Age: 52
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 3 Aug 1943
Crime Location: 132a Bath Row, Spring Vale, Birmingham
Execution Place: Birmingham
Method: hanging
Executioner: Thomas Pierrepoint
Source: http://discovery.nationalarchives.co.uk
William Quayle murdered Vera Clarke 8 at 132a Bath Row, Birmingham on 5 May 1943.
She was later found naked under a pile of bricks in a bombed house in Spring Vale having been assaulted and mutilated.
William Quayle was a works policeman.
On the day of the murder Vera Clarke had been seen standing on the steps of William Quayle's house at 132a Bath Row after she had left school. A witness saw Vera Clarke take a piece of white paper from William Quayle and go on an errand and later come back with some potatoes. She was last seen again standing on his doorstep with a skipping rope under her arm.
