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caution is advised. months

2:00

after the murder of 54-year-old

2:02

widow Beatrice Alice Rimmer in

2:04

the hallway of her Liverpool

2:06

home, two young men

2:08

from Manchester were facing the possibility

2:11

of being executed. The

2:14

prosecution's case was based on the

2:16

evidence of informants who claimed to

2:18

have seen Edward Devlin and Alfred

2:20

Burns in the area at the

2:22

time the crime was committed, and

2:24

some alleged to have heard them plan

2:27

a break-in at the victim's home. After

2:30

a week of legal proceedings, the

2:33

accused were given the chance to

2:35

plead their case and try to

2:37

prove their innocence. Welcome

2:42

to Season 8 Episode 41

2:44

of They Walk Among Us,

2:47

a podcast dedicated to

2:49

UK true crime. Please

2:52

listen to Season 8 Episode

2:55

40 for part 1 of

2:57

this two-part case. Before

3:05

her client Edward Devlin testified

3:07

in his defence, Rose Halbron

3:09

QC told the court that

3:12

the leading prosecution witnesses June

3:15

Berry, Marie Milne and George

3:17

McLaughlin were unreliable

3:19

and untrustworthy. Discrepancies

3:22

in their evidence had been

3:24

pointed out during cross-examination, and

3:27

Halbron told the jury that

3:29

the prosecution's case was riddled

3:31

with inconsistencies. That

3:34

Mrs Rimmer was cruelly murdered

3:36

is beyond question, she said.

3:38

What you have to decide is

3:40

whether Devlin and or Burns is

3:43

guilty or innocent of that offence.

3:47

Referring to George McLaughlin, the

3:49

19-year-old prison informant who had

3:51

admitted to having 40 convictions

3:54

in his 10-year criminal

3:56

career, Rose Halbron QC

3:58

remarked. Can you place

4:01

any belief in a man who can alter

4:03

his story? I suggest

4:05

he gave a completely different account at

4:07

this trial to the account he gave

4:09

at the Magistrates Court. After

4:12

all, the prosecution are asking

4:14

you to place reliance on his

4:16

evidence." McLaughlin

4:19

had told the court that he was sure

4:21

he met Devlin on Thursday, July 28, 1951,

4:26

and that they had gone to look at

4:28

Beatrice Alice Rimmer's home the next morning. But

4:31

July 28 was a Saturday,

4:34

and in earlier evidence he had

4:36

specifically mentioned going to the house

4:38

after dark and noticing a light

4:40

was on in sight. McLaughlin

4:43

also said that Devlin had told him

4:46

he did not want to do the

4:48

job until the 19th, as he wanted

4:50

to ensure he was seen in Manchester

4:53

to establish an alibi. The

4:56

defence claimed this made no sense as

4:58

both Devlin and Burns were hiding from

5:00

the Manchester police and that was why

5:02

they had gone to Liverpool in the

5:05

first place. Rose

5:08

Halbron QC labelled June

5:10

Berry's evidence as a

5:12

massive contradiction. June

5:14

had claimed she spent a week with

5:17

Devlin in Manchester after meeting him, but

5:19

when confronted with contrasting accounts, she

5:21

changed her story to say that

5:24

it had been just one night.

5:28

June's former partner Stanley Rubin was

5:30

asked if being jilted would be

5:32

enough of a reason to want

5:34

revenge against Devlin. Rubin

5:37

claimed that he met Devlin in the

5:40

Dive Pub on August 18th and informed

5:42

him that June had a disease. The

5:45

defence argued that the conversation occurred

5:47

on August 5th, and

5:49

Rubin had admitted on the stand

5:51

that the police had suggested the

5:54

18th to him when Rubin was

5:56

questioned. Marie

5:58

Milne had changed her. How numerous

6:00

times since our first statement

6:02

to the police in October?

6:04

Nineteen Sixty One? During.

6:07

June Barry's Testimony: It emerged

6:09

that Murray had asked June

6:11

Tobacco era a trial. To.

6:14

Had also been visiting their flynn

6:16

in prison up to a month

6:18

before the proceedings. Skills Hum Dil!

6:20

Why. Are the more

6:22

Murray had changed her evidence to quote

6:25

we get lots of a lie. When.

6:27

Realizing she had said she was

6:29

threatened with a nice in two

6:31

different prices. Are he

6:33

had previously said that Devlin told

6:35

her he would cut to pieces.

6:39

Rose how bronze you see also

6:41

highlights the alleged incidents in a

6:43

cafe when Devlin produced a red

6:45

handled spring blade to caught his

6:48

dinner. Is Devlin had

6:50

been eating sausages in the Golden

6:52

Dragon Cafe as Murray had claimed.

6:54

Why? had he needed a sharp

6:56

implement a top such mushy saved.

6:59

And. Aside from that, there was no

7:01

evidence that Beatrice, Alice, Rima, all

7:03

rally says she preferred to be

7:06

told. That. Been attacked with

7:08

a nice photo. Or

7:10

email has claimed that she went to

7:13

the Cinema on August nineteenth while waiting

7:15

for bands and dazzling to break into.

7:17

Alice's has. Yet. To announce what

7:20

movie she had seen. Murray. Couldn't

7:22

remember. She. Could however

7:24

recall minor details like exactly

7:26

how much bans had pay

7:28

a taxi driver. She.

7:31

Had told the cold the she was

7:33

terrified of the accused, but Murray admitted

7:35

willingly going back to meet them twice

7:38

after they left her alone. When.

7:40

She could have gone to the police. So

7:42

gone. Hi! Marie.

7:44

Conceded that she was annoyed that

7:46

been seemed in different. On

7:49

that, others could imply that she had

7:51

invented beans highest and aria. But.

7:53

Murray insisted it was the

7:55

truth. It

7:58

was highlighted the tool, the witness. The

8:00

knew each other. including. Tennis

8:02

My Nail, who had admitted that

8:04

he was romantically involved with June

8:07

Barry when the trial began. In.

