Crumbles murders
![One of the perpetrators of the first of the Crumbles murders, William Gray, arrives at [[Lewes]] [[Assizes]], December 1920](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/William_Gray_Crumbles_Murders_Lewes_1920.jpg)
The
Crumbles Murders are two separate and unrelated crimes which occurred on a
shingle beach located between
Eastbourne and
Pevensey Bay, England—locally referred to as "the Crumbles"—in the 1920s. The first of these two murders is the 1920 bludgeoning murder of 17-year-old Irene Munro, committed by two men: Jack Field and William Gray. The second murder to occur upon the Crumbles is the 1924 murder of 38-year-old Emily Kaye, who was murdered by her lover, Patrick Mahon.
The three perpetrators of the two "Crumbles Murders" were all tried at
Lewes Assizes before
Mr Justice Avory. All three were executed by
hanging at
Wandsworth Prison. The executioner of all three men was
Thomas Pierrepoint.
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