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252:, was described in court as living almost a separate life from his wife and the two slept in separate bedrooms. Within a few weeks of moving in, Goozee had started an affair with Mrs. Leakey. At his trial, Goozee claimed that he was seduced by the daughter and had conducted an affair with her also. Having apparently discovered the affair between Goozee and his wife, Mr. Leakey left the home for a while, but in early June 1956 returned and demanded that Goozee leave. Goozee moved out and took up lodgings on Sunnyhill Road, Parkstone.
328:, recommended Goozee be reprieved on 25 January 1957, four days before he was due to be executed, on grounds that he had been "provoked beyond reason", and the sentence commuted to life imprisonment. Goozee was transferred to Broadmoor, a secure psychiatric hospital, where he was held until released on licence in 1971, aged 48.
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car she had purchased for him. Goozee was later found by the side of the road bleeding from a stab wound to his abdomen. A short distance away police found the bodies of Lydia and Norma Leakey. Lydia had died from a fractured skull and multiple stab wounds, while her daughter was killed by a single
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where he was held under police guard. On 19 June 1956, he was charged with indecently assaulting Norma Leakey and after being discharged from the hospital on 25 June 1956 he was charged with both murders. When the case came to trial the prosecution, led by Norman Roy Fox-Andrews
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and "going equipped for theft". In 1977, he was dismissed by GEC when fellow workers, who had learned his identity in 1975, refused to work with him because of his previous conviction and his aggressive behaviour. Around this time he was imprisoned for
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sentenced him to 6 years imprisonment and said that Goozee's "horrifying" record should be considered if it was felt he should be released in the future. Predating the newspaper's July 2000 campaign for
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stab wound which had penetrated her heart. Post-mortem examination revealed that Norma had also been indecently assaulted. The murder weapon, a double-edged
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455:, the film sympathetically portrayed Goozee as a "forlorn young man trapped in a love triangle". Lydia Leakey's surviving daughter
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with a 7-inch blade, was found concealed in Goozee's car. Goozee's injury was later determined to be self-inflicted.
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The
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January 1955, 31-year-old Goozee, who had served as a
181:. Released in 1971, Goozee, who had been diagnosed with
924:"Family history of Mary Margaret Hayward (nee Leakey)"
819:. No. 53739. London. 15 January 1957. p. 10.
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and based on Goozee's murders, was released. Starring
875:. No. 61379. London. 3 November 1982. p. 4.
836:. No. 53749. London. 26 January 1957. p. 4.
802:. No. 53708. London. 7 December 1956. p. 6.
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October 2009, Goozee again became the subject of
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404:in December 1996 where the jury cleared him of the
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632:. No. 53561. London. 19 June 1956. p. 6.
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1018:English prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment
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949:"Child killer allowed to 'die with dignity'"
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574:"Family history of Norma Noreen Leakey"
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685:. Leicester. p. 6. Archived from
546:"The murders they turned into a movie"
348:works. In 1973, he was imprisoned for
139:, whose crimes inspired the 1996 film
1043:People detained at Broadmoor Hospital
796:"Death Sentence For Murder Of Girl".
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779:"New Forest alleged double murder".
626:"Bodies in New Forest identified".
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544:Hoskins, John (28 February 2008).
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355:possession of an offensive weapon
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755:. Robert Hale Ltd. p. 190.
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270:Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife
208:. While there, Goozee began a
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187:indecently assaulting
129:Albert William Goozee
118:6 years' imprisonment
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179:psychiatric hospital
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