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   James Hanratty (4 October 1936 – 4 April 1962), also known as the A6 Murderer, was a British criminal who was one of the final eight people in the UK to be executed before capital punishment was effectively abolished. [1] He was hanged at Bedford Jail on 4 April 1962, after being convicted of the murder of scientist Michael Gregsten, aged 36 ...

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3. www.independent.co.uk › news › wrongly-hangedWrongly hanged: Hanratty is found innocent - The Independent

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   Jan 27, 1997 · James Hanratty was hanged in 1962 for the A6 murder, but new evidence shows he was wrongly convicted. The Home Office is expected to refer the case to the Court of Appeal to quash his conviction and clear his name.

4. www.bedfordshirelive.co.uk › news › bedfordshireVictim's silence finally broken 60 years after A6 Murderer attack

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   Sep 17, 2021 · This turned out to be untrue, as her and her boyfriend, Michael Gregsten, were held up by a gunman and held captive in Gregsten's car for five hours. After forcing them to drive 60 miles, gunman James Hanratty murdered Michael before raping Valerie and emptying a number of rounds into her body.

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6. www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-1209312550-year fight to clear James Hanratty's name - BBC

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   Dec 30, 2010 · James Hanratty was hanged in 1962 for the murder of a scientist and his girlfriend on the A6. His family has been campaigning for 50 years to clear his name, using DNA evidence and new documents to challenge his conviction.

7. www.history.co.uk › articles › was-the-a6-murdererWas the A6 Murderer guilty or innocent? - Sky HISTORY

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   Whether James Hanratty was a vicious killer or the victim of a monstrous miscarriage of justice, the case of the A6 Murder remains a core piece of British crime lore, as inextricably linked with 1960s Britain as other bombshell news stories like the defection of double agent Kim Philby, the arrests of the Kray Twins and the Profumo affair.

8. metro.co.uk › 2024/06/02 › uncle-one-last-executedMy uncle was one of the last to be executed in the UK - but ...

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   1 day ago · James Hanratty went to his grave known as the notorious ‘A6 Murderer’. Convicted of killing Michael Gregsten and shooting his lover Valerie Storie in 1961, he became one of the last people in ...

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   Who is James Hanratty?

   • Clear my name' James Hanratty, hanged for one of the most notorious crimes this century, is about to be cleared 35 years after his execution for the A6 murder. Hanratty, 25, was convicted of brutally killing a married man before he raped the victim's lover and repeatedly shot her, leaving her paralysed for life.

   Wrongly hanged: Hanratty is found innocent - The Independent

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   How did James Hanratty die?

   • James Hanratty went to the gallows protesting his innocence, and asking his family to clear his name. He was hanged on 4 April, 1962 at the age of 25 and was one of the last people to die before the abolition of capital punishment. It all began one night the previous August in a cornfield at Dorney Reach, in Berkshire.

   50-year fight to clear James Hanratty's name - BBC News

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   What was the James Hanratty case?

   • The James Hanratty case is perhaps Bedfordshire's most notorious murder. On the evening of August 22, 1961, a car containing lovers Michael Gregsten and Valerie Storie, was parked by a field near Slough. A man threatened the couple with a gun. After climbing into the car's back seat, he ordered Gregsten to drive off.

   Beds Herts and Bucks - History - James Hanratty - The A6 Murder - BBC

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   Who wrote the story of James Hanratty?

   • The Long Silence: The True Story of James Hanratty and the A6 Murder by Valerie Storie, the Woman Who Lived to Tell the Tale (2021) ISBN 9780750996761. Leonard Miller. Hanratty’s Guilt: The A6 Murder and its Aftermath (2022) ISBN 9781838489854. Harriman, Robert (30 October 2023). Executed: But was James Hanratty Innocent?:

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    Apr 8, 2009 · James Hanratty - The A6 Murder. The James Hanratty case is perhaps Bedfordshire's most notorious murder. On the evening of August 22, 1961, a car containing lovers Michael Gregsten and...