British Killers: Nine Horrific True Crime Stories From The UK...And How They Were Solved

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This book tells the story of 9 crimes, and the events around them, which took place in the UK and captured the attention of the British media and public at the time. The Hitman It was one of Scotland Yard's most shocking cases. Six brutal murders it only came to light during a routine robbery investigation. *The Towpath Murders In 1953, the Coronation was a time of joyous celebration for most Britons. But two teenage girls from south-west London never lived long enough to see Queen Elizabeth II crowned. *The New Forest Massacre It started as the robbery of the house of a wealthy elderly couple. It was to end in the death of five people, as the robbers indulged in a horrifying orgy of rape and murder. *The First Murders Solved by DNA Two teenage girls had been strangled in the same Leicestershire neighborhood. A combination of DNA profiling being used for the first time ever in a criminal case, and good detective work would finally catch the killer. *The Railway Killer On the surface, he didn't look much of a threat. Small, ginger haired, and pockmarked, John Duffy was the kind of man you might pass in the street. Until, that is, you saw the eyes. The eyes of the rapist. The eyes of the killer. *The Brides in the Bath George Joseph Smith preyed on vulnerable, innocent women. With inexplicable charm he wooed and wedded them before stealing away with their money. Before long he was also robbing his victims of their lives. *Manhunt on the Moors When a policeman was found shot dead beside his car, no one imagined the killer was strike again within days. But he did, beginning a murder spree that led to a massive manhunt right across Yorkshire. *The Chorus Girl Mystery The discovery of a dismembered skeleton in a disused lead mine near Swansea was to cast light on a murder mystery from nearly 40 years before. *Mary Bell - The Child Who Killed When a toddler was found dead in a Newcastle slum, it was first thought to have been a terrible accident. But the youngster had been murdered - killed by a 10-year-old girl.