#343 - The Blabbermouth - Part 1 of 2 (David McKenzie, Barbara Pinder, Henrietta Osbourne)

This is Part One of Two.

On the Saturday the 27th of October 1984, 76-year-old widow Barbara Pinder was brutally murdered in her own flat on Prince of Wales Drive in Battersea by an unknown man with a lot of hatred for her. One year later, on Saturday 27th of October 1985, 86-year-old widow Henrietta Osbourne was also stabbed and attacked frenziedly in an attack which had similar hallmarks. It went unsolved for two years… then out of the blue, a petty burglar confessed to both murders. Evidence proved it was him, he confessed, he was convicted. But why did he confess, when he had got away with murder?

Location (Barbara's): Flat (possibly) 24a, Prince of Wales Mansions, 70-77 Prince of Wales Drive, Battersea, London, SW11, UK,
Date: Saturday the 27th of October 1984
Location (Henrietta's): Lumley Flats, Ebury Estate, Passmore Street, Chelsea, SW1
Date: Saturday 27th of October 1985
Victims: Barbara Pinder & Henrietta Osbourne,
Culprit: David McKenzie

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