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| Date | 7 June 1995 (aged 24) |
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| Location | The Gap, Sydney, Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°50′38″S 151°17′06″E / 33.843803°S 151.284998°E |
| Cause | Death by falling |
| Deaths | Caroline Byrne |
| Coroner | John Abernethy |
| Suspects | Gordon Wood |
| Charges | Murder |
| Verdict | Guilty, overturned on appeal |
Caroline Byrne (8 October 1970 – 7 June 1995), an Australian model, was found at the bottom of a cliff at The Gap in Sydney in the early hours of 8 June 1995. Her then boyfriend Gordon Eric Wood (b. 1962), who at the time of her death was a chauffeur and personal assistant to businessman Rene Rivkin, was convicted of her murder on 21 November 2008 and spent three years in Goulburn Correctional Centre. He was acquitted of the conviction in February 2012.[1][2]
- ^ Davies, Lisa; Hall, Louise; Bibby, Paul (24 February 2012). "Gordon Wood acquitted of murdering Caroline Byrne". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ^ Wood v R [2012] NSWCCA 21 (24 February 2012), Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW, Australia).