Age: 23
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 15 Dec 1943
Crime Location: 1A Grove Flats, Grove Place, Ealing, London
Execution Place: Pentonville
Method: hanging
Executioner: Thomas Pierrepoint
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/
Charles Koopman murdered Gladys Lavinia Brewer 22 and Shirley Brewer 2 who he battered to death at 1 Grove Flats, Grove Place, Ealing, London on 8 September 1943.
Charles Koopman had known Gladys Brewer for some time having first met in 1938. They had again met up again in late 1942. Her husband was in the navy.
see National Archives - MEPO 3/2260, HO 144/22029
