Black Widow's Gold : The de Stempel Trials
Jane Warren,
Bruce Lawson
In 1987, blind recluse and architect Simon Dale was brutally battered to death in his Jacobean mansion. His ex-wife, Baroness de Stempel - the aristocratic great-great-great-granddaughter of abolitionist William Wilberforce - was acquitted of the murder despite compelling evidence.
Soon after, she plundered a fortune in antiques and gold bullion from her wealthy, dementia-stricken aunt, exploiting systemic blindness at every level of the legal and financial establishment to nearly escape justice entirely.
What really happened behind the family's wall of silence?Drawing on unprecedented access to original fraud trial files, prosecution papers, and over 25 exclusive interviews, this definitive account uncovers startling new dimensions to the case. From explosive links to the notorious Brink’s-Mat heist to a hidden 1996 confession, this book exposes the chilling psychological framework of a master manipulator and the institutional failures that allowed a high-born fraudster to blindside the nation.
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Jane Warren,
Jane Warren is an accomplished ghost writer with more than 18 years experience. She has ghosted six non-fiction titles and has also written two non-fiction books under her own name. Her publishers have included Harper Collins and Hodder Headline. In 1997, she ghosted One Up: A Woman in Action with the SAS for Harper Collins. This was the story of a female undercover agent who spied for the SAS in Northern Ireland. It attracted a six-figure advance and was serialised in the Mail on Sunday over three weeks.
In 2003, she co-wrote Fear-Busting: A Proven Plan to Beat Fear and Change You...
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Bruce Lawson
Bruce Lawson FCA brings 40 years of experience as a tax adviser and company director, giving him deep insights into institutional power and multi-generational cover-ups. This expertise informs his analysis of the suppression of evidence following the 1989 Wilberforce murder trial.
An accomplished biographer, Lawson’s rigorous research has been recognised at Stanford University. Utilising his intimate local knowledge, he secured unprecedented access to primary sources, including the fraud trial file, prosecution notes, and insolvency records.
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