Former English Comics Retailer Picked Up In Famous DNA-Related Murder Case

Ronald Castree, a former retailer who owned the apparently now-closed Arcadia Comics in Ashton-under-Lyne and Rochdale, has been linked through DNA evidence to the 1975 Lesley Molseed child murder. As the article describes, the Molseed murder became famous for its heartbreaking outcome as a miscarriage of justice regarding the person tried and convicted for the crime of raping, then stabbing to death the little girl. Castree, who may have been still involved with comics through selling books on Ebay, was picked up Sunday morning.

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