Kisan Olive Balchin
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Olive Balchin (c. 1906 - 20 Oktoba 1946) ta kasance 'yar Burtaniya ce wacce aka kashe wacce aka gano jikinta a kusa da wani wurin bam a Manchester, Ingila. An gano makamin kisan kai, guduma mai jini, a kusa. Bayan dogon bincike, an ba 'yan sanda bayanin wani mutumin da ya sayi guduma daga mai sayar da kayayyaki na yankin, wanda yayi kama da bayanin da shaidu suka bayar game da mutumin da aka gani a karshe a kamfanin Balchin a daren da aka kashe ta. Dangane da wannan bayanin, 'yan sanda sun tambayi Walter Graham Rowland, mutumin da aka yanke masa hukunci a 1934 na kisan ɗansa mai shekaru biyu.[1] An sauya hukuncin mutuwarsa saboda wannan laifin kuma an sake shi bayan ya yi shekaru takwas, saboda farawar Yaƙin Duniya na II da kuma buƙatar maza masu iyawa.[1]
Binciken bincike na tufafin Rowland ya nuna jini da ƙurar ƙura da tarkacewar shuke-shuke da aka gano zuwa wurin bam din. 'Yan sanda sun kama Rowland saboda kisan Balchin. Bayan an kama shi ya ce "Ba ku son ni don kashe wannan matar, shin ku?", kodayake ya musanta wannan. An same shi kuma an tsare shi a gidan yarin Strangeways .
Yayinda Rowland ke cikin kurkuku yana jiran kisa, wani fursuna a gidan yarin Walton a Liverpool, David J. Ware, ya yi ikirari uku ba tare da bata lokaci ba ga laifin - da farko a rubuce ga gwamnan gidan yarin, sannan ga 'yan sanda, kuma a ƙarshe ga lauyan Rowland. Da sauri ya biyo bayan ikirarin inda Ware ya yarda ya furta saboda yana so ya bayyana "swank," kuma ya ce ya sami cikakkun bayanai game da kisan daga jaridu da ya karanta a kurkuku.[2] Har ila yau, akwai tambayoyi game da yanayin tunanin Ware, kamar yadda aka sallame shi daga Sojojin Burtaniya a 1943 bayan ganowar cutar psychosis.[2] Bugu da ƙari, ba kamar Rowland ba, babu wata hujja da aka samu da ta ɗaure Ware da wurin kisan.[2]
Duk da janyewar, lauyan Rowland ya yi jayayya cewa za a soke hukuncinsa a kan roko saboda ikirarin Ware. Shaidu da yawa sun kuma yi iƙirarin cewa sun ga wani mutum mai kama da Rowland yana shan giya a wani mashaya a Stockport a daren kisan. Shirin ya gaza kuma an rataye Rowland a ranar 27 ga Fabrairu 1947. Binciken Ofishin Cikin Gida ya tabbatar da cewa Ware ya yi ikirarin ƙarya, sabili da haka bai sami wani abin da bai dace ba game da hukuncin.
A shekara ta 1951, Ware ya kai hari ga wata mace da guduma, kuma an same shi da laifin yunkurin kisan kai.[1] An dauke shi ba da alhakin aikata laifuka saboda hauka kuma an sanya shi Asibitin Broadmoor.[undefined][2] Wannan harin, tare da ikirarin da ya yi a baya game da kisan Balchin, ya sa wasu a Burtaniya su yi imani da cewa an yanke wa Rowland hukunci na ƙarya kuma ya kasance wanda aka azabtar da Rashin adalci. [3][4] Har yanzu ana tayar da batun a wasu lokuta a cikin muhawara game da hukuncin kisa da hukunce-hukuncen da ba daidai ba a Burtaniya. [1] [4]