East Acton is a place in west London

London

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, England. It is partly in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

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 and partly in the London Borough of Ealing

London Borough of Ealing

The London Borough of Ealing is a borough in west London.-Location:The London Borough of Ealing borders the London Borough of Hillingdon to the west, the London Borough of Harrow and the London Borough of Brent to the north, the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham to the east and the London...

. It is served by East Acton tube station

East Acton tube station

East Acton is a London Underground station in East Acton in west London. The station is on the Central Line, between White City and North Acton stations, and in Travelcard Zone 2...

, on the Central Line

Central Line

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 in Travelcard Zone 2

Travelcard Zone 2

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Anciently, East Acton and Acton

Acton, London

Acton is a district of west London, England, located in the London Borough of Ealing. It is situated west of Charing Cross.At the time of the 2001 census, Acton, comprising the wards of East Acton, Acton Central, South Acton and Southfield, had a population of 53,689 people...

 developed as separate settlements and the nearby districts of North Acton

North Acton

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, West Acton

West Acton

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 and South Acton

South Acton

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 were developed in the late 19th century.

Braybrook Street, East Acton attained notoriety on 12 August 1966 when three policemen

Massacre of Braybrook Street

The Shepherd's Bush murders, also known as the Massacre of Braybrook Street, was the murder of three police officers in London by Harry Roberts and two others in 1966....

 were shot dead after they apprehended three men inside a Standard Vanguard

Standard Vanguard

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 car which was parked in the street after realising it had no tax disc. Exactly four months later,
Harry Roberts

Harry Roberts (murderer)

Harry Maurice Roberts is a career criminal who instigated the Shepherd's Bush Murders in which three police officers were shot dead in 1966. The killings happened after the plain-clothed officers approached the van which Roberts and two other men were sitting in, in Braybrook Street, near Wormwood...

, Jack Witney and John Duddy

John Duddy

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 were found guilty on three charges of murder

Murder

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 at the Old Bailey

Old Bailey

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 and sentenced to life imprisonment

Life imprisonment

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. Duddy remained in prison until he died in 1981 at the age of 52. Witney was parole

Parole

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d in 1991 after serving 25 years in prison, and died in 1999 at the age of 69 after being attacked at his home in Bristol

Bristol

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. Roberts is still in prison more than 40 years after being captured, and is now one of the longest serving prisoners in England and Wales

England and Wales

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