In November 1925, police constable Herbert Burrows was found guilty of murdering publican Ernest Laight, his wife Doris, and their young son Robert at the Garibaldi Inn in Worcester. The discovery was made by the family’s charwoman, who raised the alarm after finding the doors unlocked and the till emptied. The case exposed the calculated betrayal of trust within a small community and led to Burrows becoming the last person from Worcester to be executed by hanging.

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Sources:
Ancestry.co.uk
Birmingham Daily Gazette - Wednesday 03 February 1926
Cheltenham Chronicle - Saturday 20 February 1926
Evening News 21 January 1987
Evening News (London) - Tuesday 26 June 1917
Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer - Saturday 05 December 1925
Hendon & Finchley Times - Friday 29 June 1917
Illustrated Police News - Thursday 25 February 1926
Dundee Courier - Friday 18 December 1925
Kingston Times - Saturday 30 January 1926
Reynolds's Newspaper - Sunday 06 December 1925, Sunday 21 February 1926
Sunday Express - Sunday 29 November1925
Daily News (London) - Monday 30 November 1925
Thomson's Weekly News - Saturday 05 December 1925
Westminster Gazette - Thursday 18 February 1926

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