John Straffen Bath Murders

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I was working in Locksbrook Cemetery in Bath today on a story about the VCs buried there, when I spotted the sad site of these two children’s graves.
Six-year-old Brenda Goddard and nine-year-old Cicely Batstone were strangled by Britain’s longest serving prisoner John Straffen in 1951.
I was only 7 at the time but I remember the fear and anger in the population.
Straffen later escaped from Broadmoor for only four hours and another child died, although there are some reasons to think it wasn’t him, he was found guilty.

More Details and pictures from the Guardian and the Sun
Updated Picture Here 

John Straffen

One of the regular search term looked for on this site is John Straffen who died in November last year as Britain’s longest serving prisoner.

I had photographed the graves of the two girls Six-year-old Brenda Goddard and nine-year-old Cicely Batstone that he was accused of murdering in 1951.

As I was working near the cemetery today I visited the graves today to stand in silence for a few minutes and wonder what they would have been like if they had lived, as they would like me be approaching retirement.

I thought I could do them a little justice with a better picture than the original snapshot here.

The Wikipedia Article on the case.

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