8:10

Addition, most of the group had

8:12

prior convictions or loss and he

8:14

also. Stanley.

8:16

Rubin June's former partner had

8:18

been convicted of unlawful wounding.

8:20

Assaults. And will fall

8:23

damage. Rose. How bronze

8:25

you see told the jury. At

8:28

is the type of evidence that is

8:30

put forward by the prosecution for you

8:32

to convict of mud. Mclaughlin.

8:35

June Barry. Murray. Mail.

8:38

Have you ever sounds three

8:40

more unreliable witnesses? They.

8:42

Are backed up by Rubin and Mug

8:44

Nail. Nail is a

8:46

man who went to an identification

8:48

parade concerned with a murder charge. Knowing.

8:51

Full well he was being asked to

8:54

identify two men. And. Nevertheless was

8:56

prepared to pick out to

8:58

perfectly innocent man. Most

9:02

of the witnesses admitted the date

9:04

said been suggested to them by

9:07

the investigating officers. That

9:09

offense allege that the police had

9:11

fed information to witnesses and threaten

9:13

the accused. Telling them that

9:15

they had evidence to prove their gills.

9:18

And ask them leading questions

9:20

while writing down their statements.

9:23

And would def lens written accounts

9:25

seem to jump from one so

9:27

think so another and the police

9:29

denied he had been asked any

9:31

questions to prompt him to disclose

9:33

specific details like if they knew

9:35

June and Murray and the names

9:37

of cafes spaces. it's it. Rose.

9:41

How the Bronze you see Told

9:43

the court that her clients recollection

9:46

of his arrest was vastly different

9:48

from the testimony provided by investigators.

9:53

Two years would hear that Devlin

9:55

his alibi included an admission to

9:57

committing an entirely different crime on

9:59

August nineteen. Nineteen Fifty

10:01

One. Thirty miles away

10:03

in Manchester. And

10:09

would Devlin was a schoolteacher. The witness

10:12

box in a blue suit with a

10:14

matching shirt and tie. And

10:17

the beginning of his testimony. He

10:19

admitted that he would not be described

10:21

as someone of good character. Having.

10:24

Been convicted of larceny and

10:26

housebreaking on four occasions between

10:28

nineteen forty Two were nineteen

10:31

Fifty. Three. Of which

10:33

occurred when he was a teenager. However,

10:36

the cold also heard that the

10:39

defendant had never been in trouble

10:41

finance. Dazzling.

10:43

Testified that it was true that he

10:46

may June Barry during Whitson tied in

10:48

my nineteen Sixty One, but said that

10:50

after spending the night with high, he

10:53

didn't want to see June again. And

10:55

failed to turn up for a date the

10:57

following: In

11:00

early August, while Devlin was on

11:02

bail and Burns had absconded from

11:04

a borstal. My. Decided to lay

11:06

low in Liverpool and were aware that

11:09

June lives. According

11:11

to Devlin, nine new client. Wants.

11:14

Sorts of girls she was. The

11:17

danced around to try and find her

11:19

address. Subsequently

11:21

told she lived own Canning

11:23

Streets. So. Wall Burns waited in

11:25

a pop. Devlin. Took a

11:27

taxi to her house and asked her to come

11:29

out with them. She. Happily

11:31

a great. It.

11:34

Was August second my first time Devlin

11:36

had been in live a poll in

11:38

some time. He adamantly denied

11:40

that he had ever met George

11:43

Mclaughlin on July Twenty Seven. So

11:45

Twenty I. The.

11:47

Following day, he traveled to Manchester with

11:49

his friends to get a change of

11:51

clothes. And. Then returned to live

11:53

apart. During.

11:56

His testimony. Devlin. Said

11:58

that in the early hours of. August fourth.

12:00

In the company of June Barry

12:03

endowed for it Burns he went

12:05

to the Rainbow Cafe where they

12:07

were introduced to Murray Mail. Sitting

12:10

upstairs in the all night cast. A

12:13

young woman approach Murray and holds

12:15

her that someone was downstairs waiting.

12:19

Or he later told them that it was a

12:21

man she had been seeing. And she

12:23

didn't want to speak with. A

12:26

few hours later, they will accompany June

12:28

back to Canning Street so she could

12:31

get her suitcase. Muldoon a

12:33

Murray were inside. Devlin.

12:35

And Burns waited on the corner. Devlin.

12:39

Said this a man he later

12:41

learned was Stanley Rubin, Salo, June

12:43

and side. And. Told her to

12:45

choose between. He

12:48

chose. That.

12:50

Night Buns and Murray managed to find

12:52

a room together at a boarding house

12:54

on fire alarm clocks. Devlin.

12:57

Didn't know the name of the street

12:59

where he state, but remember that the

13:01

landlord was a young black man. June.

13:04

Told him they could get a room

13:06

together at the Mount Pleasant Hotel for

13:08

the night. The.

13:11

Following afternoon, once having a

13:13

drink alone with Burns Evelyn

13:15

claim Burns admitted that he

13:17

didn't like Murray. And ask

13:19

if they wanted to switch. As

13:22

Lin said, it was in the dies that

13:25

afternoon on Aug. space. The Stanley

13:27

Rubin approached him and told him

13:29

that June had a disease. He.

13:32

Believe Rubin was just making it up

13:34

so def lane would leave. Later

13:37

that evening, Devlin Burns Tuna Murray

13:39

was standing near the station when

13:41

someone came up to Murray and

13:43

hold had the. June was a

13:45

professional brass and that her parents

13:47

would kill her if she didn't

13:49

come. hi. Devlin.

13:52

said the murray didn't want to return

13:54

to her parents and they all decided

13:57

to go to manchester Dune

14:00

and Marie had testified that while on

14:03

the train, Devlin and Burns

14:05

openly spoke about their plans to

14:07

break in to Beatrice Alice Rimmer's

14:09

home, however Devlin denied

14:12

that the conversation had occurred.

