Harold Cook

Age: 19

Sex: male

Date: 29 Aug 1961

Place: Sandwith, Cumberland

Harold Cook died after being stabbed in the neck by a man on 29 August 1961.

The man, a friend of his, was tried for his murder at the Cumberland Assizes but acquitted after he claimed that he had acted in self-defence.

*map pointers are rough estimates based on known location details as per Place field above.

see National Archives - ASSI 52/1171

see Aberdeen Evening Express - Thursday 05 October 1961

see Aberdeen Evening Express - Tuesday 19 September 1961

see Unsolved 1961