AFTER 55 YEARS BEHIND BARS, A BRITISH PRISONER DIES

John Straffen 77 was a child killer. In 1952 he escaped from a high security hospital, & within a few hours he killed a 5 year old girl. He was in the hospital because he had killed 2 girls ages 9 and 6.

Straffen was sentenced to death at trial but the sentence was reduced to life because he was mentally ill and could not stand trial.He had the mental capacity of a nine year old.