14:16

After getting to Manchester and wanting to

14:18

avoid being seen by the police who

14:20

may have been looking for them, Devlin

14:22

and Burns took Marie and Dune to

14:25

their friend Norman Higgins flat. Dune

14:28

and Burns left to get some food and drink

14:31

and Devlin said that Marie confided

14:33

that she knew Alfie or

14:35

Alfred Burns didn't like her.

14:39

Devlin told her that his friend would get used

14:41

to her and they ended

14:43

up having sex before Dune and Burns

14:45

came back. When

14:48

Norman Higgins and his wife returned to the

14:51

flat that night, they told

14:53

Devlin and Burns that they did not

14:55

want the young women to stay there

14:57

so the two young men walked Dune

14:59

and Marie to the station and told

15:01

them to stay in the room on

15:03

Feralom Close where Burns had prepaid for

15:05

a week. Devlin

15:07

and Burns explained they would be back in

15:10

a few days after the bank holiday. According

15:14

to Devlin, when he and Burns

15:16

called at Feralom Close on August 8th

15:18

or 9th, Marie had left

15:21

and Dune told them that she had been

15:23

out all night on a job and had

15:26

been picked up by the police. Devlin

15:30

described how angry he was that Dune had

15:32

been out with other men after just a

15:34

few days and Dune started

15:36

crying and asked them to take her

15:38

back to Manchester because she didn't want

15:41

to go to court that morning. Dune

15:44

was originally from Manchester and

15:47

her mother still lived there so

15:49

Devlin and Burns agreed to go with

15:51

her. Devlin

15:53

told the court that he felt guilty

15:55

for wanting to finish with Dune, especially

15:58

as he believed he was responsible for the

16:00

work he did. responsible for ending her relationship

16:02

with Stanley Rubin. As

16:05

a result, Devlin and Burns planned

16:07

a break-in at Liverpool Road Station

16:09

in Manchester to get her some money. They

16:13

had given June their max to hold

16:15

onto while they broke in and stole

16:17

a bale of linen sheets but when

16:19

they returned to retrieve the max, June

16:22

had left. Two

16:25

days later Devlin and Burns spoke to

16:27

June, who told them her mother

16:29

had sent their max to be dry cleaned.

16:32

During June's testimony, however, she

16:35

admitted that along with her mother, she

16:37

had pawned the max and lied to

16:39

Devlin and Burns. Devlin

16:44

then began detailing the days leading up

16:46

to August 19th, the night

16:48

he was alleged to have killed

16:50

Beatrice Alice Rimmer in Liverpool. Edward

16:56

Devlin claimed that he did not leave

16:58

Manchester at all that week and

17:01

after staying in his sister's flat on

17:03

August 16th, he met with

17:05

Alfred Burns on Friday the 17th. They

17:09

called at the home of Burns'

17:11

brother Henry as it was Henry's

17:13

five-year-old son's birthday. This

17:16

was corroborated by several witnesses,

17:19

including Henry Burns, his wife

17:21

Mary and Mary's friend

17:23

Alice. They

17:25

recalled Devlin and Burns' arrival that day

17:28

and taking the little boy out to

17:30

buy him a toy bow and arrow

17:32

for his birthday. Later

17:35

that night they went out to a milk

17:37

bar on Stretford Road where they

17:39

met a man named Alan Campbell. 21-year-old

17:43

Campbell had known Devlin for

17:45

years and he had come

17:47

to know Burns in the previous few months

17:49

from nights out. Devlin

17:52

and Burns told Campbell about a job

17:54

they had planned, breaking into

17:57

the sun blinds warehouse on Great

17:59

Jackson. Street. They

18:02

arranged to meet up again two days later

18:04

when they knew the warehouse would be empty.

18:08

On Sunday August 19th, Burns

18:11

and Devlin went to watch a match

18:13

between two public house teams at Barrick

18:15

Park. There they

18:18

were seen by Alice Ford, who

18:20

asked them if they had seen her

18:22

son who had received a court summons.

18:26

Alice had come forward after hearing that

18:28

the pair were charged with murder. Later

18:32

that night Devlin and Burns were

18:34

seen with Alan Campbell at the

18:36

ship in in Dean's Gate by

18:38

Anne Ford, who was married to

18:40

Alice Ford's brother-in-law John. She

18:43

testified that it was John's birthday that

18:45

weekend when they had gone out to

18:47

celebrate, making her certain

18:49

about the date. Devlin

18:52

said that along with Burns and Campbell

18:54

they left the ship in before 11

18:56

pm and waited until

18:58

the streets were quiet, then

19:01

headed to the warehouse on Great Jackson

19:03

Street. 18-year-old

19:06

Matilda Miller testified that she remembered

19:08

seeing the three men in Dean's

19:11

Gate as she made her way

19:13

home after celebrating her 18th birthday.

19:17

According to Devlin, the trio went into

19:20

the back of the warehouse and broke

19:22

a pane of glass by covering the

19:24

window with a coat and punching it.

19:28

He said they managed to steal over 100 raincoats,

19:32

a dozen rolls of red waterproof

19:34

material, seven or eight rolls

19:36

of gabardine, and a dozen

19:38

bundles of grey trousers. There

19:41

were 15 pairs in each punch.

