Town Without Pity
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| Book: | Town Without Pity: The Fight to Clear Stephen Downing of the Bakewell Murders |
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| Author: | Don Hale, Marika Huns, Hamish McGregor |
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| Publisher: | Century |
In 1973, a woman was brutally murdered in a graveyard in the picturesque market town of Bakewell. Stephen Downing, aged seventeen but with the mental age of eleven, was working as a gardener in the graveyard at the time. He was charged with the crime and served 27 years in prison. Six years ago, the editor of the local newspaper, a former professional footballer called Don Hale, began his own investigation into the murder. This is the story of how one man, fought tirelessly and courageously against powerful local interests and eventually forced the authorities to admit that they were punishing the wrong man.
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