Fitted Up: The Mitcham Co-op Murder and the Fight to Prove My Innocence
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Rating | : | 4.65 (623 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0750959657 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2013-03-21 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A stunning true story of the miscarriage of justice Bermudiana George Thatcher was a young, small-scale thief and burglar, when he was set up by the police to take the fall for a robbery which culminated in murder. Despite all evidence to the contrary - that he did not commit the murder and was not even there - corrupt police officers lied in court and George was condemned to death. His fight to escape the gallows and to regain his freedom, and the support he got from an astonishin
He was later reprieved, but would still serve 20 years for a crime he did not commit.. 'Fitted Up' is the remarkable true story of George Thatcher, who spent two weeks in a death cell awaiting the noose for murder following the Mitcham Co-op robbery in 1962