#31 - The Blackout Ripper Part 7 (The Trial)
Murder Mile UK True Crime
Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast
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🗓️ 24 May 2018
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
The Blackout Ripper Part 7 of 8: On Friday 13th February 1942, Gordon Frederick Cummins was arrested for assault, and as the evidence mounted, it became clear that to the Police that in their cells was The Blackout Ripper. But could they prove it, and could they make him confess to his crimes?
- Date: Friday 13th February 1942
- Victims: 6 (Evelyn Hamilton, Evelyn Oatley, Margaret Florence Lowe, Doris Elizabeth Jouanett, Greta Hayward and Kathryn Mulcahy)
- Culprit: The Blackout Ripper
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| 0:37.5 | Terms apply 18 plus subject to approval. On Friday the 13th of February 1942 28th |
| 0:58.3 | old Royal Air Force Air Cadet Gordon Frederick Cummings, a married man with no prior convictions was arrested |
| 1:06.8 | and charged with causing grievous bodily harm to 30-year-old Greta-Hewood in a |
| 1:12.4 | suspected robbery in a backstreet just off Piccadilly |
| 1:16.3 | Circus. |
| 1:19.9 | Faced with insurmountable evidence, including an accurate description which identified Cummings |
| 1:25.4 | as her attacker, having had drinks within barely an hour before, her home telephone number |
| 1:31.6 | written in her handwriting, which was found inside his greatcoat pocket |
| 1:36.8 | and his military issued gas respirator discovered at the scene of the crime inside which he had written his RAF serial number, |
| 1:45.6 | 525 987. |
| 1:49.2 | A number so unique, it led police directly to Cummings. |
| 1:56.0 | Who apologized, feigned memory loss, |
| 1:59.8 | blame the incident on drink |
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