Did Britain Hang the Wrong Woman in 1936? — The Dorset Poisoner

Charlotte Bryant, known to everyone as Lottie, could not read or write when she made her cross on a poisons register in a Dorset chemist's shop. She had come from Derry to marry a quiet Dorsetshire cowman, Fred, and settled with him and their five children in a tied cottage at Coombe, near Sherborne. Her lover lodged under the same roof for two years. Then, in the winter of 1935, Fred fell ill for a third time and did not recover. Four grains of arsenic were found in him. Was the woman they blamed truly the one responsible? A new forgotten British case every few days. Subscribe so the next one finds you. Sources: Proceedings at the Dorset Assizes, 1936 Court of Criminal Appeal, June 1936 J. D. Casswell, A Lance for Liberty, 1961 Collection of the National Justice Museum Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum, Dorchester Contemporary press reporting and official records of the period #TrueCrime #BritishTrueCrime #HistoricalCrime #Documentary