Rodney Hallworth

Rodney Hallworth

Rodney Hallworth was a British crime journalist and publicist.

Career

Journalism

Hallworth worked as a crime reporter for the "Daily Mail". [Cullen, p. 40] He reported on many cases but most famously on that of suspected serial killer Dr John Bodkin Adams in 1956. Hallworth was very close to the main investigating officer, Herbert Hannam, and twice during the investigation he himself was investigated: once for being discovered with a memorandum alleging a homosexual link between Adams, a local magistrate (Sir Roland Gwynne, and a local policeman; [Cullen, p. 610] and a second time for leaking information to two Members of Parliament [Labour MPs Stephen Swingler and Hugh Delargy. (Cullen, pp. 227-228)] that the Attorney-General Reginald Manningham-Buller had handed a confidential police report to the British Medical Association (who were organising Adams' defence). [Cullen, pp. 227-228] Both times Hallworth was given a dressing-down but no more. Hallworth later co-wrote a book about the case, published in 1983 after Adams' death. In it he accused the prosecuting counsel of mismanaging the case, saying that Adams, who was acquitted, was in fact a murderer. [Hallworth, 1983]

Later Hallworth joined the rival "Daily Express", hoping to replace Percy Hoskins as head crime reporter.Victor Davis, British Journalism Review ] However, Hoskins carried on in his position and Hallworth was left to "wither on the vine".

Publicity

Hallworth eventually left the Daily Express to become a publicist, representing amongst others, notorious yachtsman Donald Crowhurst in 1968-69. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-414489/Donald-Crowhurst-sea-lies.html Daily Mail] ] [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article645311.ece Timesonline] ] Crowhurst disappeared in the Caribbean during a round-the-world yacht race and Hallworth flew over to collect his boat's logbooks, which he then sold to the Times newspaper for "a small fortune". Hallworth's part in the affair brought him a lot of criticism, leading him to being called "money-grubbing" and "unscrupulous". [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/columnists/jimwhite/2347431/Footballs-fakers-should-heed-tragic-tale-of-fantasy-sailor.html Telegraph] ]

Hallworth was according to others who knew him, however, a "genial, rotund chap".

Books

*Co-written with Mark Williams; "Where there's a will... The sensational life of Dr John Bodkin Adams", Capstan Press, Jersey, 1983. ISBN 0946797005

Notes and references

ources

*Cullen, Pamela V., "A Stranger in Blood: The Case Files on Dr John Bodkin Adams", London, Elliott & Thompson, 2006, ISBN 1-904027-19-9


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