Weymouth and Portland Murders and Misdemeanours

Weymouth has been a major sea port on England’s south coast since the Middle Ages and although it became a popular resort through King George III’s patronage and later when the railways arrived, the area also developed a strong military presence in the nineteenth century with barracks being built in Weymouth and a new naval dockyard developed on the nearby Isle of Portland.A convict prison was opened on Portland and is still a prison today.In this book author Mick Davis explores some of the most notorious crimes associated with Weymouth and Portland through the ages, including a gang of children running wild who terrorised Victorian Weymouth, the tragic shooting of a barmaid by a deluded admirer, the murder of a sailor pushed off a cliff on Portland by a fellow sailor, and many more. This collection of true-life crime stories gives a vivid insight into life in Weymouth and Portland in the past.This book will fascinate anyone with an interest in the history of crime as well as those who