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Crime Files

Timeline

1924 - Roy Fontaine born1977 - Released from prison and finds work for Lady Margaret HudsonNovember 1977 - Fontaine begins working for Walter Scott-Elliot and his wife Dorothy1997 - Killings take placeJanuary 1978 - Fontaine and Kitto stay at a hotel in North Berwick. Owner calls police18 January 1978 - Fontaine's failed suicide bidMay 1978 - Fontaine trial in Edinburgh1999 - Fontaine writes autobiography2002 - Fontaine dies in Kingston Prison, Portsmouth aged 78