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17 Σεπ 2021 · After Hanratty received a unanimous verdict of guilty in court, a petition arguing his innocence was signed by 90,000 people, but an appeal was dismissed. On April 4, 1962, Hanratty was hanged by executioner Harry Allen at Bedford Prison. He was then buried in the grounds of Bedford Gaol.
Fox split from Jean Justice in the 1970s, but continued the fight to clear Hanratty until his death in 1999, three years before the Court of Appeal upheld the conviction on the basis of the DNA evidence retrieved from Hanratty's corpse. Peter Alphon died in January 2009 after a fall at his home.
NARRATOR: Hanratty's father died without ever finding the evidence to clear his son's name. Then came DNA.
8 Αυγ 2021 · Hanratty was found guilty of murdering Michael John Gregston and dumping his body in a lay-by on the A6. Scientists Mr Gregston and Valerie Jean Storie were abducted at gunpoint by Hanratty. Hanratty shot Mr Gregston at close range twice in the head, killing him.
17 Οκτ 2000 · But the case has become a cause celebre, with politicians and pop stars, legal experts and writers joining the campaign to prove he was the victim of a miscarriage of justice. After a lengthy...
In February 1962 James Hanratty was found guilty and sentenced to death. After a failed appeal, he was hanged in Bedford Prison in April 1962. But members of Hanratty's family were convinced...
The police maintain Hanratty was a vicious killer - and say they now have DNA evidence to prove it. After years of doubt, it appears that modern science holds the key to a 40 year old case.
