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Scarlett Keeling’s death in India in February 2008 devastated her family and shocked Britain. The lively, fun-loving 15-year-old teenager from Devon had been on a seemingly idyllic holiday when her body was found on a Goa beach. Her family believed she had been raped and murdered – but investigators initially announced she had been drowned accidentally. For the next decade, Scarlett’s killer walked free. Now, finally, there has been a conviction, giving a measure of satisfaction to the youngster’s heartbroken relatives. Read our lead article “Mother’s 11-Year Battle For Justice” for the full story.

“Crimes That Made The Headlines – Arthur And The Lethal Love Potion” tells the extraordinary story of a London office manager whose amorous intentions proved deadly. Two of his female colleagues would die as a result of eating sweets he had poisoned with the drug cantharidin. And yet the office lothario, Arthur Ford, would never stand trial for murder. Read this report and let us know whether you agree with the prosecution’s case – and the culprit’s sentence. We’d love to hear your views.

When you’ve been sentenced to death, who should you turn to? For George Collier, convicted of the brutal 1957 murder of Santa Claus look-alike Edgar Adams, the answer was simple – the local MP. What happened when Victor Collins, the representative for Shoreditch and Finsbury, got on the case? Read this issue’s “I Am Due To Hang On Tuesday Week” for the full story.


Highlights this issue include:

* Mother’s 11-Year Battle For Justice

* Crimes That Made The Headlines: Arthur And The Lethal Love Potion

* Hanged At Liverpool - Part 11

* Hanged In Australia: Tasmania’s Shocking “Return Of The Bushrangers”

* Heather, Sidney...And Sidney’s Psycho Wife

* America’s Most Evil: The Killing Career Of A Poisonous Grandmother

* “I Am Due To Hang On Tuesday Week”

* Questions & Answers: “If I Can Dig Her Up”

* Execution USA