NORTH SOHO 999 9781904587453

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Publish Date:
03/05/2007
ISBN-13:
9781904587453
ISBN-10:
1904587453

NORTH SOHO 999

A True Story of Gun-Crime in 1940s London
Subject: True Crime
A surprisingly topical non-fiction account of the murder that came to symbolise the crimewave threatening to overwhelm post-war London. It is the untold story of a Soho robbery and shooting carried out by a 17 year old and his two young accomplices. Much of the worldwide press reaction at the time focussed on the breakdown of law and order, rising youth crime, the spread of illegal firearms and the deterrent value of capital punishment - concerns that are frequently echoed today.
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This isn’t the first time London has been hit by a wave of gun crime, writes Patrick Sawer. A father of six is shot dead in cold blood as he tries to foil an armed raid on a jeweller's in London's Soho. Despite attempts by other witnesses to stop the three armed robbers, they melt into the crowd. The murder, carried out in broad daylight, sparks one of the biggest murder hunts in the history of the Metropolitan Police and prompts a wave of fear across the capital over increasing gang violence and gun crime.

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