Louis Marie Joseph Voisin

Louis Marie Joseph Voisin was convicted of the murder of Emilienne Gerard 31 and sentenced to death.

He was said to have battered her to death at 101 Charlotte Street, London on 31 October 1917. However, it was thought possible that it might have actually been his lover who killed her.

Louis Voisin had been seeing two women at the same time, but neither of the women knew of the other. They had lived a few streets apart, Louis Voisin at 101 Charlotte Street and Emilienne Gerard at 50 Munster Square. It was thought that Emilienne Gerard had gone to visit Louis Voisin on the night of 31 October 1917 during a German air raid over London and that the two women had then met for the first time and that Louis Voisin's lover had beaten Emilienne Gerard over the head. It was noted that Emilienne Gerard’s skull, whilst severely injured, had not been fractured and that she had died from blood loss. However, at the trial the prosecution charged Louis Voisin with the murder and he was convicted.

A police report later stated that whilst it was thought that it was Louis Voisin's lover that had beaten Emilienne Gerard about the head, that there was no evidence at all against her.