Tales from The Hangman's Record Episode One Hundred. In The Line of Duty 1925 & 1952

In the 100th episode we look at two cases involving the shooting of a serving police officer by young men. The first case takes us back to Wolverhampton in 1925 and the second 27 years later in 1952. Two very similar crimes but with two different outcomes…. The murder of PC Arthur Willits by Edward Heggarty & William Crossley and the murder of PC Sidney Miles by Christopher Craig and Derek Bentley #Staffordshire Murders #murder of a police officer #killed on duty #murders by shooting #hanged in UK #death by hanging #Albert Pierrepoint #Hanged at Wandsworth #capital punishment #true crime #hangmen #hanged for murder #True Crime #Historic Crimes #Executions #Murder Cases #Death Penalty History #Gallows #Crime And Punishment #British True Crime #Dark History ‪@thehangmansrecord‬ ‪@MOSTLYMURDERFILES‬