The Long Silence: The Story of James Hanratty and the A6 Murder by Valerie Storie, the Woman Who Lived to Tell the Tale – Valerie’s Posthumous Autobiography by Paul Stickler

“60 years on from James Hanratty’s execution for murdering Michael Gregsten and raping his lover, a new book tells how Britain turned on Valerie Storie believing Hanratty was innocent – when DNA evidence posthumously proved his guilt

In August 1961 James Hanratty murdered Michael Gregsten before raping and shooting 22-year-old Valerie Storie
Eight months later, on April 4, 1962, James Hanratty was one of the final eight people in the UK to be executed when he was hanged at Bedford Prison
Valerie, who had been left paralysed by the attack, was hounded for the rest of her life by journalists and celebrities, including John Lennon and Yoko Ono, who were convinced Hanratty was innocent
She was vindicated in 2002 when DNA evidence proved beyond reasonable doubt that Hanratty was guilty
Valerie’s ‘posthumous autobiography’, The Long Silence, finally tells her side of the story and the author hopes it will get turned into a film”