The Moat Farm Murder
Payne, Anthony2024
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Samuel Herbert Dougal had a successful military career lasting over 20 years in the Royal Engineers, where he rose to the rank of Quartermaster-Sergeant. But he was also a forger, embezzler, thief, arsonist, serial womaniser and murderer. After leaving the army he preyed on well-off older women and one of them - Camille Cecile Holland - would become the central figure and victim of the Moat Farm Murder. In 1899, Dougal persuaded her to purchase Coldhams Farm, an isolated property at Clavering, Essex, which they renamed 'The Moat Farm' and which she supposed was to be their love-nest. Instead, she disappeared shortly after they moved in, with Dougal reporting that she had gone travelling on a sudden whim.
Main title:
The Moat Farm Murder / Anthony Payne.
Author:
Payne, Anthony, author
Imprint:
Barnsley : Pen & Sword True Crime, 2024.
Collation:
144 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781036106805 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2739994