158 Sunday Mirror, ‘My Son, The Poisoner’, Fred Young, 1972.
159 National Archives file.
160 Sandra Lynn, full witness statement, 10 February 1972.
161 Sunday Mirror, ‘My Son, The Poisoner’, Fred Young, 1972.
162 Ibid.
163 Winifred Margaret Young, committal hearing declaration, 6 June 1962.
164 Graham Young, witness statement, 24 May 1962.
165 Frederick Charles Young, committal hearing declaration, 6 June 1962.
166 Ibid.
167 National Archives file.
168 Dr Lancelot Wills, committal hearing declaration, 6 June 1962.
169 C Hare, Divisional Detective Superintendent, ‘Graham Frederick Young (juvenile); Brief for the Prosecution’, 31 May 1962.
170 Daily Telegraph, ‘Young Was Released from Broadmoor Only 16 Months Ago’, 30 June 1972.
171 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, pp.45–46.
172 National Archives file.
173 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, p.47.
174 Frank Walker, interviewed on Great Crimes and Trials of the Twentieth Century: ‘Graham Young, The Compulsive Poisoner’, Series 3 Episode 6, 1996.
175 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, p.47.
176 Sunday Mirror, ‘My Son, The Poisoner’, Fred Young, 1972.
177 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, p.52.
178 Ibid.
179 C Hare, Divisional Detective Superintendent, ‘Graham Frederick Young (juvenile); Brief for the Prosecution’, 31 May 1962.
180 Detective Sergeant Alan Burwood, witness statement, undated.
181 Detective Inspector Edward Crabb, committal hearing declaration, 6 June 1962. All quotations that follow are from this source unless otherwise stated.
182 Ibid.
183 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, p.56.
184 Detective Inspector Edward Crabb, committal hearing declaration, 6 June 1962.
185 Ibid.
186 Graham Young, witness statement, 24 May 1962.
187 Ibid.
188 DPP2/3464: Willesden Juvenile Court.
189 Detective Inspector Edward Crabb, committal hearing declaration, 6 June 1962.
190 Sunday Mirror, ‘My Son, The Poisoner’, Fred Young, 1972.
191 Ibid.
192 C Hare, Divisional Detective Superintendent, ‘Graham Frederick Young (juvenile); Brief for the Prosecution’, 31 May 1962.
193 Ibid. The police fully investigated those pharmacies which had or were believed to have sold poison to Graham. Further inquiries were made by the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, and on 16 January 1963, Geoffrey Reis wrote to acknowledge their queries, stating that the circumstances of Graham’s case were ‘very distressing’. He had spoken about it previously to the Society’s Inspector, describing Graham as ‘a keen, intelligent boy, and one who I thought was fit to be in charge of the poisons sold to him’. No further action was taken.
194 C Hare, Divisional Detective Superintendent, ‘Graham Frederick Young (juvenile); Brief for the Prosecution’, 31 May 1962.
195 Ibid.
196 Ibid.
197 Ibid.
198 Ibid.
199 Ibid.
200 Ibid.
201 Ibid.
202 Frederick Charles Young, committal hearing declaration, 6 June 1962.
203 Winifred Margaret Young, committal hearing declaration, 6 June 1962.
204 Christopher John Williams, committal hearing declaration, 6 June 1962.
205 Daily Mirror, ‘Scandal of the “Cured Killer”’, 30 June 1972.
206 Dr Donald Blair, report on the mental condition of GFY, 25 June 1962.
207 Ibid.
208 Ibid.
209 Ibid.
210 Ibid.
211 Ibid.
212 Ibid.
213 Ibid.
214 Ibid.
215 Ibid.
216 Ibid.
217 Ibid.
218 Ibid.
219 Ibid.
220 Ibid.
221 Ibid.
222 Dr Christopher Fysh, report on Graham Young, 22 June 1962.
223 HO434/98.
224 Patrick McGrath, letter, 12 March 1965. Moors Murderer Ian Brady, who later got to know Graham when they were incarcerated together, thought it unlikely that Graham would have chosen thallium as a means of committing suicide; he knew enough about toxicology to select a much quicker and less painful end than ingesting thallium.
225 CRIM 1/3941.
226 Sunday Mirror, ‘My Son, The Poisoner’, Fred Young, 1972.
227 Ibid.
228 Broadmoor closed its doors to women in 2007.
229 Gordon, Dr Harvey, Broadmoor (London: Psychology News Press, 2012), p.112.
230 Levi, Jonathan and French, Emma, Inside Broadmoor: Up Close and Personal with Britain’s Most Dangerous Criminals (London: Blink Publishing, 2019).
