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Apr 2, 2013 · Man Hanged for Killing Pregnant Wife. In 1929 John Maguire was hanged for killing his pregnant wife Ellen leading to sensational scenes outside Walton Gaol. 45 year old fish hawker John and Ellen (42) had had ten children together, whose ages ranged from 24 to just eighteen months.
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Nov 30, 2018 · On 5 October 1974, the IRA detonated bombs blowing up two pubs in the garrison town popular with soldiers and killing five people and injuring many more.
Nov 26, 2018 · Annie Maguire, a religiously devout mother of four, was arrested in 1974 together with her husband, two young sons (a third son was released without charge), her brother, her brother-in-law...
Nov 19, 2018 · The Maguire Seven all served their sentences apart from Guiseppe Conlon, who died in prison in 1980, before the Court of Appeal overturned his conviction. A Great British Injustice airs on Monday...
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During her arraignment on murder charges, McGuire's case was dubbed the "Suitcase Murder" by various media outlets. Author John Glatt wrote a book about the case, entitled To Have and To Kill. [21]
Jun 14, 2022 · On June 5, 2005, investigators arrested Melanie McGuire and charged her with first-degree murder. Dubbed the “Suitcase Killer,” she was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison on July 19, 2007, at the age of 34. But Melanie maintains that she did not commit the infamous Suitcase Murder.
