The one where Ali passes his driving test!

How do you catch a killer, a soldier in a city full of soldiers, without CCTV and DNA analysis?

With excellent police work, that's how!

In this episode of 'Hooked on True Crime', Ali tells Sarah the tragic story of Iris Miriam Deeley, a young woman whose life was cut short during World War II, when she was attacked, murdered and left in amongst the cabbages in a London allotment. Iris was a vibrant, intelligent woman and her life was full of potential - the same cannot not be said for the perpetrator of the crime against her. The investigation that followed was an example of great policing and has introduced us to new hero's.

Scottish phrase of the week: Lang may yer lum reek!

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Sources:

Brookwood Killers by Paul Johnson (Book)

Ernest James Kemp | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

- The National Archives

Results for 'ernest james harman kemp' | Between 1st Jun 1944 and 7th Jun 1944 | British Newspaper Archive

Iris Miriam Deeley - WAAF - murdered by Gunner Ernest James Harman Kemp of the Royal Artllery near Well Hall Railway Station, Eltham on Valentines Day, 14th February 1944 Stock Photo - Alamy

MPIX00331746 - Topfoto Image Archive

Hangmen at War – Chapter 5 – Delinquent Soldiers – Capital Punishment UK

Funeral at Manor Park Cemetary, 18th February 1944. On Monday 14th... News Photo - Getty Images