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John Button (born 9 February 1944 in Liverpool, England) is a Western Australian man who was the victim of a significant miscarriage of justice. Button was wrongfully convicted of the manslaughter, by vehicle impact, of his girlfriend, Rosemary Anderson, in 1963. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison, and released in 1968.
Nov 22, 2020 · John Button was falsely accused of killing his girlfriend Rosemary in 1963 by the notorious Night Caller Eric Edgar Cooke. He spent years in jail until investigative journalist Estelle Blackburn helped him clear his name and expose the police misconduct.
Nov 27, 2020 · It's 1963, and John Button, wrongly accused of murdering his young girlfriend in a callous hit-and-run attack, looks on as the jury files back into a Western Australian courtroom. WA Police have never apologised to John Button, who served five years for the wrongful conviction for the murder of his girlfriend. (Stan)
John Norman Button (30 June 1933 – 8 April 2008) was an Australian politician, who served as a senior minister in the Hawke and Keating Labor governments. He was notable for the Button car plan, which involved downsizing and eventually ending Australia's car industry by reducing tariffs and government protection. [1] Early life.
Dec 25, 2017 · John Button waited nearly 25 years to prove his innocence. When he was 18-years-old, John Button had everything a teenage boy in early 1960s Australia could want; a steady job, an enviable car and a devoted girlfriend. But on the night of his 19th birthday, that safe, predictable world would be shattered forever.
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Jan 24, 2014 · John Button, arguably the greatest “racing dad” Formula 1 has ever seen, died of a heart attack only days before his son Jenson was due to test McLaren’s 2014 contender for the first time.
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Aug 27, 2019 · John Button was falsely accused of killing his girlfriend in 1963 and spent five and a half years in prison. He fought for 39 years to clear his name and became an advocate for the Innocent Project.
