Background To The Case
Dr Gilbert Bogle was a physicist who worked at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Married with several children, he was considered to be a brilliant scientist and had been a Rhodes Scholar. The Police discovered that Bogle was also involved in relationships with other women, many of whom he took to parks. The Coroner stood down a key female witness before she could give evidence, to protect the families.
Mrs Chandler was married to Geoffrey Chandler, who also worked in the same CSIRO building as Dr Bogle. They had two children. Witnesses later suggested that she may have been bored with her life and upset at her husband's philandering.
Dr Bogle, the Chandlers, and several others attended a barbecue just prior to Christmas 1962. On the way home Mrs Chandler told her husband that she was quite taken with Dr Bogle. Mr Chandler told the police that he and his wife had "an understanding". He told her: "If you want to take Gib as a lover, if it would make you happy, you do it."
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