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Leigh and District

Crime and Punishment

Status:Active, open to new members
Facilitator:
Barbara Joyce Tel: 07516 225608
Group email: Crime and Punishment group
When: Monthly on Monday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
2nd Monday in month, repeated at 1pm - 3pm on the same day
Venue: Kingsleigh Methodist Church Community Room

Crime & Punishment is a presentation group where we learn all about various crimes after which there is a short general discussion about that week's particular topic. Topics have ranged from When MP's Go Wrong to The Met Police in the 1970s and then serial killers to unsolved crimes.

A different topic each meeting.

Forthcoming meetings...

10th November 2025
Presentation

Handsome Brute

Neville Heath was described as a charming man. Why, therefore, did he commit two violent murders in the immediate post war period?
Venue: Kingsleigh Methodist Church Community Room

8th December 2025
Presentation

The Atom Bomb Spies

Britons and Americans who gave atomic secrets to the Soviet Union in the late 1940s and early 1950’s.
Venue: Kingsleigh Methodist Church Community Room

12th January 2026
Presentation

Haigh - The Acid Bath Murderer

Haigh - The Acid Bath Murderer.
Venue: Kingsleigh Methodist Church Community Room

9th February 2026
Presentation

The World’s End Murders

Two teenagers were murdered in Edinburgh in 1977. The search for the perpetrator ran cold, but years later the guilty party was brought to justice.
Venue: Kingsleigh Methodist Church Community Room

9th March 2026
Presentation

Some Historic Murders from Leigh and District

Some historic murders from Leigh and District.
Venue: Kingsleigh Methodist Church Community Room

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