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Hoax letter signed by ‘Jack the Ripper’
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C M EDWARDS, P C MURPHY, D FENWICK and W DAVIS: sentenced to prison for their involvement...
Catalogue reference: MEPO 26/72
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This record is about the C M EDWARDS, P C MURPHY, D FENWICK and W DAVIS: sentenced to prison for their involvement... dating from 1969 Jan 01-1976 Dec 31 in the series Metropolitan Police: Registered Files, Crime (CR Series). It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MEPO 26/72
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1969 Jan 01-1976 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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C M EDWARDS, P C MURPHY, D FENWICK and W DAVIS: sentenced to prison for their involvement in three armed raids on post offices in north London between 13 May 1969 and 7 July 1969. Murphy's conviction for the murder of a sub-postmaster in Luton quashed in 1973, though armed robbery conviction upheld. Reports, correspondence and statements. Related Material: MEPO 26/13-15. Includes files CR 201/1969/28 and CR 201/1969/1372 which were originally attached to main file
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- CR 202/1969/386
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- Public Record(s)
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- Closed Until 2005
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- Open Document, Open Description
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MEPO 26
Metropolitan Police: Registered Files, Crime (CR Series)
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