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Hoax letter signed by ‘Jack the Ripper’
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Remo MINUCELLI: convicted of abducting his seven year old daughter from her mother,...
Catalogue reference: MEPO 26/360
What’s it about?
This record is about the Remo MINUCELLI: convicted of abducting his seven year old daughter from her mother,... dating from 1972 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31 in the series Metropolitan Police: Registered Files, Crime (CR Series). It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MEPO 26/360
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1972 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Remo MINUCELLI: convicted of abducting his seven year old daughter from her mother, Maureen BIRD, at Brightlingsea, Essex, on 8 September 1972. Armed police rescued the girl from an address in Putney, London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The naming of a defendant within this catalogue does not imply guilt
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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 213/72/18
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11550491/
Series information
MEPO 26
Metropolitan Police: Registered Files, Crime (CR Series)
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