CHARGE IN SYDNEY
Thorne Case Sequel > (NJ:.Pj4.-Reut«r-CopvripM) ’ SYDNEY, May 1. i Police in Sydney today ' brought a ' fresh charge 1 against a 43-year-old photo- i grapher of allegedly demand- ’ ing £25.000 from the father | of the eight-year-old Sydney schoolboy. Graeme Thorne. < who was kidnapped and mur- i dered last year. The man. Alfred Vercoe. 1 was remanded and allowed i £l5O bail. ■ At an earlier hearing, Ver- 1 cbe changed his plea from guilty to not guilty on a i police charge of having tried. ' by false pretences, to obtain I £25,000 from Bazil Harold I Parker Thorne. He was ' then remanded on bail to ) appear today for a re-hear-ing. I It .was alleged that on 1 August 4, last year. Vercoe ' falsely pretended to Bazil ' Thorite, that he took part in kidnapping his son and that ‘ the boy was all right except 1 for a slight cut to the face. : He also claimed that the boy was in good health and very brave. He said he knew the boy’s whereabouts and that he was in a position to arrange for his return for £25.000, it was alleged.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29503, 3 May 1961, Page 8
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