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Was it not the case that the forensic officer, the prosecting council and the police all knew he could NOT have commited this crime as he was impotent and infertile and therefore the forensic evidence left on the body and clothing must therefore could NOT have been his...This alone should have freed him.....?... but what of those in the know,,,?...One imagines their lives went on without effect,,,,>,,,...Shame on those women and what they did and ALL the others who knew and did nothing .

Hi. Thanks for yet another interesting video. Hope you're feeling better.

Great video Darren merry Xmas x

All the best for the new year Darren 👏👏✌️🌂

Merry Christmas. I was going to ask you to visit this grave...but I saw the news where they said it had been vandalized....very sad. Keep up the great work sir!

Some lads smashed it 😭😭 and the local stone masions had to mend it , which i found discusting really because its a tourists attraction, and of historical significant film prop headstone A A Christmas carol starring the late great George c Scott 🪦 as well !! Thank you Ever so much Darren merry Christmas and a very happy 2025 New year 🎊 🕛 🎄🎁🦌🧑🏻‍🎄🎄🙏🏻 from Rodders

Poor man god be with him

Gtrat video Have a merry Christmas Look forward to more videos in 2025

Hiya Darren,when I left school 31 years ago,my first job was a kitchen hand, there was this old feller,used to come for his dinner,it was £1.30 for a 3 course meal,we all thought he was potless, when he died he left £157,500 to the church, we were all in shock,I cant name names, this is Choppy

Great video, merry Christmas to you 😊

That story you told i believe it, that was good as i grew up watching the the scrooge movies as a child,but the b/w version was dark.i still like watching scrooge movies.looking forward to your 2025 videos.happy Xmas and new year 🎄😊

Great video, thank you Darren! Can't believe that a woman would starve herself to death to save money! Obviously though, she did. My mum never used to eat properly so we could eat. 27 years today since she died. Merry Christmas my friend! ❤ xx

Happy xmas and happy new year to you, you do a great job.

Brilliant video... and happy Christmas 🎄

When I was a kid there was a series on BBC TV called "Call the Gun Expert" about Robert Churchill- a ballistics specialist. This was back in 1964- and one of the episodes was about the murder of PC Gutteridge and I can recall its impact on me. I don't suppose any of this series survives- they were probably all wiped.

the police knew the law said hat an adult could get the death penalty for a murder committed by someone else in there presence who was under 18"to them derek bentley was a career criminal a persistant thorn in there side who had to be eliminated and they found an injenious way of getting bentley once and for all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if the bullet that killed the policeman was never found how do they know it was from christopher craigs gun??????

Thank you for a very interesting video. RIP Constable Gutteridge 😔

When you dance with the devil the devil dances with you her own fault for taking it no sympathy

That poor man, all those years suffering in jail, labelled a killer. Eventually is cleared , compensated, but never got the chance to spend it. Truly heart-breaking

So very sad for an officer and family man to be cut down doing his duty. A fitting and respectful way to honour PC Guttridge (RIP) by his colleagues and by your video

RIP🌹

My family and the Gutteridge family are related by marriage from way back, so I have known about this for years. My eldest daughter researched the murder and wrote a thesis for her PhD. Latter she had input into a Biography written by Bernard Mullin, called Bill's Beat.

Not even a flower 🌹

Very compelling and sad story, well presented and researched. RIP Constable Gutteridge from a retired Sargeant on the other side of the Atlantic.

Without any issue at all mate in response to your comment, we have free will and can chose it we use it for good or bad, the consequence of that choice comes after we die.

Thanks. I read about this case quite some time ago. We can see the type of animal who would do such a vile act. Cheers.

My mother was distantly related to him through the Norfolk side of his fathers

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I am just a regular bloke, who tries to play by the rules and I’ve still occasionally fallen foul of the police. But I’ve always said and will always say ‘I would not ever want their job.’ To meet the very worst elements of society on a daily basis, no not for me. It’s been the same evidently for a hundred years, a load of thugs shot a policeman in the face because he stopped them. Terrible, RIP PC Gutteridge

Watched the documentary/reenactment as a teen n her mum n dads interview broke my heart, so I never touched the stuff

The girls should be named and shamed.

It's interesting that this important case led up to setting up the emergency 999 number. Yet it's sick that some people today make prank calls or abuse that number with the slightest inconveniences like one released recorded call saying she couldn't find her TV remote !