19:44

The group hid their takings behind the factory

19:47

while they went to look for a lorry,

19:49

but after they couldn't find one to

19:51

steal, they asked a woman named Joan

19:54

Downing if they could borrow her pram

19:56

and hide the stolen goods in her

19:58

home. Joan agreed,

20:00

and they managed to transport some

20:03

of the items before Devlin was

20:05

spotted by a watchman. He

20:08

said that they threw the rest of

20:10

the stolen materials over a fence on

20:12

waste ground and then fled. Devlin's

20:17

account was corroborated not only

20:19

by Burns, but by Alan

20:21

Campbell who had been convicted

20:23

of the break-in. Campbell

20:26

had pleaded guilty to breaking

20:28

into the Sunblind's warehouse around

20:31

August 18th 1951, but

20:33

he told the court that he was

20:35

certain it had occurred on the 19th

20:37

as it was his first and only

20:39

offense. Campbell

20:41

recalled that Devlin had broken a

20:44

window and climbed inside the property

20:46

to pass the items outside, but

20:48

when Burns had entered the warehouse he cut

20:51

his leg on the glass. When

20:54

he was arrested for the offense Alan

20:56

Campbell had told the police Burns and

20:58

Devlin were with him, but he

21:00

said that the judge had told the detectives

21:03

not to mention that when he was seen

21:05

at Manchester as Isis. Campbell

21:08

also confirmed that Joan Downing had been

21:10

with them and used her child's pram

21:12

to wield the goods back to her

21:15

house. A

21:17

director of Sunblind's Ronald Kessler told the

21:19

court that the warehouse had been broken

21:22

into on August 17th and again on

21:24

the 18th or 19th. He

21:27

couldn't be sure as it had closed for

21:30

the weekend. When they

21:32

reopened on Monday the 20th they

21:34

found a lot of stolen items on waste

21:37

ground on the other side of a fence.

21:40

Kessler thought it was unlikely that the goods

21:42

had been out in the rain for two

21:44

nights, strengthening the defense's

21:47

contention that the breaking occurred

21:49

on the 19th. A

21:52

large rubber cosh was found at the scene

21:54

of the breaking and both Devlin

21:56

and Burns confirmed that they had brought it

21:58

with them after taking it from

22:01

a man they knew. The

22:03

prosecution argued that the weapon was

22:05

proof that the defendants would be

22:07

willing to use violence during a

22:09

robbery and insisted that the break-in

22:12

occurred on August 18th, giving

22:14

Devlin and Burns time to travel

22:16

to Liverpool and kill Beatrice Alice

22:19

Rimmer the next day. It

22:26

was Alfred Burns' turn to enter the

22:28

witness box. He

22:31

strode up wearing a pale blue suit

22:33

with a striped silk tie. It

22:36

was February 22nd, 1952 and he was to

22:40

be questioned by his counsel,

22:42

Sir Noel Goldie, QC. Burns

22:46

admitted that he had prior convictions

22:49

for break-ins but said that

22:51

he had never committed a violent crime.

22:54

He had come home on leave from a borstal

22:57

in July 1951 and

23:00

was adamant that he did not intend to

23:02

go back. Burns

23:04

told the court that he couldn't stay with

23:06

his mother in case the police looked for

23:08

him there, so he stayed

23:10

with friends, including a

23:13

woman named Joan Fitzgerald. The

23:17

majority of Burns' testimony aligned

23:19

with Edward Devlin's, the

23:21

dates they travelled to Liverpool and what

23:23

they did while they were there. Burns

23:26

agreed that he had stayed with Marie

23:28

on Feralum close for one night, but

23:31

by the next night he didn't want to

23:33

know her. Regarding

23:36

the break-in at Sunblinds in

23:38

Manchester, Burns explained that he

23:40

had tried to climb in through the

23:43

broken window and realised he had cut

23:45

himself when he felt blood trickling down

23:47

his leg. He

23:49

recalled that they had all spent the night

23:51

at Joan Downing's home, although she

23:54

was not called to testify. Years

23:57

later, Jones told author

23:59

George scarily that she had been threatened

24:01

with being charged as an accomplice if

24:04

she gave evidence that the truth. Nevertheless

24:07

Burns, Devlin and friend Alan

24:09

Campbell were seen at Burns'

24:12

mother's later that day on

24:14

August 20th by Burns'

24:16

brother Henry. The

24:23

defence highlighted inconsistencies with the

24:25

evidence surrounding Burns and Devlin's

24:28

arrests. Devlin had

24:30

been taken into custody on October 10th

24:34

1951 and claimed that he was told

24:36

it was for an entirely different offence than

24:38

he was being tried for. The

24:40

defendant stated, Detective

24:43

Lynch said I was seen around this

24:45

theatre at two o'clock in the morning

24:48

but I had done the job earlier in the

24:50

evening. Two men were convicted

24:52

for it and are now doing time but

24:55

they were innocent of it because I

24:57

had done it. Devlin

25:00

believed he was being arrested for

25:02

breaking into a theatre, something

25:04

that he admitted but when

25:06

Devlin got to Bootle Street Station

25:08

he was told to his surprise

25:11

that he was being arrested for murder.

25:15

He explained to the court he thought

25:17

the officers were joking but recalled

25:19

Sergeant Richardson telling him, you

25:22

know June Marie and Alfie have swung

25:24

it all on you, you

25:26

should make a statement or you'll end

25:29

up getting told. Referring

25:32

to his initial statements, Devlin

25:34

testified that he was being

25:37

asked questions by Superintendent Herbert

25:39

Bama as another officer wrote

25:41

down his answers. Devlin's

25:45

co-defendant Alfred Burns had told the court

25:47

that he was in prison at the

25:49

time of his arrest and

25:51

had heard from others that Devlin had

25:53

been charged with murder. Like

25:56

his co-defendant, Burns claimed

25:59

that his statement was was

26:01

influenced by Superintendent Barmus Questions.

26:08

The defendants testified about the suits they

26:10

were alleged to have worn during the

26:12

murder. After

26:14

their arrests, investigators had

26:17

sent Devlin's Gabardine suit and

26:19

Burns's pinstripe suit to be

26:21

analysed at the forensic science

26:23

lab. Although

26:25

Dr Firth said both suits tested

26:28

positive for the presence of blood,

26:30

there was not enough blood to obtain

26:32

a blood type. Devlin

26:36

claimed that he had last worn his suit

26:38

on August 6th. It had

26:40

become bloody after a fight in a

26:42

pub caused staining on his jacket. His

26:45

mother had tried to remove the marks, but

26:48

they were too ingrained so she sent it

26:50

to a pawn shop to be cleaned. Samuel

26:54

Crean, who lived near Devlin in

26:56

Manchester, told the court that

26:58

he recalled Devlin knocking at his door

27:00

one night with blood streaming from his

27:03

nose. Crean was

27:05

unhappy that Devlin had called at his

27:07

home, but he specifically remembered

27:09

that the blood had covered Devlin's

27:12

fawn-coloured suit jacket and his shirt.

