Age: 53
Sex: male
Date: 10 Mar 1956
Place: Caledonia Road, Gorbals, Glasgow
James Patrick Lavelle was found dead in the kitchen of his home behind his newsagents and tobacconist's shop in Crown Street, 71 Caledonia Road, Gorbals on the morning of Sunday 11 March 1956 and about 10am. He had run the shop with his father.
His body was found by his 82-year-old father who was almost blind who it was said had been in another room asleep at the time of the murder and had slept through it undisturbed. James Lavelle's father said that he knew nothing of the matter until a neighbour knocked at his door and he got up to answer it.
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see Belfast Telegraph - Monday 12 March 1956
see Daily Mirror - Tuesday 20 March 1956
see Northern Whig - Monday 12 March 1956
see Belfast Telegraph - Monday 19 March 1956
see Aberdeen Evening Express - Saturday 31 March 1956
see Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Monday 19 March 1956
see Bradford Observer - Monday 19 March 1956
see Leicester Evening Mail - Monday 12 March 1956
see Bradford Observer - Tuesday 20 March 1956
see Birmingham Daily Gazette - Monday 12 March 1956
see Daily Herald - Monday 12 March 1956
see Daily Herald - Monday 19 March 1956
see Aberdeen Evening Express - Monday 12 March 1956
see Coventry Evening Telegraph - Monday 12 March 1956
see Aberdeen Evening Express - Tuesday 13 March 1956
see Aberdeen Evening Express - Thursday 15 March 1956
see Daily Mirror - Friday 01 June 1956
see Unsolved 1956