RIP Joanna 🕊️🪽

Excellent video and story of a brave unarmed British Bobby. PC George Gutteridge was murdered in cold blood, in such a sadistic manner. This murder left a widow and two children without a husband and father. I thought Darren told this story with great respect and empathy. Also, historical information like how the 999 service came about. I have only just found your channel and have subscribed. I love history, especially social and local as well as national and world history. I grew up in Tottenham, so here is an infamous Murder of a policeman in the Borough. 'THE TOTTENHAM OUTRAGE' on January 23rd 1909. PC William Tyler was shot in cold blood as he approached them, after they fled from a botched armed robbery of a local furniture manufacturer. This was directly opposite Tottenham Police station. The police were caught on the hop, because ( I believe ) they could not open the their gun cabinet, because this was not the Wild West, and when was the last time they needed firearms! However, what enssued was a shootout. The robbers had the latest automatic firearm while the police did not. The police were unarmed and asking the public for their weapons to borrow! The Hue and Cry went up, as the public witnessed this Robbery, and they gave chase, prehaps the last great chase with the police and public together. PC Tyler was murdered by Paul Hefeld and Jacob Lepidus. Latvian Anarchists. Many of the public were honoured with cash rewards from a fund set up. Many of the public were shot some wounded, one from memory his name I think was George Smith a fitter or plumber. His over coat was littered with several bullet holes but he was unscathed! Unfortunately a young bakers boy Ralph Josecelyne age 10 was shot and killed as well as the PC Tyler. 23 people were injured. Ralph is buried in Tottenham cemetery and PC Tyler is buried in Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington. In December 1910 three policemen were shot and killed in 'The Houndsditch Murders', this was a precurser to the SIEGE OF SIDNEY STREET in January 1911. (Home Secretary was a top hat Winston Churchill he directed the guards from Tower of London to fire on the Anarchists These events and murders were linked to the Tottenham Outrage! This over a 100 years ago, It seems poor old London has served as a battle ground for those who are not British, and still fight their fueds on its streets, and this is still going on! Up to date murders, of Police in the line of duty come to mind. PC Brian Bishop, in Frinton August 1984 while trying to apprehend a Post Office robber who was armed with a Shotgun hidden in a bag Then there was PC Keith Blakelocke brutally stabbed and hacked to death during the infamous Broadwater Farm Riots on October 6th 1985. God Bless all their souls and may they RIP🙏

I live a couple of minutes walk from the cemetery where he is buried. I first heard of his story about a year ago and went to see his grave the next day. Although the cemetery is disused now (i.e. full up) and unkempt in places, his grave remains pretty clean and maintained.

Great presentation, I've read that Brown & Kennedy pushed the Doctors car out of his garage before starting it so as not to alert the household as they stole it, crafty s***s!

Such a tragic and bloodthirsty murder. That policeman was working for his community, and did not deserve such a terrible death. RIP young Man.😪

Can you do PC Dover next ?

Hi Darren which film relates to the Essex boys murders... Because there is so many films of rise of the foot soldier I would like to which film relates to the murders of the Essex boys

RIP Marsha , I'm so sorry to hear your sad story and my heart goes out to you and your family...my you be at peace

As a child I used to visit my aunt and her family in Ongar regularly. I grew up hearing about this incident from my father and every time we used that road l would ask my father to show me where the poor policeman was killed. It triggered a lifelong interest in crime and punishment. Thanks for the telling.

I used to sit in that cemetery when I lived in Brentwood he's daughter is buried with him

So much funnier than any of todays ‘ comedians’ . RIP Freddie 🕊️🪽

Nowadays people wouldn’t have batted an eyelid at Mary’s career choice. A very pretty lady , may she rest in peace 🕊️🪽

Not a Tennis fan but my husband is and says this young lady had an injury plagued career that stopped her from hitting a great height . May she rest in heavenly peace 🕊️🪽

Horribly tragic case , rest in peace Stefan 🕊️🪽

Thank you for your service sir , may you rest in peace 🕊️

Interestingly the forensic scientist Sir Bernard Spilsbury who worked this case stated his eyes were shot out because the perpetrators thought their image would be imprinted on his eyeballs!

Bye the way, did you know that this case was covered on the BBC show Murder, Mystery and my family?