TO ENCOURAGE THE OTHERS

Paperback. Corgi Reprint. Featuring Craig and Bentley. On November 2, 1952, Christopher Craig aged 16 and Derek Bentley aged 19 were trapped on the roof of a Croydon warehouse by police. What had begun as a petty robbery was to end in tragedy with the shooting and killing of PC Miles. The 2 teenagers were tried before Lord Goddard, and found guilty of Miles's murder. The armed Craig was too young to hang, but the unarmed Bentley was not. Derek Bentley was hanged as an example to the youth of the country, to check the frightening rise in post-war teenage crimes of violence. A terrible miscarriage of justice. Illus., Appendices, Sources and Index. 415pp. Insc. on first few pp. with names and 'phone nos. Vg.