231 Holden, Anthony, The St Albans Poisoner, p.41.
232 Ibid.
233 Ibid., p.42.
234 Ibid., p.39.
235 Thompson, Peter, Bound for Broadmoor (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1972), p.94.
236 Ibid., pp.8–90.
237 Ibid., p.90.
238 Ibid., p.90.
239 Patrick McGrath, letter, 12 March 1965.
240 Ibid.
241 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, p.63.
242 Ibid.
243 Ibid., p.62.
244 Ibid.
245 Ibid., p.64.
246 This conversation is a composite of that given by Winifred Jouvenat in a National Archives file and also Sandra Lynn, full witness statement, 10 February 1972.
247 Ibid.
248 Ibid.
249 Ibid.
250 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, p.76.
251 Ibid., p.73.
252 Ibid., p.74.
253 Daily Express, ‘Poison Boy May Have a Teacher To Himself ’, 9 July 1962.
254 Thompson, Peter, Bound for Broadmoor, pp.91–92.
255 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, p.62.
256 Document, ‘Part B – Treatment and Progress; type of care: Broadmoor after-care’ regarding Graham Young, 5 February 1971.
257 National Archives file.
258 Daily Telegraph, ‘Young Was Released from Broadmoor Only 16 Months Ago’, 30 June 1972.
259 Frank Walker, interviewed on Great Crimes and Trials of the Twentieth Century: ‘Graham Young, The Compulsive Poisoner’, Series 3 Episode 6, 1996.
260 Sandra Lynn, full witness statement, 10 February 1972.
261 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, p.67.
262 Report from Dr P D Scott, Consultant Psychiatrist, HMP Brixton, 18 April 1972.
263 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, p.65.
264 Ibid., p.67.
265 Other sources state that after reception, Graham was placed in Norfolk House, the admission block, where he spent his first six months under close observation.
266 E L Udwin, letter, 24 June 1970.
267 Dr Patrick McGrath, letter, 12 March 1965.
268 Ibid.
269 Ibid.
270 Holden, Anthony, The St Albans Poisoner, p.48.
271 Patrick McGrath, letter, 12 March 1965.
272 Ibid.
273 Daily Mirror, ‘Scandal of the “Cured Killer”’, 30 June 1972.
274 Periodical Non-Statutory Report to Manager on Patient Subject to Restriction on Discharge form, 15 August 1963.
275 Patrick McGrath, letter, 12 March 1965.
276 Ibid.
277 Ibid.
278 Periodical Non-Statutory Report to Manager on Patient Subject to Restriction on Discharge form, 15 July 1964.
279 Patrick McGrath, letter, 12 March 1965.
280 Ibid.
281 Ibid.
282 Ibid.
283 Ibid.
284 Ibid.
285 Ibid.
286 Ibid.
287 Sunday Mi
rror, ‘My Son, The Poisoner’, Fred Young, 1972.
288 National Archives file.
289 Sunday Mirror, ‘My Son, The Poisoner’, Fred Young, 1972.
290 Ibid.
291 Ibid.
292 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, p.74.
293 Holden, Anthony, The St Albans Poisoner, p.51.
294 Daily Telegraph, ‘Young Was Released from Broadmoor Only 16 Months Ago’, 30 June 1972.
295 Document, ‘Part B – Treatment and Progress; type of care: Broadmoor after-care’ regarding Graham Young, 5 February 1971.
296 Ibid.
297 E L Udwin, letter, 24 June 1970.
298 Ibid.
299 Report from Dr P D Scott, Consultant Psychiatrist, HMP Brixton, 18 April 1972.
300 E L Udwin, ‘Periodical Non-Statutory Report to Manager on Patient Subject to Restriction on Discharge’ form, 7 June 1966.
301 E L Udwin, letter, 24 June 1970.
302 Graham Young, letter, 2 October 1967.
303 Daily Telegraph, ‘Young Was Released from Broadmoor Only 16 Months Ago’, 30 June 1972.
304 E L Udwin, letter, 24 June 1970.
305 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, p.77–78.
306 Shaw, Roy, Pretty Boy, (London: John Blake Publishing, 2003), p.138.
307 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, p.98.
