Age: 30
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 9 Apr 1946
Execution Place: Manchester
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/details?Uri=C10887275
Harold Berry murdered Bernard Philipps 37 who he stabbed to death Near Moulton Hill Farm, Winsford on 3 January 1946.
Bernard Philipps was a money lender and worked for the Refuge Lending Society. Harold Berry had posed as a man called George Wood who wanted to borrow £50 against his farm Moss Side Poultry at Tarporley. Between Winsford and Northwich Harold Berry stabbed Bernard Philipps to death with a commando knife.
