Percy Charles Anderson – an anger murder.
Percy Charles Anderson – an anger murder. 21 year old Edith Constance Drew-Bear lived with her brother, Harold, in Ship Street in Brighton. She worked as an usherette in a local cinema and was dating 21 year old Percy Charles Anderson. On Sunday the 25th of November, Edith had breakfast with her brother and then went out. That afternoon she met up with Anderson and they walked together on the East Brighton Golf Course near Roedean School. Two brothers who were waking in the vicinity heard a woman scream and shots ring out. They saw a man running away from a water storage tank and when they looked into it, they discovered a woman’s body floating in the water. She had five bullet wounds to the head and body and a scarf knotted tightly around her neck. The police were able to identify the victim as Edith and went to her brother’s house to convey the sad news. Harold told them about Anderson and he was then located and interviewed. Initially he clai...