27:17

Amy Devlin, the accused's mother, said that she had

27:19

sent the suit to a pawnbroker the next day.

27:24

This was confirmed by the manager,

27:26

who recalled that it looked like someone had

27:28

been murdered. Devlin's

27:32

brother Peter was home on leave

27:34

at the beginning of August. Although

27:37

Amy Devlin had collected Edward Devlin's suit

27:39

a few days after having it cleaned,

27:42

she had to pawn it as she had given

27:44

Peter all her money while he was home. She

27:48

collected it again on the 23rd

27:50

when her other son got out of

27:52

hospital and needed something to wear. The

27:56

defence argued that this explained why any blood

27:58

stains were found. found on

28:00

the suit and the same could

28:02

be said for the blood found on Burns'

28:04

trousers. As

28:07

corroborated by friend Alan Pambul

28:09

and Edward Devlin, Alfred

28:11

Burns had cut his leg while breaking

28:13

into the sun blinds warehouse and that

28:16

was why blood had been found on

28:18

the inner lining of his trousers below

28:20

the knee. Burns

28:23

had told the police that he left the suit

28:25

jacket in a taxi at some point in

28:27

September but his friend Joan

28:29

Fitzgerald whose house he had been staying

28:32

in on Cornbrook Street at the time

28:34

of his arrest said that

28:36

he had forgotten it when he left.

28:40

According to author George Skelly who

28:42

had spent over a decade researching

28:44

the case, Joan Fitzgerald

28:46

had been arrested for child neglect

28:48

a week before the trial began

28:50

and interestingly was brought

28:53

from prison to testify about

28:55

the jacket. Edward

28:59

Devlin also gave evidence that June

29:01

Berry had visited him in prison

29:03

on a number of occasions and

29:06

in January one month before the

29:08

trial she came to Walton

29:10

Jail. He said, she

29:13

mumbled something that she had given a false

29:15

name to get in. She

29:17

was sorry she had put us in prison

29:20

for four months and Marie had told her

29:22

to back her up and she would

29:24

tell the truth in court. Devlin

29:28

claimed that June had admitted to him

29:30

that what she told the police was

29:33

untrue. During

29:39

her closing address, Rose

29:41

Halberon QC acting for Edward

29:43

Devlin asked the jury

29:46

to realise the glaring inconsistencies

29:48

of the prosecution's case and

29:50

told them it would be unsafe for

29:52

them to convict Alfred Burns and Edward

29:54

Devlin on the evidence that had been

29:56

presented. credibility

30:00

and his account that Devlin had

30:03

planned the break-in at Beatrice Alice

30:05

Rimmer's home down to the most

30:07

minor detail, the barrister

30:09

remarked. McLaughlin's

30:11

aunt lived at Cranbourne Road and

30:14

McLaughlin is a Liverpool man, yet

30:17

you are asked to believe that Devlin

30:19

and Burns came from Manchester to tell

30:22

McLaughlin of a job on Cranbourne Road.

30:26

Rose Halbron QC highlighted that Burns

30:28

and Devlin did not know the

30:31

area well and it was

30:33

unlikely that they were privy to

30:35

information like how often Thomas Rimmer

30:37

visited his mother. Halbron

30:40

continued, why should Devlin

30:42

pick out a house in Cranbourne Road,

30:45

out of the whole of Liverpool, which

30:47

by a strange coincidence happens to be

30:50

the road in which McLaughlin's aunt lives.

30:53

I suggest to you he was a liar and

30:55

told many lies in the box. The

31:01

jury heard that McLaughlin, who had first

31:03

been interviewed in September 1951, had ample

31:08

time and opportunity to realise who it

31:10

was he had to identify by the

31:12

time he attended a line-up on October

31:15

17th. Criticising

31:18

the other key witnesses including

31:20

June Berry and Marie Milne,

31:22

Rose Halbron QC went on to

31:24

say, there is an

31:26

old adage which says all liars should

31:29

have good memories and if

31:31

you have a liar with a bad

31:33

memory you may think you get the

31:35

sort of evidence you have had presented

31:37

to you in this case by some

31:39

witnesses. And

31:43

Georgie's hall was packed with

31:45

spectators as Halbron delivered her

31:47

closing speech. She

31:50

asked the jury to consider how

31:52

reliable Marie Milne's testimony was. Marie

31:56

had claimed that Burns and Devlin went

31:58

to Beatrice Alice Rimmer's home and 9pm

32:01

but it was proven that the victim could

32:03

not have arrived at the property until

32:05

an hour later. Albrun

32:08

asked what the accused could have been doing

32:10

in the house during that time which

32:13

meant they left no trace. The

32:16

barrister stated, It

32:18

is notorious that women of the

32:20

class of Marie Milne and June

32:22

Berry are unscrupulous. They

32:24

cannot be judged by normal standards

32:27

and yet you are being asked to convict

32:29

these men on the evidence of these women.

32:32

Is it not too dangerous, too

32:35

uncertain and too unsafe

32:37

to convict on the evidence presented to

32:39

you here, evidence full

32:41

of doubt, conflict and

32:44

confusion? The

32:48

defense council argued that the

32:50

stolen goods found on waste

32:52

ground outside of the Sunblind's

32:54

warehouse on Monday August 20th

32:56

was silent corroboration that the

32:58

theft had taken place the

33:00

previous night which backed

33:02

up the accused's alibi. In

33:09

his final address Basil kneeled QC

33:11

acting for the crown, argued

33:14

that the alibi for the defense

33:16

was invented to cover the time

33:18

of the offense but the prosecution

33:20

believed the Sunblind's theft in Manchester

33:23

had occurred on the 18th meaning

33:25

that Burns and Devlin would have had

33:27

time to travel to Liverpool and commit

33:30

the murder. The

33:32

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33:34

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33:36

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33:38

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36:02

Mr. Justice Finnimore was due to begin

36:04

summing up the case. Gues

36:07

outside St. George's Hall had

36:10

been forming since 7am, three

36:12

hours before the doors would open.

