Always True Crime3 Apr 2025

#291 - The Scourge of Soho (Ernest Pink & Det Sgt Harold Challoner)

On Saturday 25th of May 1963 at 12:20am, four men were ejected from The Establishment Club on Greek Street in Soho. They left without a struggle, with no blood spilled, no damage done and nobody hurt. And yet, with accusations of corruption, violence and an attempted murder in its wake, it sparked a criminal trial and an inquiry which almost brought down the Metropolitan Police, courtesy of one of West End Central’s most corrupt officers – Detective Sergeant Harold ‘Tanky’ Challoner.

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Date: Saturday 25th of May 1963 at 12:20am (time of arrest)
Location: The Establishment Club, 18 Greek Street, Soho, London, W1
Victim: 4 (Ernest George Pink, Robert Joseph Brown, William Francis and Frederick Bridgeman)
Culprits: 8 (Det Serg Kenneth Etheridge, Det Sgt Harold Gordon Challoner, Det Con James Robb, Det Con Clifford Smith, Det Con Donald Robinson, PC Normal Birch, PC David Jenkins and PC Owen Tweedy).

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