Age: 40 (81 after sentence)
Sex: male
Crime: manslaughter (repeat offender)
Date Of Sentence: 28 Aug 1915 (for 41 years, 3 months, 26 days)
End Of Full Sentence: 24 Dec 1956
Place: Hull
Source: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
William Burkitt was convicted three times for manslaughter.
In 1915 he was convicted of the manslaughter of Mary Jane Tyler who he killed on 28 August 1915 in Hull. He was released on 16 November 1924.
In 1925 after having served 9 years and having been out for 12 months he killed Ellen Spencer 44 and was sentenced to 10 years.
In 1939 he was convicted of the manslaughter of Emma Brookes who he was living with at Pleasant Place, Neptune Street, Hull and sentenced to penal servitude for life.
He died on 24 December 1956.
see Hull Daily Mail - Saturday 21 November 1925
see Hull Daily Mail - Friday 20 November 1925
see National Archives - ASSI 45/85/18, PCOM 8/437, HO 336/1
