Film: 10 Rillington Place
Last night, the second of two days with Meetup , back with London Social and Cultural Meetups , who headed to the Prince Charles (PCC) to see 10 Rillington Place . Based on a true story , it stars John Hurt as Timothy Evans , a man of diminished mental capacity who was wrongfully hanged for the murder of his wife and daughter at the address, where he lived. The actual murderer, it later transpired, was his neighbour, John Christie , who was also responsible for other murders there.. he's played by Richard Attenborough .. the case played a large part in the introduction of the idea of diminished responsibility, as well as the abolition of capital punishment. Booked to eat beforehand at Bella Italia Cranbourn Street . I was in the office yesterday - and with awful traffic on Kingsway , the bus driver decided (a) to terminate at Holborn , and (b) to stop short of there (twice) to let off passengers, it was takin...