Escape from Broadmoor The Trials and Strangulations of John Thomas Straffen |
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| Author:
| Lowe, Gordon |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7524-8988-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | History Press Limited, The
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $23.95 |
Book Description:
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John Thomas Straffen - England's longest serving prisoner - was the first patient to escape from Broadmoor Hospital. He killed within hours. Prior to this, at his home in Bath, he was dismissed as an imbecile, a loner, a 'child trapped in an adult's body'. On the afternoon of Sunday 15 July 1951, John Straffen strangled 8-year-old Brenda Goddard ......
John Thomas Straffen - England's longest serving prisoner - was the first patient to escape from Broadmoor Hospital. He killed within hours. Prior to this, at his home in Bath, he was dismissed as an imbecile, a loner, a 'child trapped in an adult's body'. On the afternoon of Sunday 15 July 1951, John Straffen strangled 8-year-old Brenda Goddard ......