#43 - Marion Lees-Smith: The Rich Mum, the Deaf Son and the Paltry Sum
Murder Mile UK True Crime
Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast
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🗓️ 13 September 2018
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
On 30th December 1942, in 112 Bryanston Court, Marion Lees-Smith was a single mother who was struggling alone to cope with the daily demands of Derek - her deaf and brain-damaged son. And as frustrated and exasperated as Marion would often be, her death would come about, not by exhaustion, but by the hand of her own son.
- Date: Friday 30th December 1942
- Location: Flat 112, Bryanston Court, Marylebone, London, W1
- Victims: 1 (Marion Scott Lees-Smith)
- Culprit: Derek Thayer Lees-Smith
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