36:16

Over 500 people, mostly

36:18

women, were eagerly waiting

36:20

to get inside. A

36:23

scuffle broke out when one man attempted

36:25

to jump the line, and after

36:27

he was grabbed by a mob of women, other

36:30

men eventually led him to the back of

36:33

the queue. Mr.

36:36

Justice Finnimore explained that the argument

36:38

that Burns and Devlin were in

36:40

Beatrice Alice Rimmer's house was supported

36:42

by the testimony of Marie Milne,

36:45

June Berry, Kenneth McNeil,

36:48

Stanley Rubin and George McLaughlin,

36:51

and corroborated by the supposed

36:53

blood spatter on the defendant's

36:55

clothes. Referring

36:57

to the prosecution's key witness,

36:59

the judge said, you have

37:02

heard Ms. Milne attacked by the counsel

37:04

for the defects. He

37:07

may take the view that if there is

37:09

one person in the world other than those

37:11

who did this crime, Marie Milne

37:13

is the person who knows. Mr.

37:18

Justice Finnimore's address lasted several

37:20

hours. At lunchtime

37:22

he asked jurors if they wanted to

37:24

continue the hearing the following day, or

37:27

to finish up that evening. Without

37:30

any hesitation, the

37:32

jury elected to finish the case that

37:35

day. When

37:37

the jury of 12 men retired to deliberate

37:40

at 4.15pm, a crowd of almost 1,000 people

37:45

had gathered outside St. George's

37:48

Hall to await an announcement.

37:54

Jurors returned 75 nights

37:57

later. announced

38:00

that they had found Edward

38:03

Devlin guilty of murder. There

38:05

were gasps and cries from the

38:07

gallery. Court officers

38:09

had to call for silence so the

38:12

verdict for Alfred Burns could be heard

38:15

and when it was announced that he

38:17

too had been found guilty his

38:19

relative sank in their seats. Mr.

38:24

Justice Finnemore asked the defendants if

38:26

they wanted to say anything before

38:28

he passed the sentence. Devlin

38:31

leaned forward in the dock, his

38:34

knuckles turning white from gripping the

38:36

railings and he said, my

38:39

lord I would like

38:41

to stress that it means the police

38:43

are not infallible to tell lies. When

38:46

I was arrested they took me on

38:49

the pretense of the theater being broken

38:51

into. The men convicted of breaking

38:53

into that theater were innocent. I

38:56

done the job at 12 o'clock. Everything

38:59

I have said in this court

39:01

is true. The

39:04

hum of the crowd grew louder and

39:07

Burns had to strain his voice to be

39:09

heard when he told the judge. I

39:11

want to say something too. As

39:14

far as the evidence is concerned I

39:17

think it has been quite a fair trial

39:19

but as far as the judge is concerned

39:22

I think he has given a prejudice

39:24

view of the case. Casting

39:27

his eyes towards the jury Burns

39:30

continued, I cannot

39:32

understand how you brought a verdict

39:34

of guilty. It is

39:36

a most unfair verdict. We have

39:39

told the truth and nothing but the

39:41

truth but you have been

39:43

prejudiced against us. I

39:45

hope at the appeal court everything will

39:47

come out in the true light. Alfred

39:52

Burns and Edward Devlin were sentenced

39:55

to be executed for the murder

39:57

of Beatrice Alice Rimmer and

39:59

sent to Walton Jail to awake

40:01

their deaths. Appeals

40:10

were lodged by Burns and Devlin's

40:12

council within days of the sentence

40:14

being passed. The

40:16

pair were provisionally scheduled to be

40:19

executed three weeks later but

40:21

the date was moved while the appeal

40:23

was pending. At

40:26

a hearing on March 31, 1952

40:30

before Lord Goddard, Lord Ormerodt

40:32

and Justice Parker in the

40:34

London Court of Criminal Appeal,

40:36

Rose Halbron QC asked if she

40:39

could submit new evidence that she

40:41

believed proved June Berry had lied

40:43

during the trial. A

40:47

few days earlier on March 27th,

40:50

a 15-year-old named Elizabeth Rook

40:52

came forward and informed the

40:54

defence that before the trial,

40:56

at a hostel June Berry

40:58

had confessed to her and

41:00

two older women Joan Porter

41:02

and Dorothy Doyle that

41:04

Burns and Devlin were not responsible

41:06

for Beatrice Alice Rimmer's murder and

41:09

that the actual killer was a

41:11

soldier named Ostie. Lord

41:15

Goddard was of the opinion that

41:17

the case depended on much more

41:19

than June Berry's testimony and refused

41:21

to allow the new evidence to

41:23

be submitted. The

41:27

defence based their appeal on the

41:29

grounds that the judge had misdirected

41:32

the jury by asking them if

41:34

Burns and Devlin could have still

41:36

committed the warehouse break-in in Manchester

41:38

after killing Beatrice Alice Rimmer in

41:40

Liverpool. That

41:43

theory was never introduced by the prosecution

41:45

and as a result the defence argued

41:47

that they did not have a chance

41:49

to challenge it. Surprising

42:00

it was that nothing was disturbed

42:02

in the victim's home when two

42:04

career criminals known for thieving had

42:07

allegedly broken in to steal

42:09

something. She said, In

42:12

my submission the judge dealt

42:14

with the prosecution's case in a different manner

42:16

from that of the defense. He

42:19

was very careful to point out where

42:21

the defense witnesses had tripped up. He

42:24

was not so careful in pointing

42:26

out the contradictions in the prosecution's

42:28

evidence. The court was not able to

42:31

get the evidence to be taken. Burns'

42:33

counsel, Sir Noll Goldie QC

42:35

and junior counsel Mr. Nance,

42:38

got off to a difficult start

42:40

when Mr. Nance's car was broken

42:42

into and someone stole his wig,

42:44

gown and documents relating to the

42:46

case. After

42:49

being able to borrow a wig and

42:51

gown from another barrister, Sir

42:53

Noll told the court that the prosecution

42:56

had placed great importance on the course

42:58

found at the Manchester warehouse robbery, which

43:00

proved that the accused had been at

43:02

the warehouse. But the

43:04

judge had simply said that it proved

43:07

that they were prepared to use violence.

