#104 - The 'Elementary' Murder of William Raven (Marylebone, London, W2)

#104 - The 'Elementary' Murder of William Raven (Marylebone, London, W2)

On Thursday 15th October 1942, in flat 34 of Chalfont Court at 236 Baker Street, the body of William Raven was discovered. He was an elegant sociable divorcee and co-owner of a gentleman’s outfitters with no enemies, who was found battered to death in his own bed. Everybody liked him. But was this a bungled robbery, a revenge attack, or was it something a little more ordinary?

  • Date: Thursday 15th October 1942
  • Location: Flat 34 of Chalfont Court at 236 Baker Street, London, NW1
  • Victims: 1 (William Raven)
  • Culprits: 1 (Henry Smith & George Frederick Brimacombe)

Note: Henry was acquitted and George was found guilty of manslaughter only.


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