Gerald Dennis Runaghan

Gerald Dennis Runaghan was found drowned in a claypit in Coventry on 29 November 1957.

A 12-year-old boy was later arrested and tried for his manslaughter but was acquitted after it was heard that he had made his statement at 3am without his parents being present, which the judge said he did not think was satisfactory and then directed the jury to find him not guilty. He had initially been charged with Gerald Runaghan's murder.