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Derek William Bentley (30 June 1933 – 28 January 1953) was a British man who was hanged for the murder of a policeman during a burglary attempt. Christopher Craig, then aged 16, a friend and accomplice of Bentley, was accused of the murder.
21 de dic. de 2022 · In 1952 Derek Bentley, a 19-year-old with severe learning difficulties, was caught burgling a warehouse in London with a friend, Chris Craig. Craig was carrying a gun and Bentley carried a sheath...
After deliberating for just 75 minutes, the jury found both Christopher Craig and Derek Bentley guilty of the murder of PC Miles. Bentley received a death sentence, while Craig, due to his age, was ordered to be detained at Her Majesty’s Pleasure.
9 de feb. de 2024 · The early 1950s had witnessed the controversial executions of 25-year-old Timothy Evans, followed by 19-year-old Derek Bentley, a teenager with a mental age of 11 who had been present at the...
30 de ene. de 2020 · In 1953 Derek Bentley, aged 19, was convicted of the murder of PC Sidney Miles and sentenced to death. It is the most infamous example of the use of joint enterprise law. Bentley was found guilty despite neither possessing nor firing a gun and giving himself to the police without violence.
Teenager Derek Bentley has been executed at Wandsworth Prison in London for his part in the murder of Pc Sidney Miles. The 19-year-old was hanged at 0900 hours after last-minute appeals for...
1 de nov. de 2017 · Derek Bentley (1933–1953) was sentenced to death by hanging at the age of 19. • He was convicted as a party to murder, and he died in Wandsworth Prison in London. • He had epilepsy and a mental age of about 11, and he could neither read nor write. • In 1998, his case was finally quashed.
