MURDER FOR SEX And Cases of Manslaughter Under the New Act.

Hardback. Ten women died at the hands of 3 notorious sex murderers. Heath killed 2 women and Christie's victims were finally known to be 6. Whiteway threw the violated bodies of 2 teenage virgins into the Thames. All 3 men were hanged. In 1957, the Homicide Act was introduced and sex killers were no longer hanged. In two trials at the time, for murder, the final verdict in each case was manslaughter. Patrick Byrne who mutilated and beheaded a girl in a hostel in Birmingham, and Michael Dowdall, who killed and mutilated a prostitute in London because he pleaded diminished responsibility under Section 2 of the Act. The author, who was the chief crime reporter of a national newspaper, investigated each of the crimes and studied the details of each case and the implications of the Act. Illus. 267pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. V. lightly browned pp. o/w Nr. F. in v. sl. sunned nr. f. dw.