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1. • • This turned out to be untrue, as her and her boyfriend, Michael Gregsten, were held up by a gunman and held captive in Gregsten's car for five hours. After forcing them to drive 60 miles, gunman James Hanratty murdered Michael before raping Valerie and emptying a number of rounds into her body.
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   What happened to Michael & Valerie?

   • After a five-hour ordeal, ending in a layby on the A6 in Bedfordshire, Michael was shot dead and Valerie was raped, shot and left for dead. She survived, but was paralysed and remained in a wheelchair until her death in 2016.

   Valerie’s story: The woman who survived the A6 Murder

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   What happened to Valerie Storie?

   • As 22-year-old Valerie Storie stepped out of her home on August 22, 1961, she shouted to her parents "Goodbye, I shan't be late". This turned out to be untrue, as her and her boyfriend, Michael Gregsten, were held up by a gunman and held captive in Gregsten's car for five hours.

   Victim's silence finally broken 60 years after A6 Murderer attack

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   Who were Valerie Storie & Michael Gregsten?

   • In August 1961, 22-year-old Valerie Storie and 36-year-old Michael Gregsten were the victims of James Hanratty in the notorious ‘A6 Murder’. After a five-hour ordeal, ending in a layby on the A6 in Bedfordshire, Michael was shot dead and Valerie was raped, shot and left for dead.

   Valerie’s story: The woman who survived the A6 Murder

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   Was Valerie a 'loose woman' after the A6 murder?

   • As a result of these facts, after the A6 murder, Valerie was often unfairly characterised as a "loose woman". That night, after stopping for a drink at The Station Inn at Taplow, they stopped on a countryside road to discuss their future. As they sat there was a tap on the driver's window. "I’m a desperate man.

   Victim's silence finally broken 60 years after A6 Murderer attack

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   How did Valerie Storie find Hanratty?

   • Valerie Storie failed to pick him out of an identity parade, and he was released four days later. Police then turned their efforts into locating Hanratty, a petty car thief and robber, who in fact was facing a six-year jail sentence for robbery.

   Beds Herts and Bucks - History - James Hanratty - BBC

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   How long did Valerie Storie stay silent?

   • For over thirty five years one person remained silent. Despite being pilloried by the media, Valerie Storie withdrew from the limelight and tried to live a normal life. Secretly, however, she was drafting the contents of a book and writing hundreds of notes.

   Valerie’s story: The woman who survived the A6 Murder

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   Sep 17, 2021 · This turned out to be untrue, as her and her boyfriend, Michael Gregsten, were held up by a gunman and held captive in Gregsten's car for five hours. After forcing them to drive 60 miles, gunman James Hanratty murdered Michael before raping Valerie and emptying a number of rounds into her body.

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   Aug 20, 2021 · One of the final eight people in the UK to be executed before capital punishment was abolished, the petty criminal was hanged at Bedford Jail in 1962 for the murder of Michael Gregsten at Deadman's Hill, near Clophill, on the A6. Hanratty also raped Gregsten's fiancée, Valerie Storie, shot her five times and left her for dead.

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   In August 1961, 22-year-old Valerie Storie and 36-year-old Michael Gregsten were the victims of James Hanratty in the notorious ‘A6 Murder’. After a five-hour ordeal, ending in a layby on the A6 in Bedfordshire, Michael was shot dead and Valerie was raped, shot and left for dead.

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   Mr Gregsten's companion, Valerie Storie, was raped, shot and left for dead. But she survived and picked out Mr Hanratty at an identity parade from her hospital bed, where she lay paralysed from...

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   Apr 8, 2009 · On the evening of August 22, 1961, a car containing lovers Michael Gregsten and Valerie Storie, was parked by a field near Slough. A man threatened the couple with a gun.

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   Aug 26, 2021 · In August 1961, 22-year-old Valerie Storie and 36-year-old Michael Gregsten were the victims of James Hanratty in the notorious 'A6 Murder'. After a five-hour ordeal, ending in a layby on the A6 in...

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