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Murder Mile UK True Crime

#41 - The Forgotten Truth about the Charlotte Street Robbery (Fitzrovia, London, W1)

Murder Mile UK True Crime

Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast

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

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🗓️ 30 August 2018

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

On Friday 19th September 1947, two robbers - Christopher James Geraghty and Charles Henry Jenkins - were executed having killed an innocent bystander whilst in pursuit of a robbery, as no-one could prove which man had committed the murder. It's a trial which brought about the abolition of the death penalty in the United Kingdom. But who was the real victim?

  • Date: Friday 29th April 1943
  • Location: 73-75 Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia, London, W1 (site demolished)
  • Victims: 1 (Alec d'Antiquis)


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0:00.0

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0:05.4

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0:09.2

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0:20.0

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0:31.0

So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.

0:36.6

Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. So basically three guys called Garrity Jenkins and Rolt, robbed a jeweler on Charlotte Street, beat up its owner, did a runner, some bloke got shot, and because no one knew which robber had killed him, as a deterrent to any criminals, all three men were found guilty of murder.

1:11.0

One was imprisoned, two were executed, even though only one of them fired the fatal shot,

1:17.0

and this case sparked a big old hoo-ha, which eventually led to the abolition of the death penalty in Britain.

1:25.0

Okay, that's it.

1:27.0

Thanks for listening.

1:29.0

Bye-bye. What? Why are you still there? Oh, you want to know more? Oh, that's

1:37.0

you still there? Oh, you want to know more? Oh, that's strange. You see normally when this story is told people only focus

1:47.4

on those three little details. How young the robbers were, how their double hanging failed to deter any future gangsters,

1:57.0

and how the execution of at least one innocent man

2:01.0

sparked a debate which put an end to capital punishment in our country forever.

2:07.0

So I don't really know what else I can tell you. Except the truth.

2:15.0

And all of the pieces that every article ever written

2:20.0

about the case of Gerriti, Jenkins and Rolt will have failed to tell you about this whole bloody case.

2:27.0

And I warn you, it's a lot.

2:30.0

So strap in. In. Welcome to Murder Mile.

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