![]() ![]() He then acquired an original copy of the preliminary-hearing transcript, believed to be the only one in existence. ![]() But Strachan pursued the matter in 2015 and became the first in more than fifty years to be given full access to that transcript. As soon as the trial ended, records were sealed, and anyone interested in documenting the proceedings was told that the transcript would not become available until 2042. Both were capital crimes in Canada in 1942 and the accused was British - a 21-year-old Royal Air Force sergeant whose wife and one-year-old daughter remained in Peterborough when he was sent to New Brunswick to help train Canadians for the war effort. ![]() Utilizing forensic evidence that was ignored by the police, and documents that have never before been released to the public, Alan Strachan has produced the horrific account of a man who was wrongfully executed for rape and murder - even though it is quite possible that there was neither a rape nor a murder. ![]()
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