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Australian weds in car involved in dingo murder case


    CANBERRA (Reuters) - The brother of an Australian baby girl, believed taken by a dingo almost 30 years ago in a case turned into a Hollywood film, has married in a ceremony which used the family car once tested for traces of her blood.

    Azaria Chamberlain disappeared 28 years ago on a familycamping holiday to Ayers Rock, now known as Uluru. Her motherLindy was jailed on murder charges and later freed, despitesaying the 9-week-old was taken by a native dog.

    Azaria's brother Aidan, 34, aged just six when his sistervanished in 1980, was chauffeured from his wedding ceremony inthe car forensically-tested for the baby's blood. No blood wasfound and the Australian-build sedan now has the licence plate4ENSIC.

    "I'm proud they drove it in their wedding because it notonly put someone in jail, it saved them and took them out ofjail again," Azaria's father Michael told New Idea magazine.

    Lindy Chamberlain was tried and convicted of the baby'smurder in 1982 and jailed for life. Michael Chamberlainreceived a suspended sentence for being an accessory to themurder amid international headlines. Both were laterexonerated.

    The story of the disappearance was made into a moviestarring Meryl Streep, called "A Cry in the Dark", as well asan opera.

    Lindy Chamberlain told the magazine her son carried a lotof anger after being linked occasionally in media reports toAzaria's disappearance. "He has the softest heart of all threeof my kids," she said.

    (Reporting by Rob Taylor)