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PETITION FOR CAMS

... on behalf of James Camb 31-years-old deck steward , who is to appeal against sentence of death for the murder of Miss Gay Gibson. Rock Ferry•born actress. in the liner Durban Castle. Seamen's unions are being invited to support the petition. CHAMPIONSHIP ...

Published: Friday 02 April 1948
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 128 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

`Proud to Be Gay's Mother'—Mrs. Gibson

... `Proud to Be Gay's Mother'—Mrs. Gibson 1 1 RIPPING the witness box rail, Mrs. Gibson told the court : I am very proud to be the mother of Eileen Gibson, when the trial of James Camb, 30-year-old deck steward, was resumed at Hampshire Assizes to-day ...

Published: Friday 19 March 1948
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 119 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ONE INTEREST

... an affair with an R.A.S.C. driver while in Germany. Mrs. Gibson : I did not know what he was, but she knew some one by the name of Pierre. Mr. Casswell: Was she very keen on him ?' Mrs. Gibson: I don't think so. My daughter was not interested in ...

Published: Friday 19 March 1948
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 157 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Unique Meeting In A Durban Hotel Three Merseysiders

... its voyage to Durban that the sensational i discovery was made of the dieappearance of one of her /omenlgers, Eileen - Gay Gibson, 21- !Years-old London actress, for the alleged murder of whom a !member of the crew--a steward Page-Wright's 12-months-old ...

Published: Friday 14 November 1947
Newspaper: Runcorn Weekly News
County: Cheshire, England
Type: | Words: 224 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

!LINER TURNED

... murdering 21-yearold actress Eileen Gay Gibson. Miss Gibson formerly lived in, Bebington Road, Rock Ferry.l Birkenhead, but had recently been' living in South Africa. Camb in an alleged statement, said Miss Gibson became ill and after trying artificial ...

Published: Monday 24 November 1947
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 207 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

CAMS IS RELEASED

... ater reprieved for the murder of Gay Gibson. an actress. has been released from Wakefield Prison, it was learned to-day. Camb was found guilty and sentenced to death 12 years a go. It was alleged that be pushed Gay Gibson thrgugh a porthole. He said at ...

Published: Monday 07 September 1959
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 654 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

SCHOOL

... d deck steward on the liner Durban Castle, describes, in an alleged statement, a night rendezvous with actress Eileen (Gay) Gibson in her cabin on the night of her disappearance. Read by Mr. E. G. Robey (prosecuting) at Southampton to-day, when Camb was ...

Published: Monday 17 November 1947
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 259 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Natural Death?

... Natural Death? The issues in the case were clear. There WAS no disputing that Camb had been with Gay Gibson when she died. that he had pushed her through the port-hole. Camb admitted that: the question was did he murder her, or did she die a natural death ...

Published: Saturday 19 May 1956
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 328 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

SENDING US BUTTER,

... behalf of James Camb, 31-year-old deck steward sentenced to death at Hampshire Assizes yesterday for the murder of Eileen Gay Gibson in the liner Durban Castle, will be lodged in a few days' time, Mr. Geoffrey Wells. Camb's solicitor. said to-day £5OO ...

Published: Tuesday 23 March 1948
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 311 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

i Masaryk—Friend Of Britain—Leaps To His Death In Prague

... steward James Camb, charged with the murder of actress Gay Gibson aboard the steamship Durban Castle. Boon, now in Lonilon, appeared in the cast of Golden Boy in South Africa with Miss Gibson. and Mr. Ralph Mundell. South African lawyer flying to London ...

Published: Wednesday 10 March 1948
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 889 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Gale hid secret of burial

... time that a murder case without the victims body has gone to a contested trial and ended in conviction. In 1947 film star Gay Gibson was murdered on the liner Durban Castle. Her body was pushed through a porthole and never recovered. In 1970 the Hussein ...