Gnade für Timothy Evans

Gnade für Timothy Evans

Release date : August 19, 1969
Runtime : 1h 22m
Countries of origin : Germany /
Original Language : German /
Director : Korbinian Köberle /
Writers :
Production companies : ZDF /
August 19, 1969 1h 22m Germany Crime German More
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The case of Timothy Evans was the first major post-war miscarriage of justice to capture public attention. Of low intelligence, Evans was damned by his own, false confession that he had murdered his wife and daughter. The trial and rightful conviction of John Christie for one of these murders three years later, did not, however, bring about a pardon for Evans. Despite having four alibi witnesses, the 28-year-sailor, who was described by his own defence lawyer as a "semi-civilised savage", was convicted and executed within six months of the murder. Three years after Mr Evans was hanged, John Christie, a neighbour in the house at 10 Rillington Place, confessed to strangling eight female victims - including Beryl and her baby daughter. He too was executed. It was to be many years before the judiciary and the government were to finally allow the late Timothy Evans a pardon.
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Josef Fröhlich
Timothy Evans
Friedrich G. Beckhaus
John Christie
Hans-Peter Korff
Curtis-Bennet
Friedrich Schütter
Wachtmeister Evans
Dorit Amann
Beryl Evans
Rudolf Möller
Finemore
Conny Palme
Williams
Wolfram Schaerf
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  • title:Gnade für Timothy Evans
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1969
  • Runtime:1h 22m
  • Genres: Crime · TV Movie ·
  • Countries of origin: Germany ·
  • Original Language: German ·
  • Director: Korbinian Köberle /
  • Writers:
  • Production companies: ZDF ·
  • Overview:The case of Timothy Evans was the first major post-war miscarriage of justice to capture public attention. Of low intelligence, Evans was damned by his own, false confession that he had murdered his wife and daughter. The trial and rightful conviction of John Christie for one of these murders three years later, did not, however, bring about a pardon for Evans. Despite having four alibi witnesses, the 28-year-sailor, who was described by his own defence lawyer as a "semi-civilised savage", was convicted and executed within six months of the murder. Three years after Mr Evans was hanged, John Christie, a neighbour in the house at 10 Rillington Place, confessed to strangling eight female victims - including Beryl and her baby daughter. He too was executed. It was to be many years before the judiciary and the government were to finally allow the late Timothy Evans a pardon.
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