True Detective

Scope and Content

Report of the case of Walter Rowland who murdered Olive Balchin and was hanged in February 1947 with a letter from his daughter accusing him of murdering her sister Mavis when she was two in 1934 and trying to put the blame on their mother.

Access Information

Original available for consultation by appointment. Please note that these records contain sensitive and graphic information and photographs about crimes. Articles concerning UK-based cases and notable international cases have been highlighted in some of the descriptions in this catalogue.