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Raging Waters
In February 1997, Dean Waters, former Australian heavyweight boxing champion, walked into Wyong police station on the New South Wales central coast and confessed to a killing committed nine years before.
During the subsequent trial Dean's only defence was that his father, Ces Waters, had forced him to carry out the killing, and that after a lifetime of physical and mental abuse he was unable to disobey his father - even if it led to murder. In a trial that riveted the entire nation, the evidence presented was so shocking that it took the jury only an hour and a half to acquit him and set him free.
Now for the first time, Dean tells the full story of his upbringing , and the relentless evils of his father.
From adrenaline-charged boxing fights, to the chilling account of the killing itself and the terrible road that led to it, Raging Waters is a book that will challenge every readers assumptions.
During the subsequent trial Dean's only defence was that his father, Ces Waters, had forced him to carry out the killing, and that after a lifetime of physical and mental abuse he was unable to disobey his father - even if it led to murder. In a trial that riveted the entire nation, the evidence presented was so shocking that it took the jury only an hour and a half to acquit him and set him free.
Now for the first time, Dean tells the full story of his upbringing , and the relentless evils of his father.
From adrenaline-charged boxing fights, to the chilling account of the killing itself and the terrible road that led to it, Raging Waters is a book that will challenge every readers assumptions.
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209 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1998
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January 6, 2017
Dean presents you with a picture of his fathers parental control bordering on insanity behind the scenes of the 'Waters' family. The descriptions of Ces Waters's dominance over his children and his women based on violence, incessant abuse and debasement will certainly make you think twice about the 'Not Guilty' verdict. This book reminds you that not eveything behind closed doors is as rosy as iwhat is purported to the public eye.
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