Selwyn Keith Cooney

Unsolved Murders

Age: 34

Sex: male

Date: 7 Feb 1960

Place: Pen Club, 20 Duval Street, Spitalfields Market

Selwyn Keith Cooney was shot dead at the Pen Club at 20 Duval Street, Spitalfields on Sunday 7 February 1960 at about 1.30am.

Three people were tried twice for his murder but were acquitted although some of them were convicted of causing actual bodily harm in relation to events that led up to Selwyn Cooney's murder.

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

see www.google.co.uk

see National Archives - CRIM 1/3355, MEPO 2/10060, MEPO 2/10059

see Hackney Gazette

see Evening Standard

see Surrey Comet

see The Source Research

see Hansard

see Real Life Crimes 73 p1608-1614

see "Third Man Accused Of Club Murder." Times [London, England] 12 Feb. 1960: 6. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 13 Apr. 2014.

see "Nash Acquitted Of Capital Murder At Pen Club." Times [London, England] 5 May 1960: 10. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 13 Apr. 2014.

see A Calendar Of Murder, Criminal Homicide In England Since 1957, Terence Morris and Louis Blom-Cooper

see Croydon Times - Friday 08 April 1960

see Aberdeen Evening Express - Monday 25 April 1960

see Aberdeen Evening Express - Thursday 11 February 1960

see Belfast Telegraph - Thursday 21 April 1960

see Belfast Telegraph - Monday 09 May 1960

see Belfast Telegraph - Wednesday 15 June 1960

see Belfast Telegraph - Monday 02 May 1960

see Daily News (London) - Tuesday 10 May 1960

see Aberdeen Evening Express - Monday 23 January 1961

see Unsolved 1960