For the Lucksmiths album, see The Green Bicycle Case.
The victim, Annie Bella Wright, seen here in a newspaper article published shortly after her murder
The Green Bicycle Case was a British murder investigation and subsequent trial pertaining to the fatal shooting of Bella Wright near the village of Little Stretton, Leicestershire on 5 July 1919. Wright was killed by a single bullet wound to the face.[1][2] The case takes its name from the fact that on the evening of her death, Wright had been seen cycling in the company of a man riding a green bicycle.[3][4]
Ronald Light, a 33-year-old mathematics teacher,[5] was the prime suspect in Wright's alleged murder. Light did not respond to an extensive media appeal to trace a man matching his description seen on the green bicycle,[6] and concealed his bicycle and revolver holster in a canal following Wright's death. Upon his arrest, Light initially denied, then admitted to being in the company of Wright shortly before her death,[6] although he consistently denied killing her. He was defended in court by Sir Edward Marshall Hall KC, who largely based his defence on the lack of a motive for Wright's death. Marshall Hall obtained Light's acquittal.[7]
The case would prove to be one of the UK's most celebrated and controversial murder cases of the 20th century,[8] with opinions varying among authors as to Light's guilt,[9] the actual motive behind any crime,[10] and the possibility of misadventure. The case has been described by one author as, "The most fascinating murder mystery of the century."[5]
^Still Unsolved ISBN 1-85-480030-2 p. 32
^"Bella Wright 'Green Bicycle' Murder Recreated in Leicestershire". BBC News. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
^Donahue (2007), passim.
^Watson, Greig (8 July 2019). "The 'forgotten victim' of a 100-year-old murder mystery". BBC News.
^ abStill Unsolved ISBN 1-85-480030-2 p. 35
^ abOn Trial for Murder ISBN 978-0-330-33947-6 p. 209
^Donahue (2007), p. 68–69.
^Chronicle of 20th Century Murder ISBN 978-0-425-14649-1 p. 83
^Donahue (2007), p. 70.
^Donahue (2007), pp. 73–74.
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