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In the half-light of early morning on 7 October 1965, 17-year-old David Smith called Hyde police from a telephone box on Hattersley overspill estate in Manchester. The story that he had to tell of the brutal murder he had witnessed the previous evening set in motion the detection of Britain s most infamous serial killings- the Moors Murders. Despite standing as chief prosecution witness at the subsequent trial, David Smith was vilified and hated by a public who knew nothing of the facts behind the accusations thrown at Smith by the killers themselves in an attempt to gain lesser sentences. Myra Hindley s own confession, 20 years later, that she and Ian Brady had lied about Smith s involvement in their crimes, did little to diminish the slurs against his name. For almost 45 years, David Smith has been asked by writers and filmmakers to tell his story. With the exception of no more than a handful of very brief interviews, he has refused. Carol Ann Lee met Smith during her research for One of Your Own, her critically acclaimed biography of Hindley, following which he finally agreed to reveal all regarding the case and his involvement in it. In Witness, interviews,Product Identifiers
PublisherTransworld LTD
ISBN-139781845967390
eBay Product ID (ePID)108478143
Product Key Features
Number of Pages352 Pages
Publication NameWitness (Later Issued As Evil Relations)
LanguageEnglish
SubjectCriminology
Publication Year2011
TypeTextbook
AuthorDavid Smith with Carol Ann Lee
Subject AreaBiographies & True Stories
Dimensions
Item Height155 mm
Item Weight490 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorDavid Smith with Carol Ann Lee