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Beiger, Shirley Patricia

Model and magazine cover girl who shot and killed her lover, Arthur Griffith, outside Chequers Nightclub in 1954. She was acquitted of the crime and her trial gained significant national media attention at the time.

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Shirley Beiger

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Shirley Beiger was a fashion model who shot and killed her lover, Arthur Griffith, outside Chequers Nightclub in 1954. She was tried for murder and acquitted. Her trial gained significant national media attention at the time.