Murderers or Martyrs

Synopsis

With a Foreword by Lord Goldsmith. Alfie and Teddy had been mates since childhood. There was no material or forensic evidence against them. No bloodstains, no finger prints, no eyewitneses, no murder weapon. Nothing was stolen from the home of Mrs Rimmer. They even had an alibi. But the police said they were guilty of murder. And everyone knows that "the police don't tell lies - do they?" Like The Cameo Conspiracy, the murder took place in Liverpool - but Alfie and Teddy were in Manchester on the night it happened. The stakes were high. In 1952 you could be hanged. But if experienced police officers in Liverpool said you were guilty who were the jury to argue? Murderers or Martyrs is the true story of slum dwellers Edward Devlin and Alfred Burns who were executed side-by-side. Were they guilty of murder - or were they hanged for the bread they stole as kids? In his inimitable style, George Skelly unearths the real truth about another alarming case.