43:11

Referring to the cameo cinema murders

43:13

which had ended in an execution

43:15

two years earlier, Sir

43:17

Noll said that there had been prejudice

43:20

against the accused and the jury

43:22

should have had more precise directions on

43:25

reasonable doubt. Sir

43:27

Noll asked the lords to reverse the

43:30

verdict, citing that there

43:32

was more reasonable doubt in the case

43:34

than most others. After

43:38

brief consideration, Lord

43:40

Goddard said, On

43:42

proper direction and review of the

43:44

evidence, the jury were

43:46

justified in coming to the verdict

43:48

they did. The

43:51

evidence against these men is

43:53

overwhelming and that is the

43:55

reason why the jury rejected the alibi

43:57

defense. The appeal

43:59

was is therefore dismissed.

44:07

The matter was referred to the

44:09

then Home Secretary David Maxwell Fife,

44:12

who ordered an inquiry into the

44:14

statements allegedly made by June Berry

44:16

and a man named Joseph Ernest

44:19

Howarth. The

44:21

inquiry was opened by Albert Gerard

44:23

QC behind the closed doors of

44:26

the municipal annex in Liverpool on

44:28

October 4th 1952. Assisted

44:33

by Chief Superintendent Harold Hawke

44:35

Yard from Scotland Yard, Gerard

44:38

reviewed the case and her

44:40

testimony from witnesses including June

44:42

Berry, George McLaughlin and Stanley

44:45

Rubin who was brought from

44:47

prison having been charged with

44:49

assault a day after the

44:51

trial had ended. Edward

44:54

Devlin's sister Eileen Aykroyd informed the

44:57

inquiry that June Berry had come

44:59

to her in January 1952 and

45:03

told her that Kenneth McNeil had

45:05

asked her to clean bloody clothing

45:07

the day after Beatrice Alice Rimmer

45:09

was murdered. McNeil

45:12

who was said to often wear

45:14

a navy or military blouse and

45:16

had fair hair was suggested

45:18

to be the man police were looking

45:21

for during the early stages of the

45:23

investigation when they appealed for

45:25

a man nicknamed Jinch. According

45:29

to Eileen Aykroyd, June claimed

45:31

that Superintendent Bama had threatened

45:33

her into lying about Burns

45:35

and Devlin's involvement and paid

45:37

for her to have her

45:39

hair burned. June

45:43

Berry denied saying anything to the women

45:45

in the hostel or Devlin's sister when

45:48

she testified at the inquiry.

45:52

Richard Gerard QC reported that he believed

45:54

June had lied to the women in

45:57

the hostel But concluded she had

45:59

told the. True that the trial.

46:02

The. Lawyer believed that June had lie

46:04

to the women about another man's involvement

46:07

because up until the trial. He

46:09

had still been quite some the vet

46:11

point. Since.

46:14

Then on the admission of June

46:16

herself and initial suspect anything with

46:18

nail. June. Became romantically

46:21

involved with Smoke Nail.

46:24

Albert Gerrard, Qc also accept

46:27

the evidence of George Macdonald.

46:30

Aside learning that he had seen

46:32

photographs of the accused before identifying

46:34

them in a line, I. Saw.

46:38

The more evidence was produced regarding

46:40

a so called concession made by

46:42

a man named Joseph and his

46:45

tower. I

46:47

was told to Manchester City Police

46:49

Constable that he had overheard Burns

46:51

and Devlin discussing Beatrice Alley swim

46:53

as high. And

46:56

was claimed have broken into the house.

46:58

And when he saw how walk through the

47:00

door he hits her and ran. However,

47:03

how was recanted the concession within

47:06

a day. And saying that he

47:08

wasn't sure why he said he committed the

47:10

murder. But. Sold Bands and

47:12

Devlin or Innocence. As

47:17

theory Devlin had suggested was

47:19

tested during the inquiry, He.

47:22

Had written to the Home Secretary

47:24

earlier that month stating that he

47:26

believed George Mclaughlin and Tennis. The

47:28

Mcneil had planned a break in

47:31

with Murray Mail. And. When

47:33

Mclaughlin was arrested. Stanley.

47:35

Rubin had taken his place.

47:38

And they were all conspiring to

47:40

frame him. And it's. In.

47:45

His final Report: On April

47:47

Twenty Second. Nineteen Sixty Sir.

47:50

Albert Gerrard, Qc noted

47:52

his belief the Mclaughlin,

47:54

Rubin and Mcneil which

47:56

truthful. And he concluded that

47:58

there had not been. Miscarriage

48:00

of Justice. The.

48:07

Defense attempted to get a last

48:09

minute reprieve. But. Their requests

48:12

were rejected. On

48:14

April twenty fourth, Reporters.

48:16

Were told there was nothing more that

48:19

could be done. The. Executions

48:21

was set for the wing

48:23

morning. Recalling.

48:26

Have final visit with has some.

48:28

Amy. Devlin said that he had tells

48:31

her. Don't worry man.

48:33

As we die. We. Shall die

48:36

as martyrs, not a murderous. I'm.

48:39

Trusting in. Notices

48:44

were posted on the gates of

48:46

Walton Jail on the eve of

48:48

the execution. Informing. The

48:50

public that Burns and Devlin were

48:52

to be hang simultaneously at nine

48:54

I am. Under.

48:57

His of people lined the walkways

48:59

along the walls of Hornby right

49:01

as they waited for the notice

49:03

to be changed. Bands.

