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A Jamaican appeared at Birmingham Stipendiary Magistrates' Court yesterday charged with the murder of a newsagent who was found shot behind the counter of his shop on Saturday. Oswald Augustus Grey, aged 19, of Cannon Hill Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, was remanded in custody until next Friday charged with the murder of Mr Thomas Arthur Bates, aged 46, at his shop in Leebank Road, Edgbaston.
- ↑ Thomas Arthur Bates; Death Date: 2 June 1962; Death Place: Birmingham, England. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
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- ↑ "Murderer Executed". The Times . 21 November 1962. p. 6.
Oswald Augustus Grey, aged 20, a Jamaican, was executed at Birmingham prison yesterday for the capital murder by shooting of Mr. Thomas Arthur Bates, a newsagent, in his shop at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on June 2.
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