The Great British Trials series present a fascinating glimpse into some of the most notorious crimes and trials of the last century. Through original trial transcripts, eyewitness accounts, and contemporary newspaper reports, we witness the actual events that made each trial a cause c├®l├¿bre of its day.
In this volume, The Trials of Evans and Christie, we hear about the controversial miscarriage of justice that shocked a nation. In March 1950, Timothy Evans, aged twenty-five, was hanged for the murder of his wife and child. Sixteen years later the Queen was to grant him a full pardon. So why did Timothy Evans confess to murder? Why was neighbor John Christie not arrested until three years later? And what was the gruesome discovery behind the kitchen wall? The shocking truth of the sordid events that took place behind the doors of number 10 Rillington Place was to horrify the nation.
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