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in 1923 at Halifax?

Yes, I remember that.

Nine months hard labor

for stealing material and goods

in 1924 at Uxbridge?

Yes.

And three months

also at Uxbridge

for stealing a motorcar in 1933?

Yes, that's right.

Well, surely

you could remember that -

four offenses for dishonesty.

Well, I-I -

I had an idea it was three.

I-I just didn't -

I just wasn't quite sure.

I see.

But what is perhaps

more important-

and relevant to this matter -

are there two other convictions

recorded against you?

Yes.

The first of these being

for violence

at Halifax in 1923?

Yes.

And the second when

you were sentenced to six months

for malicious wounding in 1929?

Yes.

Yes.

Do you appreciate

that the medical evidence

in this case

which has been called

is that

this woman was strangled?

I was informed of that.

Not killed by abortion,

of which there's no sign,

but by strangulation?

Yes.

Now...

a word about your character.

What were you doing

in the First World War?

I was in the army

in the First World War.

Fighting for your country?

Yes. I-I was gassed twice.

I was blinded for three months,

and I never spoke

for 3 1/2 years.

The last time you were

in trouble with the police

for any offense was in 1933,

was it?

Yes.

17 years ago.

Yes.

In this last war,

in spite of your disabilities,

you served

in the war reserve police

for many years.

Is that right?

Yes, I did,

and I was commended

on two occasions.

Thank you, Mr. Christie.

What are you doing?

I'm going to sleep

in the front room.

Front room?

On the sofa from now on.

What's that in aid of?

Nothing, it's just that

I'm not sleeping very well,

that's all.

Now, it is you who voluntarily

go to the police

on the 30th of November

after hearing about the telegram

which your aunt had received

from Mr. Thorley,

your wife's father?

That's right.

It was because

your previous lies were exposed

by the telegram

that you decided to go

to the police, was it?

It wasn't because of the lies.

Then why did you suddenly

go to the police?

Well... I was getting worried

about my daughter.

Are you saying that seriously

to the jury -

that you go to the police

and confess to murder

because you're worried

about your daughter?

There is no confession

of murder.

He said,

I have disposed of my wife.

I have put her down the drain.

It sounds very like murder.

All he said was he had put her -

it might well be her body -

down the drain.

You made a statement

to the police,

and this is the first you made -

Exhibit 6 -

in which you talk

of meeting a man in a caf,

and of how your wife

took these pills

and died of them

and you found her dead.

You remember that statement?

Yes, I remember that statement.

That is untrue?

That is untrue, yes.

You then made a statement

in which you set out

in some detail

how Mr. Christie

gave your wife something

which would cause an abortion

and she died of that.

Do you remember that one?

Yes, I remember that one, too.

Is that one true or untrue?

That is true.

Then you made a statement

in which you confess

to murdering your wife

and your child.

Is that true or untrue?

I was told

of my daughter's death

before I made that one.

True or untrue?

I-It is true I made the statement.

Is the statement true or untrue?

Untrue.

So then that is

the second statement

you have made to the police,

in some detail, which is untrue?

Yes.

So would it not be right to say

that you are a person

who's prepared to lie,

or tell the truth,

at your own convenience?

Well, why should I tell lies?

My life is at stake here.

Now...

we have shown that your story

about Mr. Christie

giving your wife an abortion

is nonsense.

You are the person

who alleges Mr. Christie

is the murderer in this case.

Can you suggest why

he should have strangled

your wife?

Well... he was...

home all day.

Can you suggest why

he should have strangled

your wife?

No, I can't.

Can you suggest why

he should have strangled

your daughter?

No.

I didn't do it, Auntie.

Christie done it.

I didn't even know

the baby was dead

till the police brought me in

to Notting Hill.

Well, Christie said

she was in East Acton.

Get Christie -

Get him here to see me.

He's the only one

who can help me now.

Timothy John Evans...

the court has found you guilty

of willful murder,

and the sentence of the court

upon you

is that you be taken

from this place

to a lawful prison,

and thence to a place

of execution,

and there you will suffer death

by hanging.

And that your body be buried

within the precincts

of the prison

in which you shall have been

last confined

before your execution.

And may the Lord have mercy

on your soul.

Amen.

The one thing

that sticks in my mind

is I'm in for something

I haven't done, sir.

You must remember, Evans,

that we're not here to go into

the rights and wrongs

of your case.

This is purely a medical board.

Yes, I know that, sir.

See... Christie done it.

You confessed at Notting Hill.

Why was that?

I broke down at Notting Hill.

Well, I had nothing else

to worry about

when I knew my daughter

was dead.

Why do you think your daughter

was killed?

Well... to be out of the way,

wasn't it?

I see.

Any further questions?

No.

All right, thank you.

Come along then.

B-But Christie done it!

I say Christie done it!

All right, all right.

Well, I don't know -

He's not

an unpleasing little fellow.

Oh, no.

Primitive sort of creature,

but nothing abnormal-

medically speaking.

Rather meet than average

I thought.

Yes.

Nothing very much at all,

really.

Certainly no medical grounds

for a reprieve.

Oh!

Supper's in the meat safe.

I should have thought

you could have got it

for yourself.

I'm going to bed now.

I've taken a sleeping pill.

I'm going to Sheffield

in the morning.

Sheffield?

To stay with Jessy and Bob.

You can't just leave me here.

I-I can't stand Jessy,

you know that.

She talks too much.

What am I meant to do then?

We've no friends.

Not a soul set foot

in this house

for two years nearly.

Not since the Evanses.

We've no money -

You haven't worked since

I don't know when.

I can't work, can I?

Not with my back and everything.

The doctor says

I should be in hospital.

I know where you should be.

What's that supposed to mean?

You know what I mean.

Ohh.

Ohh.

You don't mind, do you?

It's migraine.

Hmm.

I get these terrible headaches.

Very unpleasant,

very unpleasant.

Mind you, um...

medically speaking, of course,

it's a very interesting

condition -

syndrome as we call it.

You're not a doctor, are you?

Well, now how did you know that?

Well, I should say I was.

Was?

Yes, I, um...

I did a favor for a friend -

a lady friend -

I expect you understand.

You know how it is.

Oh, yes.

Oh, dear.

Can I get you another cup

of tea?

No, thanks.

Are you sure?

Yes, well, of course, uh,

they won't do you any good,

mind.

What does, though?

Ah, well,

if only I was free to, uh...

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