A Perfect Example of the Miscarriage of Justice
The revelation of John Christie as the true murderer of Beryl Evans led to an outcry over the wrongful execution of Timothy Evans. Prominent journalists and newspapers quickly seized on the story, exposing the miscarriage of justice that had occurred to an innocent man.
The Home Office ordered two official inquiries in the wake of this revelation. However, both inquiries found no fault with Timothy’s initial verdict. The first inquiry, led by John Scott Henderson QC, upheld Timothy’s guilty verdict, citing unreliability in John Christie’s confession to Beryl’s murder.
