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14,231. I gave them a merciful exit. (Murder Cases: Christie & Miscarriages of Justice: Evans) John Christie
14,232. I can’t stand it any more. They are hunting me like a dog and I’m tired of it. I’m cold and wet and I’ve nothing to change into. (Murder Cases: Christie & Miscarriages of Justice: Evans) John Christie, telephone call to crime report desk News of the World
14,233. He Made A Death Machine: Clerk, police ‘special’ – then, a murderer: For most of his 55 years John Reginald Halliday Christie was the man-in-the-crowd whom no-one notices: the little man who might stand next to you in a bus queue or share a train compartment, leaving afterwards only a vague impression that he had been there. (Murder Cases: Christie & Miscarriages of Justice: Evans) Daily Mail article
14,234. Christie Peads Insanity says QC: He asks permission to refer to other killings. (Murder Cases: Christie & Miscarriages of Justice: Evans) Evening Standard headline
14,235. Is Christie Sane? Doctors Clash. (Murder Cases: Christie & Miscarriages of Justice: Evans) Evening Standard headline
14,236. In 1953 the police entered 10 Rillington Place in London. It was simply a house of horrors. The scene of eight horrific murders. (Murder Cases: Christie & Miscarriages of Justice: Evans) Fred Dinenage: Murder Casebook: John Christie and 10 Rillington Place, CI 2011
14,237. In 1948 a couple by the name of Evans moved into the flat above the Christies. Tim and Beryl Evans were expecting their first child, and they soon attracted the attention of their sinister neighbour. (Murder Cases: Christie & Miscarriages of Justice: Evans) ibid.
14,238. On his return Evans was told by Christie that he’d tried to carry out an abortion on Beryl but tragically she had died during the procedure. (Murder Cases: Christie & Miscarriages of Justice: Evans) ibid.
14,239. The suspicion of guilt didn’t fall upon Christie. (Murder Cases: Christie & Miscarriages of Justice: Evans) ibid.
14,240. After just forty minutes of deliberation the jury found Evans guilty of murder. (Murder Cases: Christie & Miscarriages of Justice: Evans) ibid.
14,241. Christie was tried for the murder of his wife Ethyl in a trial that lasted only four days. When asked if he’d committed more murders than were known about he replied, I can’t say exactly. I might have done. (Murder Cases: Christie & Miscarriages of Justice: Evans) ibid.
14,242. On 9th March 1950 at Pentonville Prison a man known as Timothy Evans went to the gallows. He had been found guilty of the murder of his wife Beryl who had been strangled, and of his baby daughter Geraldine. (Murder Cases: Christie & Miscarriages of Justice: Evans) Great Crimes & Trials: John Christie
14,243. 10 Riddlington Place ... It was Mr Christie who came up with the solution to the unwanted pregnancy. He told them he could perform abortions ... When Timothy got back Christie told him his wife had died during the operation. (Murder Cases: Christie & Miscarriages of Justice: Evans) ibid.
14,244. Christie then volunteered to take baby Geraldine away to stay with friends. (Murder Cases: Christie & Miscarriages of Justice: Evans) ibid.
14,245. Evans was found guilty and went to the gallows protesting his innocence. (Murder Cases: Christie & Miscarriages of Justice: Evans) ibid.
14,246. Once he had cleared away all the rubbish Beresford Brown [the new tenant] started to remove the wallpaper and prized open the alcove at the back of the kitchen. To his horror he found himself looking at the torso of a semi-naked woman. He called the police. And when they had removed the body they found another two concealed behind her both wrapped in blankets. All three women had been strangled. (Murder Cases: Christie & Miscarriages of Justice: Evans) ibid.
14,247. The garden fence was being supported by a human thigh-bone. (Murder Cases: Christie & Miscarriages of Justice: Evans) ibid.
14,248. His bald head and small glasses [John Christie] made him unmistakable. (Murder Cases: Christie & Miscarriages of Justice: Evans) ibid.
14,249. He showed little remorse for his deeds, proud of his skill as a killer. (Murder Cases: Christie & Miscarriages of Justice: Evans) ibid.
14,250. The question of Timothy Evans’ innocence refused to go away. In 1961 Ludovic Kennedy book 10 Rillington Place crushed the evidence against Evans ... Evans received a free pardon posthumously. (Murder Cases: Christie & Miscarriages of Justice: Evans) ibid.
23,020. It’s the moral question that concerns me. The taking of life. No matter how rudimentary. (Murder Cases: Christie & Miscarriages of Justice: Evans) 10 Rillington Place 1971 starring Richard Attenborough & John Hurt & Judy Geeson & Pat Heywood & Isobel Black & Ray Barron & Douglas Blackwell & Gabrielle Daye & Jimmy Gardner & Edward Evans et al, director Richard Fleischer, Christie to victim
23,021. I know where you should be. You know what I mean. (Murder Cases: Christie & Miscarriages of Justice: Evans) ibid. wife to Christie
23,022. Christie confessed his crimes and was hanged at Pentonville Prison. (Murder Cases: Christie & Miscarriages of Justice: Evans) ibid. caption