Death of Joe Cinque, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Death of Joe Cinque

Australian murderer

Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1972

Date of Death: 26-Oct-1997

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Death of Joe Cinque

  • The death of Joe Cinque occurred in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory on 26 October 1997.
  • Cinque's coffee was laced with rohypnol, a sedative, at a dinner party, after which he was injected with a lethal dose of heroin by his girlfriend Anu Singh, who was a law student at the Australian National University at the time. Singh was convicted in 1999 of manslaughter.
  • She was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, but was released early in 2001.
  • Since her release, she has undertaken criminology research. The crime was portrayed in Helen Garner's celebrated non-fiction book Joe Cinque's Consolation (2004), which was later adapted into a film of the same name.

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