AT THIS SPOT, IN 1953, A MURDER WAS COMMITTED. THIS IS THE TRUE STORY OF THAT MURDER AND THE TRIAL
ARROW BOOKS 104
LONDON, UK
FIRST PRINTING 1969
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN HARDBACK BY HUTCHINSON & Co 1965
At Clapham Common, on the evening of July 2nd, 1953, a murder was committed. Charged with stabbing to death a young boy in a gang-fight, Michael Davies stood trial at the Old Bailey and was sentenced to death. His appeals to the Court of Criminal Appeal and the House of Lords were dismissed. He spent in all 92 days in the condemned cell until he was reprieved by the Home Secretary who commuted his sentence to one of life imprisonment. Of this, he served seven years; now back in society, he is married and has settled down, leading a life of quiet respectability. But Davies maintains, and has always maintained, that he was innocent.
Tony Parker examines his claim, and how it came about that Michael Davies was found guilty.
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