Mary Court’s campaign for justice pays off

By Ilsa Cunningham
Updated September 1 2015 - 1:05pm, first published 12:00am
Roseanne Beckett (centre), outside the NSW Supreme Court in Sydney on Monday, August 24. Ms Beckett has been awarded $2.3 million plus costs after suing the state of NSW for malicious prosecution. She served most of a 12-year jail sentence for soliciting the murder of her ex-husband, but the conviction was quashed in 2005. She is pictured with supporters Mary Court and Jim McDonogh.
Roseanne Beckett (centre), outside the NSW Supreme Court in Sydney on Monday, August 24. Ms Beckett has been awarded $2.3 million plus costs after suing the state of NSW for malicious prosecution. She served most of a 12-year jail sentence for soliciting the murder of her ex-husband, but the conviction was quashed in 2005. She is pictured with supporters Mary Court and Jim McDonogh.

When Roseanne Beckett, the Wollongong woman wrongfully jailed for conspiring to kill her husband, was awarded more than $2 million in damages last week, her loyal supporter Mary Court of Blaxland, rejoiced in a victory for justice and "never giving up and never giving in".

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