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About Mark Smith
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I can answer questions on British murders between 1850 and 1965, especially those that resulted in an execution. If it`s a well documented case I can give an answer quickly, otherwise it may take a little longer to research the case.

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Life long interest in classic British murders.

   

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Questions Answered By Expert  Mark Smith 
In Category  Crime & Law Enforcement Issues & Death Penalty

SubjectDate Asked

Murder5/31/2009
  Q: My aunty said one of her grandfather's family a BERWICK was murdered, this would have been from 1890 ...
  A: It will be impossible without further information such as a more precise date and location. All I ...
A6 Case2/11/2009
  Q: Somebody asked you a couple of years ago if Peter Alphon was still alive. He passed away last month ...
  A: Even allowing for the one in a million chance, or whatever it is, that DNA evidence is faulty, I ...
derek bentley's case12/2/2008
  Q: I would like to ask,why jury was not awared about Derek's mental age and condition by his lawyer and ...
  A: Derek Bentley's mental age was never really an issue. Although he was mentally sub-normal with the ...
ruth ellis's case11/26/2008
  Q: i would like to ask,why the Crown didn't involved to turn down the wrongly derek's conviction that ...
  A: I think she was resigned to her fate. She loved David Blakely and accepted that she had to pay a ...
derek bentley's case11/2/2008
  Q: i would like to ask,why the Crown didn't involved to turn down the wrongly derek's conviction that ...
  A: I wouldn't say they lied under oath, it was more about the interpretation of Craig's words. I don't ...
derek bentley's case10/30/2008
  Q: i would like to ask,why the Crown didn't involved to turn down the wrongly derek's conviction that ...
  A: The remains of convicted murderers are not normally exhumed and reburied unless they are later ...
derek bentley's case10/18/2008
  Q: i would like to ask,why the Crown didn't involved to turn down the wrongly derek's conviction that ...
  A: The best book on the subject is "To Encourage the Others" by David Yallop published in 1971, it ...
derek bentley's case10/16/2008
  Q: i would like to ask,why the Crown didn't involved to turn down the wrongly derek's conviction that ...
  A: Although there is such a thing as a Royal Pardon it is only granted by the Queen on the ...
Jack the ripper10/15/2008
  Q: I have a questions on Jack the Ripper. I would like to know who you think he was. they say he was ...
  A: We'll never know for sure who Jack the Ripper was. There are several plausible candidates, my ...
potter's bar case in 19483/6/2008
  Q: do you have more info about that albert welsh,murdered in potter's bar in 1948?It was such a mystery
  A: Were you the person who asked me about the 1947 Potter's Bar murder two and a half years ago ? If ...
Peter Alphon/Hanratty case9/24/2007
  Q: Do you know if Peter Alphon of the Hanratty case is stil alive and if so where he lives? tc Steven
  A: As far as I'm aware Peter Alphon is still alive, he would be 77 if he is. A quick search of the ...
death penalty7/7/2006
  Q: why would a criminal get senteced to the death penalty?
  A: If a crime was considered serious enough the perpetrator could be sentenced to death under the laws ...
Derek bentley case2/6/2006
  Q: We have just finished watching 'Let him have it' at school and i was wondering if you could tell me ...
  A: Sorry about last week, but my PC is working again now, so here's a "proper" answer. The Judge at ...
Potters Bar murder11/23/2005
  Q: I'm pretty sure the case in question is the one in 1947, as my father remembered that it had ...
  A: I found the information in a book entitled "Murder Whereabouts" by J H H Gaute and Robin Odell ...
Potters Bar murder11/21/2005
  Q: There is a family story that a relative was in some peripheral way involved in a murder that took ...
  A: There were two famous murders in that area during the period 1945-55, both by an amazing coincidence ...
Craig & Bentley 1952 Police Murders11/29/2004
  Q: Just watched a programme about the 1952 murder by Craig & Bentley of policeman Miles. A lot of ...
  A: Christopher Craig was realeased after serving ten years in 1963. The last information I have on him ...
Death Penalty11/9/2004
  Q: I'm Taiwanese and I'm interested in reasons why historically death penalty was justified in U.K.; ...
  A: The death penalty was ended in the UK in 1965. It was seen as both a deterent and as a punishment ...
The Wallace Case10/11/2004
  Q: I'll assume that you're familiar with the unsolved murder of Julia Wallace. Supposedly, she and her ...
  A: I'm satisfied that the identity of Mrs Wallace's killer was revealed in 1981. He was Richard Gordon ...
Thomas Neill Cream10/5/2004
  Q: I've just read about the above referenced individual and his conviction for the murder of ...
  A: There's a very good reason why he could not have committed the Jack the Ripper murders in London in ...

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