Cameo Cinema murder case

Cameo Cinema murder case
CourtLiverpool Assizes
Decided8 February 1950 (1950-02-08)
Case history
Appealed toCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Court membership
Judge sittingMr Justice Roland Oliver

On the evening of 19 March 1949, in the Cameo cinema in Liverpool, England, a double murder took place which led to a miscarriage of justice and the longest trial in British history at the time.