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The Prosecutors
352. The Case of Timothy Evans and John Reginald Christie Part 1 of 2 -- With a Little Help From My Friends

Oh, man, she was so young.

The Prosecutors
352. The Case of Timothy Evans and John Reginald Christie Part 1 of 2 -- With a Little Help From My Friends

Yeah.

The Prosecutors
352. The Case of Timothy Evans and John Reginald Christie Part 1 of 2 -- With a Little Help From My Friends

What I like about the Old Bailey is, is it a whorehouse?

The Prosecutors
352. The Case of Timothy Evans and John Reginald Christie Part 1 of 2 -- With a Little Help From My Friends

Is it a bar?

The Prosecutors
352. The Case of Timothy Evans and John Reginald Christie Part 1 of 2 -- With a Little Help From My Friends

Could be both.

The Prosecutors
352. The Case of Timothy Evans and John Reginald Christie Part 1 of 2 -- With a Little Help From My Friends

Who knows?

The Prosecutors
352. The Case of Timothy Evans and John Reginald Christie Part 1 of 2 -- With a Little Help From My Friends

So obviously among those four confessions, Christy's implicated two of them in a very serious way.

The Prosecutors
352. The Case of Timothy Evans and John Reginald Christie Part 1 of 2 -- With a Little Help From My Friends

Remember the story about Christy with the abortion help?

The Prosecutors
352. The Case of Timothy Evans and John Reginald Christie Part 1 of 2 -- With a Little Help From My Friends

Well, Christy gets on the stand and he denied the claims that he had ever offered Beryl an abortion.

The Prosecutors
352. The Case of Timothy Evans and John Reginald Christie Part 1 of 2 -- With a Little Help From My Friends

And he provided detailed accounts of the frequent fights between Tim and Beryl.

The Prosecutors
352. The Case of Timothy Evans and John Reginald Christie Part 1 of 2 -- With a Little Help From My Friends

Christie came off well to the jury.

The Prosecutors
352. The Case of Timothy Evans and John Reginald Christie Part 1 of 2 -- With a Little Help From My Friends

He was thought to be pleasant and thoughtful, and although the defense tried to bring up his prior criminal past, it had been 17 years since his last conviction, and the jury instead viewed him as someone who had impressively turned his life around.

The Prosecutors
352. The Case of Timothy Evans and John Reginald Christie Part 1 of 2 -- With a Little Help From My Friends

So we'll talk about that more later.

The Prosecutors
352. The Case of Timothy Evans and John Reginald Christie Part 1 of 2 -- With a Little Help From My Friends

Evans claimed to be innocent throughout this entire trial.

The Prosecutors
352. The Case of Timothy Evans and John Reginald Christie Part 1 of 2 -- With a Little Help From My Friends

With Christy up there talking about what a terrible guy he was when he drank, these horrible, violent fights he would hear, Evans maintained his innocence.

The Prosecutors
352. The Case of Timothy Evans and John Reginald Christie Part 1 of 2 -- With a Little Help From My Friends

But the jury wasn't convinced.

The Prosecutors
352. The Case of Timothy Evans and John Reginald Christie Part 1 of 2 -- With a Little Help From My Friends

He came across as a liar and was thought to be blaming Christy in an effort to save himself.

The Prosecutors
352. The Case of Timothy Evans and John Reginald Christie Part 1 of 2 -- With a Little Help From My Friends

He was unable to provide explanations to the jury as to why Christy would have committed the murder motive

The Prosecutors
352. The Case of Timothy Evans and John Reginald Christie Part 1 of 2 -- With a Little Help From My Friends

And his statements were filled with all these inaccuracies, not to mention four wildly different confessions that kept him at arm's length or completely innocent of the crimes.

The Prosecutors
352. The Case of Timothy Evans and John Reginald Christie Part 1 of 2 -- With a Little Help From My Friends

So the trial lasted only three days, but it took the jury just 40 minutes to reach a guilty verdict.