FACTFILE
Eli Richards
was a veteran of world war 1, and not serving in the
second world war due to a recent broken leg.
Jane Turner,
aged 64 years, had just been sacked from her job as a
housekeeper as she was drunk on duty.
June 1941,
On this night Richards and Turner met in the Bell pub,
in Bristol Street, Birmingham.
Richards
posing as the kindly gent offered for Ms Turner to stay
at his sisters house, they left the pub just before
closing time, and were seen waiting for a tram to
Cotteridge.
Two Home Guard
men later saw the pair in Bournville Lane.
Just before
midnight, local residents in Franklin Road heard the
screams of a woman, it was not until the following
morning when a Cadbury worker found Ms. Turner's body in
Cotteridge Park. A
walking stick was found near the body.
A post-mortem
revealed she had died from cerebral concussion, and
shock from multiple injuries
Police tracked
down the tram driver and the 2 Home Guard men, police
were quickly on the doorstep of Richards.
When police
arrived they noticed scratches on his arms and face, and
also that he walked with a very pronounced limp,
possibly should have been using a walking stick, which
he claimed he had lost.
22nd July
1941, Richards was found guilty on day two of his trial,
and sentenced to death.
19th
September 1941, Richards was executed at Winson Green
prison by Albert Pierrepoint.
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