308 Ibid.
309 Ibid., pp.97–98.
310 Ibid., p.98.
311 E L Udwin, letter, 24 June 1970.
312 Ibid.
313 HO compiled ‘Summary of Events in the Case of Graham Young’. HO343/98.
314 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, p.80.
315 Ibid.
316 Ibid.
317 Ibid., p.82.
318 Ibid.
319 Ibid., p.80.
320 National Archives file.
321 Ibid.
322 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, p.85.
323 Ibid., p.86.
324 Thompson, Peter, Bound for Broadmoor, p.112.
325 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, p.85.
326 E L Udwin, letter, 24 June 1970.
327 Ibid.
328 Ibid.
329 Ibid.
330 Ibid.
331 Winifred Margaret Young, full witness statement, 10 February 1972.
332 Ibid.
333 Daily Telegraph, ‘Young Was Released from Broadmoor Only 16 Months Ago’, 30 June 1972.
334 Document, ‘Part B – Treatment and Progress; type of care: Broadmoor after-care’ regarding Graham Young, 5 February 1971.
335 Ibid.
336 Ibid.
337 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, p.91.
338 Winifred Margaret Young, witness statement, 10 February 1972.
339 Ibid.
340 National Archives file.
341 Sandra Lynn, full witness statement, 10 February 1972.
342 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, p.93.
343 Holden, Anthony, The St Albans Poisoner, p.56.
344 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, p.93.
345 Dr Udwin, letter, 29 November 1971. HO343/96/3.
346 HO343/96/2.
347 R J Mynett, witness statement, 25 November 1971, HO343/96/2.
348 HO compiled ‘Summary of Events in the Case of Graham Young’, HO343/98.
349 E L Udwin, letter, 3 February 1971.
350 Letter from Prior, 2 December 1971, HO343/96/2.
351 Ibid.
352 R J Mynett, witness statement, 25 November 1971, HO343/96/2.
353 R Norman, letter, 8 March 1972.
354 R J Mynett, letter, 5 February 1971.
355 Holden, Anthony, The St Albans Poisoner, p.59.
356 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, p.79.
357 Trevor John Sparkes, witness statement, 12 February 1972.
358 Ibid.
359 Ibid.
360 Ibid.
361 Ernest Robert Nicholls, witness statement, 14 February 1972.
362 An addendum to the 1972 report filed by the Hertfordshire Constabulary for the DPP, signed by Harvey, dated 13 January 1972.
363 R J Mynett, witness statement, 25 November 1971, HO343/96/2.
364 Ibid.
365 Ibid.
366 Ibid.
367 Dr Udwin, letter, 29 November 1971, HO343/96/3.
368 Ibid.
369 Trevor John Sparkes, witness statement, 12 February 1972.
370 Ibid.
371 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, p.83.
372 Trevor John Sparkes, witness statement, 12 February 1972.
373 Addendum to the 1972 report filed by the Hertfordshire Constabulary for the DPP, signed by Harvey, 13 January 1972.
374 Ibid.
375 Ibid.
376 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, p.99.
377 Addendum to the 1972 report filed by the Hertfordshire Constabulary for the DPP, signed by Harvey, 13 January 1972.
378 Graham Young, job application, 28 April 1971, DPP2/5063.
379 Daily Telegraph, ‘Young Was Released from Broadmoor Only 16 Months Ago’, 30 June 1972.
380 Ibid.
381 Geoffrey James Foster, witness statement, 10 February 1972.
382 HO343/96/2.
383 Ibid.
384 Daily Mirror, ‘Scandal of the “Cured Killer”’, 30 June 1972.
385 Daily Telegraph, ‘Young Was Released from Broadmoor Only 16 Months Ago’, 30 June 1972.
386 HO343/98.
387 Ibid.
388 Ibid.
389 Letter from Prior, 2 December 1971, HO343/96/2.
390 Ibid.
391 Albert Kearne, witness statement, 4 December 1971.
392 Ibid.
393 Graham Young, letter, 25 April 1971.
394 Dr Udwin, letter, 29 November 1971. HO343/96/3.
395 Daily Mirror, ‘Scandal of the “Cured Killer”’, 30 June 1972.
396 Letter, undated and unsigned, to Prior, 1971, HO343/96/3.
397 Letter from Prior, 2 December 1971, HO343/96/2.
398 Ibid.
399 Ibid.
400 Ibid.
401 Ibid.
402 Ibid.
403 HO343/96/2.
404 John Hadland, witness statement, 10 March 1972.
405 Ibid.
406 Holden, Anthony, The St Albans Poisoner, p.74.
407 Ronald Hewitt, witness statement, 10 February 1972.
408 Martin Christopher Hancock, witness statement, 10 February 1972.
409 Ibid.
410 Hertfordshire Constabulary Report: Graham Frederick Young, born 7.9.47; ‘Murder, Attempted Murder and Administration of Poison’; 1971–1972.
