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Murder Mile UK True Crime

#243 - In Black and White (Fitzrovia, London, UK)

Murder Mile UK True Crime

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History, Society & Culture, True-crime, London, English, Uk, British, Murder, True Crime, Killer, Crime, Documentary

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🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

#243 - In Black and White. On Friday 12th December 1969, in the bar of The Duke of York pub in Fitzrovia, a fight kicked off between two groups of men, one black and one white, which left 17-year-old Robert Kent with a six-inch blade in his head. Dying a week later, the police were adamant that many of the black men who were fighting were members of the Black Panthers. But was this a RACIALLY MOTIVATED ATTACK?


  • Date: Friday 12th December 1969
  • Location: The Duke of York, 47 Rathbone Street, Fitzrovia, London,, Britain, W1
  • Victim: 1 (Robert Hamilton John Kent)
  • Culprit: 1 (Sozenderan Moodley)


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0:00.0

Welcome to Murder Mile.

0:20.0

Today, I'm standing on Rathbone Street in Fitzrovia W1.

0:26.0

Three streets east of the deadly soap of George Antonio.

0:30.0

One street west of the Charlotte Street robbery. Two streets south of the scattered body paths by Louis Voisin,

0:35.0

and a short walk from the crying weasel.

0:39.0

Coming soon to Murder Mile.

0:51.3

Situated on the corner of Rathbone Street and Charlotte Place is the Duke of York pub. A decent little booser, frequented by locals as most of the tourists

0:57.1

are unlikely to pass it. Licensed in 1757, it was named after the younger brother of George III.

1:07.0

But above the door, you may notice a portrait which resembles a very different Duke of York.

1:16.8

An alleged Randy Royal, a noble nonce, and a taxpayer bido, possibly owing to his inability to sweat, had to warm up his

1:27.1

dodger by bothering a young girl's foof. which is not to say that just because someone is infamous for one thing that that's

1:40.0

all they'll lever do.

1:44.8

The same could be said for the murder which occurred here.

1:49.1

As on the night of Friday the 12th of December 1969, during the height of apartheid and the the of black and white males, during which a young boy lost his life. But why?

2:10.0

Depending on whose side was taken when this particular story was told,

2:17.0

this could be seen as a struggle against oppression, racism and prejudice,

2:22.0

or simply an all-too-tragically familiar tale. racism and prejudice,

2:22.8

simply an all-too-tragically familiar tale about arrogance, a temper, a simple spark,

2:29.5

and a bunch of idiots who were drunk. But what was its origin? My name is Michael. I am your

2:40.6

tour guide and this is Murder Mile.

2:46.0

Episode 243 in black and white. White. Sentence to life for murder.

3:05.0

19 year old Tsurendron moodly, who most of his friends called Sosen.

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