#243 - In Black and White (Fitzrovia, London, UK)
Murder Mile UK True Crime
Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast
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🗓️ 29 February 2024
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#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. |
| 0:11.0 | Today, I'm standing on Rathbone Street in Fitzrovia W-1. |
| 0:20.0 | Three streets east of the deadly soap of Jerusalem. I'm standing on Rathbone Street in Fitzrovia W1. |
| 0:25.6 | Three streets east of the deadly soap of George Antonio, |
| 0:29.6 | one street west of the Charlotte Street robbery, |
| 0:34.6 | two streets south of the scattered body parts by Louis Varsine, |
| 0:38.4 | and a short walk from the crying weasel. |
| 0:42.0 | Coming soon to Murder Mile. |
| 0:51.4 | Situated on the corner of Rathbone Street and Charlotte Place is the Duke of York Pub. |
| 0:55.5 | A decent little boozer frequented by locals, |
| 0:58.3 | as most of the tourists are unlikely to pass it. |
| 1:02.5 | Licensed in 1757, |
| 1:05.9 | it was named after the younger brother of George III. |
| 1:08.9 | But above the door, |
| 1:15.6 | you may notice a portrait which resembles a very different Duke of York. An alleged Randy Royal, a noble nunce, and a taxpaying Pido, possibly owing to his inability to sweat, |
| 1:25.6 | had to warm up his dodger by bothering a young girl's foof. |
| 1:34.3 | Which is not to say that just because someone is infamous for one thing, |
| 1:39.3 | that that's all they'll ever do. |
| 1:48.0 | The same could be said for the murder which occurred here, as on the night of Friday the 12th of December, |
| 1:51.0 | 1969, during the height of apartheid and the demise of the British Empire, |
| 1:57.0 | a fight occurred between two groups of black and white males, |
| 2:01.6 | during which a young boy lost his life. |
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