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Percy Kellick Hoskins (28 December 1904 – 5 February 1989) was the chief crime reporter for the British newspaper the ''Daily Express'' in the 1950s. He also provided stories for radio and television crime shows, such as Whitehall 1212. Hoskins earned a mixture of notoriety and admiration within his profession due to the stance he took regarding suspected serial killer Dr John Bodkin Adams. Hoskins was the only reporter with a national paper to support Adams〔Victor Davis, British Journalism Review ==Life== Hoskins was born in Bridport, Dorset, England. He joined the ''Evening Standard'' when he was 19〔Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004, p241〕 and then moved on to the Daily Express, where he worked for more than five decades in the crime department, eventually becoming its chief reporter. He was famed for the friendships he cultivated with policemen, who would often act as his sources. He "kept open house for senior police officers at his flat at 55 Park Lane".〔 Hoskins was said to know where a great many skeletons were hidden in high places: "If you were in trouble with the police, you rang Percy before your lawyer".〔 He avoided having his own desk at the ''Express'' so that executives could not complain at the working hours he did or did not keep.〔 Of Hoskins's approach to work, fellow journalist Michael Bywater recalled his advice: "Whenever you are interviewing somebody, always have this question in the back of your mind 'Why is this bugger lying to me?'"〔(Author Michael Bywater Examines the Big Baby Phenomenon: PART II | Have, Like, Being, People, Think | A 'n' E Vibe )〕 He was seen by many as "amiable () rotund" and boasted a long friendship with his "lookalike" Alfred Hitchcock, with whom Hoskins once posed in Soho for a 'bookends picture'.〔 He was also friends with J Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI.〔 He had a close friendship with the newspaper's proprietor, Lord Beaverbrook.〔 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「Percy Hoskins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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