1966 in London - Shepherd's Bush Murders (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Shepherd's Bush Murders, also known as the Massacre of Braybrook Street, was the murder of three police officers in London by Harry Roberts and two others in 1966. The police officers had stopped to question the three occupants of a car waiting near Wormwood Scrubs Prison; Roberts shot two of the officers dead, and John Duddy, another occupant in the car, shot dead the third officer. The three offenders went on the run, initiating a large manhunt. All three were eventually caught and sentenced to life imprisonment. Public sympathy for the families of the victims resulted in the Police Dependents' Trust being set up as a charity to assist the welfare of the families of British police officers who have died while on duty. On 12 August 1966, the crew of unmarked Metropolitan Police Triumph 2000 Q-car Foxtrot One One was patrolling East Acton (although the incident was always reported by the media as occurring in Shepherd's Bush) in West London. Detective Sergeant Christopher Tippett Head, 30, and Temporary Detective Constable David Bertram Wombwell, 25, were both members of F Division Criminal Investigation Department (CID) based at Shepherd's Bush police station. Their driver was Police Constable Geoffrey Roger Fox, 41, a beat constable who had served for many years in F Division (which covered the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith) and frequently acted as a Q-car driver due to his vast local knowledge. All three officers were in plain clothes. At about 3:15 p.m. the car turned into Braybrook Street, a residential road on the Old Oak Council Estate bordering Wormwood Scrubs and Wormwood Scrubs Prison. The officers spotted a battered blue Standard Vanguard estate van parked in the street with three men sitting inside it. Since escapes wer... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1667479