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The investigation into the murder of Maxwell Confait was a case which raised questions about police procedures, how police adhered to the procedures already stipulated and caused a major review in how suspects are treated, particularly children and "the educationally subnormal". ==Details of the case== The London Fire Brigade was called to 27 Doggett Road, Catford, in southeast London, England, the home of Maxwell Confait, at 0121hrs on 22 April 1972. The fire was extinguished by 1:31 am and the Metropolitan Police arrived at 01:45 am, followed by a police surgeon at 2:00 am. One of the fire brigade team found the body of a mixed race man in his twenties in the upstairs back bedroom of the house behind a locked door. The next day, the identity of the man was found to be that of Maxwell Confait, 26 years old, a homosexual prostitute and transvestite who preferred to use the name "Michelle". The police surgeon found the cause of death of Maxwell Confait to be from asphyxia. Confait's lips were blue and there were marks where he had been strangled with rope or cord. Later, a lamp was discovered in a cupboard under the stairs and the flex in the dressing table drawer of the room where Maxwell Confait was discovered. The police surgeon did not take the rectal temperature to establish the time of death because the senior policeman suspected that Confait was a "possible homosexual" and he did not wish to destroy any evidence of recent sexual activity. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Murder of Maxwell Confait」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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