49:06

And Devlin relatives knelt on a

49:08

path and parade. Earns

49:10

His mother could be heard pleading. God

49:13

have mercy on these anus

49:15

and boys. Considering

49:19

the public feeling that the men

49:21

were possibly innocent, Special.

49:23

Measures were taken to ensure that they

49:25

were no acts of protest outside of

49:28

the person. Some.

49:30

Arrests were made. When people go

49:32

to close to the cats. Inside.

49:36

Walls in jail. Alford

49:38

Burns and Deadwood Devlin had their

49:40

final meeting with the Chaplin's. A

49:43

for being led from their condemn

49:45

cells to the gallows. The

49:49

lead executioner was Albert Speer

49:51

point. He was assisted by

49:53

said Danley and to younger

49:55

recruits. Robot. Stewart's and

49:57

Harry Smith. Like.

50:00

Prepare to carry out the first

50:02

double hanging at walls and try.

50:05

The. Execution is described in see

50:08

done least memoir. He.

50:10

Explains how Devlin no longer looks

50:12

handsome all rogue aid as he

50:14

had done in photographs published in

50:16

the press. Done. Lee

50:19

wrote. His face and

50:21

brouwer creased with lines. He.

50:23

Was as white as a sheet. And

50:26

he was terrified. Robots.

50:30

Stewards and Harry Smith Broad burns

50:32

through the doors to the Sake

50:34

Oak been to gallows. the Devlin

50:36

legs were being strapped by. done

50:38

they. Aren't. Burns.

50:41

Had a war that either side of him

50:43

just in case. But. He

50:45

couldn't care less. Tough guy no

50:47

longer exist. He. Was

50:50

as white as dazzling. And

50:52

looked just. Stanley.

50:56

Said that Burns dead wide eyed

50:58

at his best friend. Who.

51:00

Was already wearing a white hood

51:02

with a noose around his neck.

51:06

Needs a man. Had a chance

51:08

to speak A for the trap

51:10

doors opened and I fell into

51:12

the straw lines. Pit bull low.

51:14

Dying instantly. A

51:19

notice was posted on the gates

51:21

a few minutes later. At Nine

51:23

ten I am announcing the send

51:25

censored been passed. Now

51:28

for Burns. His mother let out a

51:31

guttural screen. And was taken

51:33

away to a nearby car while the

51:35

crowd push forward to try and read

51:38

what the nicest. Devlin

51:41

sisters were presence and told

51:43

reporters. We. Still believe

51:45

in the unison so spoke.

51:57

So. Where are we now? In

52:02

the wake of the execution. How

52:04

but Gerrard Que Si, who had led

52:07

the inquiry, spoke to the House of

52:09

Lords about grown sing the court of

52:11

Criminal a pale, the power to order

52:13

a new trial. That.

52:16

Was several elements he had to

52:18

investigate during his inquiry, and Gerrard

52:20

felt that a new trial would

52:22

have been better than assuming the

52:24

role of both yachts and Fury.

52:28

A court of appeal is have

52:30

the power to order a new

52:32

trial. Since Nineteen Sixty Eight, In

52:38

June, two thousand and three. A

52:40

court of Criminal Appeal made a

52:43

decision that broad the safety of

52:45

Alfred Burns and dead Devlin convictions

52:47

into question One small. Two

52:51

years before Beatrice Alice Remo

52:53

was murdered. Then it's

52:55

homeless and Bernard Casserole was fatally

52:57

shot at the Cameo Cinema one

53:00

hundred yards from her home on

53:02

cram born arrived. The

53:05

Investigation headed by the same

53:07

Liverpool City Cod investigators in

53:09

charge of Alice's murder inquiry.

53:12

Eventually lead to to man named

53:14

George Kelly and Charles Connolly. Their.

53:17

Trials with Seth. It. And

53:19

I'll stick tally. He was represented

53:22

by Rose. How Barone Que Se

53:24

was found guilty and sentenced to

53:26

death. Connolly. Pleaded guilty

53:28

to conspiracy and accessory to

53:31

murder. Connolly

53:33

was sentenced to ten years in

53:35

prison. George Kelly

53:37

was executed on March twenty eighth

53:40

and nineteen say stay at Walls

53:42

and Jail. In

53:44

two thousand and three, the Court

53:47

of Criminal Appeals course that convictions.

53:49

After hearing the Superintendent hub

53:52

at Bama had falsified evidence.

53:54

And statements had not been introduced

53:56

at the trial. According.

54:00

The Water George Skelly, who has

54:02

written books on both the Cameo

54:04

Cinema case and Beatrice Alice Rim

54:06

As Mud. Superintendent.

54:08

Bama use the same tactics to

54:10

frame alfred plans and dead. In

54:15

scale, his book, Murder or Marxists.

54:17

States but evidence was suppress

54:19

and would have exonerated Burns

54:22

and Devlin and implicated others

54:24

including Alice see son Thomas

54:26

who she had said lead

54:28

money slip through his hands

54:30

like water. A

54:32

letter rallies wrote to her pension Supply

54:35

I read in part. I

54:37

do know if I passed out. He

54:40

would have a royal time as eight for

54:42

a few months. Now

54:45

glass had been found on Thomas Rim

54:47

as cut even though he said he

54:49

had clients or a broken window to

54:51

access a property. and the first offices

54:54

at the scene claim that the back

54:56

door was unlocked. George.

54:59

Skelly revealed that he submitted eleven

55:01

bundles of new evidence to the

55:04

Criminal Cases Review Commission in two

55:06

thousand and eleven. But. They

55:08

declined to refer the case to the

55:10

Court of Criminal Up. In

55:14

investigation carried out by the

55:16

Bbc in two thousand and

55:18

eighteen suggested that there was

55:20

improper conduct by senior investigating

55:23

officers. Tude.

55:26

Skelly along with Alford Burns and

55:28

Dead Wood Devlin extended family members

55:30

the still trying to have the

55:32

case where a few. Key

55:44

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