Girlfriend to write book about Falconio Outback murder
British backpacker Joanne Lees, who survived an Outback attack that resulted in the murder of her boyfriend Peter Falconio, today said she had signed a deal to write a tell-all book about the ordeal.
The Australian deal comes three months after former truck driver Bradley John Murdoch was convicted of killing Falconio and assaulting Lees in July 2001 after Murdoch flagged down the British couple on a remote highway pretending to need help.
Prosecutors said Falconio was shot in the head. His body was never found.
Prosecutors said Murdoch threatened Lees with a gun, punched her in the head and bound her with cable-ties.
Lees testified she managed to escape and call for help after flagging down a passing truck.
In Darwin, publisher Hodder Australia today said it had struck a deal with Lees for the “definitive book” on the attack, to be published in September.
