Rupert Croft-Cooke
Rupert Croft-Cooke (1903–1979) was an English author.
In 1952 he was convicted with Joseph Alexander of gross indecency, on the disputed evidence of two sailors,[1] and sent to prison for six months. He used his experience in Wormwood Scrubs and Brixton to write about the British penal system in The Verdict of You All (1955).[2]
References
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- ↑ Matt Cook, A Gay History of Britain page 168; Cook gives his surname as "Crofft-Cooke" and the year as 1953.
- ↑ http://www.croft-cooke.co.uk/essay.html The Life and Works of Rupert Croft-Cooke