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William Harrison

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WORLDMay 10 · 13:00 UTCTHE GUARDIAN WORLD
Research sheds light on GI’s murder of seven-year-old girl in Northern Ireland in 1944
US soldier William Harrison was convicted and hanged for the murder of seven-year-old Patsy Wylie in Northern Ireland in 1944. Harrison had visited the Wylie family before and was known to them. He offered to buy treats for the children and took Patsy to the shops, where the crime occurred.