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Rupert Croft-Cooke

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Rupert Croft-Cooke (1903–1979) was an Englsih author.

In 1952 he was convicted with Joseph Alexander of gross indecency, on the disputed evidence of two sailors, 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).[1]

References

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  1. http://www.croft-cooke.co.uk/essay.html The Life and Works of Rupert Croft-Cooke