411 Ibid.
412 Anthony Oldhams, Fred Dinenage.
413 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, p.22.
414 Ibid., p.13.
415 Ibid., p.14.
416 Ibid.
417 Ibid.
418 Ibid., p.60.
419 Ibid.
420 Ibid.
421 HO343/96/2.
422 Winifred Margaret Young, full witness statement, 10 February 1972.
423 Document, ‘Part B – Treatment and Progress; type of care: Broadmoor after-care’ regarding Graham Young, 5 February 1971.
424 R J Mynett, report, 12 May 1971.
425 Geoffrey James Foster, witness statement, 10 February 1972.
426 Hertfordshire Constabulary Report: Graham Frederick Young, born 7.9.47; ‘Murder, Attempted Murder and Administration of Poison’; 1971–1972.
427 Dorothy Egle, witness statement, 13 February 1972.
428 Ibid.
429 Ibid.
430 Ruby Wooding, witness statement, 1 December 1971.
431 Thomas Hutton-Mills, witness statement, 4 December 1971.
432 Ibid.
433 Ruby Wooding, witness statement, 1 December 1971.
434 Dr Udwin, letter, 29 November 1971. HO343/96/3.
435 Dorothy Egle, witness sta
tement, 13 February 1972.
436 Ibid.
437 Ibid.
438 Ibid.
439 Ibid.
440 Ibid.
441 Ibid.
442 Ibid.
443 Ibid.
444 Anne Soloman, witness statement, 14 February 1972.
445 Dorothy Egle, witness statement, 13 February 1972.
446 Ibid.
447 Mrs Mary Berrow, witness statement, 10 February 1972.
448 Winifred Margaret Shannon, witness statement, 10 February 1972.
449 Dr Roger Gulin, witness statement, 23 November 1971.
450 Michael Smith, witness statement, 25 November 1971.
451 Dr John Pugh, witness statement, 23 November 1971.
452 Robert Egle, mortuary report, 9 July 1971. DPP2/5063.
453 Mrs Diana Smart, witness statement, 10 February 1972.
454 Ronald Hewitt, witness statement, 10 February 1972.
455 Ibid.
456 Winifred Margaret Young, full witness statement, 10 February 1972.
457 Geoffrey James Foster, witness statement, 10 February 1972.
458 Ibid.
459 Winifred Margaret Young, full witness statement, 10 February 1972.
460 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, pp.107–108.
461 Winifred Margaret Young, full witness statement, 10 February 1972.
462 Martin Christopher Hancock, witness statement, 10 February 1972.
463 Ibid.
464 Ibid.
465 Mrs Annie Hilda Biggs, witness statement, 10 February 1972.
466 Geoffrey James Foster, witness statement, 10 February 1972.
467 Mrs Annie Hilda Biggs, witness statement, 10 February 1972.
468 Ibid.
469 Ibid.
470 National Archives file.
471 Daily Express, ‘Open Door to Murder’, 30 June 1972.
472 Dr Udwin, letter, 29 November 1971. HO343/96/3.
473 Mrs Mary Agnes Bartlett, witness statement, 22 November 1971.
474 Peter Buck, witness statement, 10 February 1972.
475 Ibid.
476 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, pp.113–114.
477 Ibid.
478 Dr Arthur Anderson, witness statement, 11 February 1972.
479 Mrs Mary Agnes Bartlett, witness statement, 25 November 1971.
480 Dr Susan Henry, witness statement, 24 November 1971.
481 Graham Young, diary, DPP2/5063.
482 Jethro Batt, witness statement, 24 November 1971
483 Birmingham Post, ‘Poison Killer Had Been Freed from Broadmoor’, 30 June 1972.
484 Jethro Batt, witness statement, 24 November 1971
485 Young, Winifred, Obsessive Poisoner, p.117.
486 Daily Express, ‘Fred Biggs’ Agony, By His Widow’, 22 June 1972.
487 Jethro Walter Batt, witness statement, 21 November 1971.
488 Ibid.
489 Ibid.
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