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Newest Review: ... is based on the true cases of John Evans, hanged for the murder of his daughter and John Christie, a neighbour of Evans who ... more

 ... was found guilty and hanged for the murder of four women. Wilson cleverly weaves the real events into a fictional background. Most of what's already been written about the case - known commonly as the "Ten Rillington Place murders" - is an examination of the evidence, looking in particular at Evans as a victim and making the point that he was convicted on shaky evidence. Wilson, on the other hand, has the benefit of using a fictional narration to look at the case from the point of view of the police. Her decis...more

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A Capital Crime - Laura Wilson: The Rillington Place Murders Retold (793 words)
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London, 1949: DI Ted Stratton sets off with a colleague to look for the bodies of a young mother and her baby daughter. Hours earlier in Wales, John Evans, the woman's husband and the baby's father, had walked into a police station in Wales and confessed to the killings. It looks like a straightforward case for Stratton but by the time Evans has been brought back to London he has changed his story, blaming Norman Backhouse, a man living in the same building. In spite of some unanswered questions that make Stratton feel uneasy, Evans is tried and found guilty of the murder of the child, and goes to the gallows continuing to protest his innocence. Several months ...  Read the complete review

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