CRIMINAL FILES A Famous Criminologist Collects Twenty of the Most Sensational Crimes of the Day

Paperback. Featuring a collection of the most sensational crimes of the previous twenty-odd years. These crimes took place all over the UK - some achieved international notoriety, others, for a variety of reasons, attracted less attention in the Press at the time of their occurrence - but all of them are utterly engrossing. Many of these cases ended with the conviction of the guilty party, and may be regarded as closed. Others, however, resulted in an acquittal, which for the criminologically interested raises intriguing questions. There is the fascinating and very gory case of the Brighton Trunk Murder of 1934 - two different bodies in two different trunks, discovered within a few weeks of each other - Tony Mancini was tried for one murder and acquitted - what was his bizarre story? And who put the other woman in the other trunk? There was the trial of Elvira Barney in 1932, when Sir Patrick Hastings' most brilliant pleading brought about an acquittal. There is the case of Ronald Hinks at Bath in 1933. He was found guilty, but his case remained a problem that continued to intrigue criminologists. There are other fascinating cases : Ronald Harries (1953), Miles Giffard (1952), George Roberts, the deaf-mute (1953), Ronald Chesney (1954), Herbert Mills (1951) and many others. With Afterword. 192pp. p/back. Lightly browned pp. o/w Vg+