clashed and heavy rain pummeled down.

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It was the type of storm that knocked down power poles and blacked out traffic lights. Worryingly, Peter's wife, 45-year-old Pamela Lawrence, still hadn't arrived home from work, nor had she called to say she was running late Pamela owned an upscale jewellery store called Flora Metallica, which was located on Glide Street, a few minutes drive from the couple's home

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