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The case of John George Haigh was one of the post-1945 cases which gained much media coverage at the time. Along with the case of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Heath Neville Heath], it attracted a great deal of coverage in the newspapers even though Haigh's guilt (as with Heath) was not questioned. In the case of Haigh, it was also the method of disposal which has given him his place in criminal history. The editor of the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Mirror Daily Mirror]'', [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvester_Bolam Silvester Bolam], was sentenced to a prison term for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempt_of_court contempt of court] for describing Haigh as a "murderer" while the trial was still under way. | The case of John George Haigh was one of the post-1945 cases which gained much media coverage at the time. Along with the case of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Heath Neville Heath], it attracted a great deal of coverage in the newspapers even though Haigh's guilt (as with Heath) was not questioned. In the case of Haigh, it was also the method of disposal which has given him his place in criminal history. The editor of the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Mirror Daily Mirror]'', [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvester_Bolam Silvester Bolam], was sentenced to a prison term for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempt_of_court contempt of court] for describing Haigh as a "murderer" while the trial was still under way. | ||
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