Yarrow lit up another cigarette, took a sip of his tea and picked up the rest of Starling’s file and began to read a flimsy carbon copy document that was headed:
West Yorkshire Constabulary: Record of Previous Convictions
West Yorkshire Constabulary: Record of Previous ConvictionsRe
ReName: Frank Arthur STARLING Age 15. 4 .1912 CRO No 421861/20Y5
NameAgeCRO NoThe document was then divided into 5 columns, headed:
Sentence. Court of Conviction. Date. Offence for which convicted Date of release
Sentence. Court of Conviction. Date. Offence for which convicted Date of releaseFrankie Starling’s list of previous offences ran for two and half pages.
His first recorded offence was as a 12 year old, convicted of shoplifting and he was placed on probation.
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