Murderer Patrick Mahon who killed his pregnant lover Emily Kaye
in their cottage near Eastbourne and cut up
her remains to fit them in a packing trunk and his gladstone bag.
The case became known as The Bungalow
Murder and Mahon was hanged 9th September 1924 at Wandsworth Prison,
London.
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Murderer Patrick Mahon with his daughter.
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The Officer's House
scene of the murder of Emily Kaye. Demolished in 1953.
Detectives at the bungalow and the
crowd gathered.
The room in which Emily was murdered.
The fireplace and coal scuttle.
The dismembered body of Emily Kaye.
Sir Bernard Spilsbury examines the remains.
British scientist and pioneering pathologist Sir Bernard
Spilsbury (1878 - 1947),
at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
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One of Spilsbury's record cards
summarising the Mahon case. It describes the remains
of Emily Kaye
as they were initially found at the crime scene.
(Courtesy of the
Galleries of Justice Museum of Law, Nottingham)
1st July 1924: Miss Duncan arriving at the trial of Patrick
Mahon.
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1st July 1924: Witnesses arriving for the trial of Patrick Mahon
in the Crimble Murder case. Miss Corrick
and the Ledger Clerk, Miss Loyd pass the place where Mahon bought a
hatchet and a saw.
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The victim
Emily Kaye