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Harry Roberts and Foxtrot One-One : the Shepherd's Bush Massacre.
In August 1966, two weeks after England won the World Cup, and four miles from Wembley Stadium, Harry Roberts and his associates gunned down three unarmed police detectives in front of dozens of primary school children. The nation was outraged and struggled to understand what had happened.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Waterside Press,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; The Shepherd's Bush Massacre 1966; Copyright and publications details; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; About the author; The author of the Foreword; Acknowledgements; Cover images; About the cover artist; Foreword; Introduction; The Murders; So What Happened?; Why Was the Standard Vanguard in Braybrook Street?; Why Did the Detectives 'Stop' the Vehicle?; Earlier in the Day ... ; Back on Patrol; Dreadful News for Det Insp Coote; Getting to Grips with What Happened; Informing the Officers' Families; The Inquest; The Funeral of the Officers; Memorial Service; Background and Issues.
- The VictimsTemporary Detective Constable David Wombwell; Police Constable Geoffrey Fox; The Area: F District; The Prison and the Hospital; The Detectives; Head of the CID; Head of the Murder Squad; Head of the Flying Squad; Senior Investigating Officer; Investigating Officer; The Forensic Scientist; The Ace Thief-Taker; Another Detective; The Officer in Charge of Q-Cars on F-Division; The Inside Team; Home Office Pathologist; The Investigation; Tracing the Owner of the Standard Vanguard; Tracing the Vehicle; Proving Witney Parked the Vanguard in the Garage; Charging Witney; Catching Duddy.
- The Search for Harry RobertsRoberts' Women; The Arrest of Harry Roberts; Roberts' Life in the Woods; The 'Fund-Raising Party'; Tracing the Source of the Guns ; John Witney and John Duddy; John Edward Witney; John Duddy; Harry Roberts: This Is Your Life; Expansion of the Parole System; Abolition of Capital Punishment; The Women in Harry Roberts' Life; Mrs Dorothy Roberts: Harry's mother; Lilian Perry and June Howard; So Why Braybrook Street?; A Short History of Wormwood Scrubs Prison; Harry Roberts in Wormwood Scrubs; John Witney and John Duddy; George Blake; The Trial; The Appeals.
- Imprisonment For Life (Prisoner 231191)Parole; Roberts' Release; John Duddy; John Witney; The Final Release Decisions; Reaction to Harry Roberts' Release; The police; Politicians; The trial judge; The latest woman in Roberts life; Epilogue: Meeting Harry Roberts; Conclusion; Index; The Tottenham Outrage and Walthamstow Tram Chase; Lizzie Borden and the Massachusetts Axe Murders; The Killing of Constable Keith Blakelock; Back cover.