Jean Lee was an Australian murderer who, together with her lover Robert Clayton and accomplice Norman Andrews, was convicted for the 1949 killing of William 'Pop' Kent, an SP bookmaker from the Melbou
Lee after her arrest (November 1949)
An image of Jean Lee, probably from 1943 (published in Perth's The Mirror newspaper, 17 February 1951).
Robert Clayton (left) and Norman Andrews (right), published in Sydney's Truth newspaper, 18 February 1951.
Jean Lee, escorted by detectives after her arrest in Melbourne in November 1949.
Dubbo is a city in the Orana Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest population centre in the Orana region, with a population of 43,516 at June 2021.
Jean Lee (murderer)
…were hanged eleven months later at Pentridge Gaol. Lee was the last woman to be executed in Australia. Jean Lee was born Marjorie Jean Maude Wright in Dubbo, New South Wales, on 10 December 1919, the youngest child of Charles Wright and Florence (née Peacock). Marjorie's father was a railway worker and the…
Dubbo town centre from above, 2020
The former Dubbo Post Office
Plains of the Dubbo region, north of the township
St Brigids Catholic Church