THIS WEEK IN 1978: Woman murdered in her flat in Buckland
Police described the killing of frail Agnes Jervis as ‘frenzied, bizarre, and without apparent motive’.
Miss Jervis was found by a police constable who broke into her flat through a window after nearby residents had telephoned the police.
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Hide AdNeighbours were concerned about her welfare after not seeing Miss Jervis for nearly a week.
A postmortem examination revealed Miss Jervis had been stabbed several times in the upper part of her body.
The weapon used, said Detective Superintendent Norman Green, was a bread knife with a 10-inch blade with a serrated edge.
There was no apparent sign of a break-in at the flat and the murder appeared to be completely motiveless, he said.
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Hide AdDet Supt Green was leading a team of 50 detectives who were making house-to-house inquiries throughout the Buckland area.
Three women, aged 17, 18 and 22, were later arrested by Portsmouth detectives and charged with murder.