Master Detective August 2014

Master Detective August 2014

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Some of our most knowledgeable crime buffs may be surprised to learn that the last execution for rape…

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Some of our most knowledgeable crime buffs may be surprised to learn that the last execution for rape in England was in 1945. How could that be, since rape ceased to be a capital offence in this country in 1841?

The answer is that six men, put to death in England for rape during the Second World War, were American servicemen, and they were executed under the terms of the Visiting Forces Act of 1942. In fact, by the end of the war 18 American servicemen had been executed at the US military prison establishment at Shepton Mallet in Somerset.

He was the coolest criminal in Australia. So laid back that he would send detectives photos of himself living it up on the proceeds of crime.

“WHY I CHOPPED MY WIFE’S HEAD OFF” The killer said he did it to protect the reputation of Britain’s second-wealthiest
family…

“NO JURY SHOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS” The court was shocked by details of a family feud in which five died – and one little girl survived to testify

VIEWPOINT plus COMPETITION
More of your views and a chance to win a new book

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Presented with a gold watch for his gallantry, he was in fact a hero twice over. And now his story is out in the open once more

THIRTY YEARS AGO IN CRIME
More headline-making material from MD’s extensive crime archives

EUROPEAN CRIME REPORT
Tales from the Continent, including “Scottish Youth Killed On the Costa Brava” and “Mystery Of the Dead Celebrity”

THE 18 EXECUTIONS AT SHEPTON MALLET
Eighteen who were put to death – the inside stories of the killers, their crimes and their victims

JAILBREAK: THE POSTCARD BANDIT – MAN ON THE RUN
His prison escapes were in the news so often that to many Australians he became almost a folk-hero – like a latter-day Ned Kelly

CURIOUS STORIES OF MURDER: FORTY-SEVEN YEARS TO NAME WENDY’S KILLER
The police never even found the New Zealand teenager’s body – let alone her killer. And bizarrely, her case was closed without even an inquest…

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The double-murder of a young married couple, who didn’t seem to have any enemies, baffled detectives for a quarter of a century

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I put the rope around her throat,” he said after raping one victim. “When I let go, I knew she was dead…I’ve seen plenty of dead people”

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