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Robert Allen

Age: 70

Sex: male

Date: 28 Oct 1962

Place: The Hut, Hitchin Road, Pegsden, Bedfordshire.

Robert Allen died after being physically assaulted in Pegsden on the night of 20-21 October 1962.

He later died in hospital on 28 October 1962.

Prosecution dropped a charge due to lack of evidence.

A verdict of murder by a person or persons unknown was recorded at the inquest in St Pancras on Thursday 3 January 1963.

He had lived in The Hut, also known as the Cabin, in Hitchin Road in Pegsden and was assaulted there by several people and subsequently died from his injuries seven days later.

The landlord of the Live and Let Live public house in Pegsden said that Robert Allen left his house at closing time on the Saturday night, 20 October 1962 and that when he called to see him the following morning that he found him in a chair 'in a terrible state, hardly recognisable. Everything was in disorder'.

A woman that could see the hut from her window said that at about midnight on 20 October 1962 that she heard voices arguing for about 20 minutes.


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

see discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk

see Bedfordshire Police

see National Archives - DPP 2/3568

see Birmingham Daily Post - Friday 04 January 1963