John Christie lived at 10 Rillington Place in Notting Hill, London, where a number of women were murdered during the 1940s and early 1950s. Christie presented himself as a respectable former special constable, but behind closed doors he was a serial killer. One of the most disturbing aspects of the case involved Timothy Evans, who also lived at the property. Evans was convicted and executed for the murder of his baby daughter, although Christie later confessed to killing Evans’s wife, Beryl. The case became a major factor in debates about the death penalty in Britain because of concerns that Evans had been wrongly convicted. Christie himself was eventually arrested after bodies were discovered hidden inside and around the property. He was convicted of murder and executed in 1953.
Do you think the Timothy Evans case is one of the strongest arguments Britain ever had against capital punishment?
Do you think the Timothy Evans case is one of the strongest arguments Britain ever had against capital punishment?