#356 - A Clockwork Orange Killer (David McManus & Richard Palmer, Fenny Stratford)

Wednesday 4th of April 1973 at 11pm, on the porch of St Martin’s Church in Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire, 60-year-old homeless man, David McManus was beaten to death in an attack identical to a fictional killing in the book ‘A Clockwork Orange’ by Anthony Burgess and the controversial film by director Stanley Kubrick. But who was to blame, the book, the film or the killer?
Location: St Martin’s Church, Watling/Aylesbury Street, Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire
Date: Wednesday 4th of April 1973 at 11pm-ish
Victims: David McManus
Culprit: Richard John Palmer
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