File:Ellen and Fredrick Mouat - New Zealand Police Gazette (24917400112).jpg
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On 20 February 1945 Ellen Mouat disappeared in Christchurch, sparking a controversial murder trial. Ellen left her home in suburban St Martins - allegedly without a stitch of clothing - and her husband Fred disappeared the same day. After a manhunt he was found at a quarry overlooking his home and charged with his wife’s murder. Her body was never found and there was some evidence that she had simply left home to start a new life in Dunedin. Fred had tried to pawn some of her jewellery and the couple were known to have had financial problems but there were uncertainties with the case against him from the outset. He was tried twice before being convicted as his first jury could not agree on a verdict. The trials attracted some sensational reporting and when Fred was convicted of manslaughter he was sentenced to 17 years of hard labour. True crime writer Scott Bainbridge wrote of the case in his 2010 book Shot in the Dark: Unsolved New Zealand Murders from the 1920s and 30s. In his view the Mouat case was one of the most controversial in New Zealand’s history, given that there was some compelling evidence Ellen was still alive. But this was not investigated and Fred remained in prison for 12 years. Shown here is a studio portrait of the ill-fated Ellen and Fred Mouat which was published in the New Zealand Police Gazette in 1925. Archives reference: AAZC W2542/50 199/133 (R22169283) www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22169283 Date: 1925 For more information email Research.Archives@dia.govt.nz For updates on our On This Day series and news from Archives New Zealand, follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/ArchivesNZ Material supplied by Archives New Zealand |
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