John Bodkin Adams was born and raised in Randalstown, Ulster, Ireland, into a deeply religious family of
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Adams arrived in Eastbourne in 1922, where he lived with his mother and his cousin, Sarah Florence Henry. In 1929, he borrowed £2,000 (equivalent to £100,753 at 2022 prices) from a patient, William Mawhood, … See more

On 23 July 1956, the day Mrs Hullett died, the Eastbourne coroner notified Walker that from his post-mortem her death did not appear to be natural. The police began taking statements from individuals who had been in con… See more

Morrell was a wealthy widow who suffered a stroke on 24 June 1948 while visiting her son in Cheshire. She was partially paralysed and was admitted to a hospital near Chester, where she received morphine injections for nine da… See more

Charles Hewett, Hannam's assistant, was quoted as saying that both officers were astounded at Manningham-Buller's decision to charge Adams with the murder of Morrell since her body had been cremated and therefore th… See more