"Many Photos" - New documentary identifies Jack The Stripper as a Welsh panel beater

Harold Jones, 15, outside Mortimer's shop in Abertillery, Monmouthshire, where he was wearing a gold watch to celebrate being acquitted of the murder of Freda Burnell 

New evidence has pointed to a panel beater who murdered two young girls in the 1920s as being 'Jack the Stripper', who was behind the horrific deaths of six prostitutes in 1960s Britain.

In 1921 Harold Jones was a 15-year-old shop assistant when he killed Freda Burnell, eight, in Abertillery, Monmouthshire, before being acquitted due to a lack of evidence.

Two months later he lured Florence Little, 11, back to his parents' home before hitting her over the head with a piece of wood, slitting her throat, and hiding her body in the attic.

He pleaded guilty and went to prison, where he also admitted to killing Freda. Jones was released from Wandsworth Prison in 1941 and joined the Army, where he stayed for five years.

Jones has now been named a suspect in the Jack the Stripper killings, which saw an unknown serial killer remove the clothes and teeth of his strangled victims before dumping their bodies near the Thames in west London between 1964 and 1965.    

David Wilson, a criminology professor at Birmingham City University, makes the claim on the new BBC documentary Dark Son: The Hunt For A Serial Killer.

He discovered that Jones was living in west London at the time of the murders under an assumed name, and has handed a file of evidence to the Metropolitan Police.  

Jack The Stripper victims: The first body, that of 30-year-old Hannah Tailford (left), was found by the River Thames at Hammersmith in February 1964. Irene Lockwood (right), 25, was found in April on the same stretch of riverbank where Hannah's corpse had been dumped

Several weeks later, passers-by came across the body of 22-year-old Helen Barthelemy (left) in an alley. In July, just up the river at Chiswick, the remains of Mary Fleming, 30, were found in a garage forecourt. The corpse of a fifth victim, Frances Brown (right), 21, was discovered in Kensington during November the same year

Professor Wilson suggests he was Jack The Stripper because he was living locally, had changed his name to Stevens, and had links to an industrial estate where police say the bodies were kept before being thrown into the Thames.

His work as a panel beater could also explain the paint flecks found on the bodies of four of the victims.

Officers discovered the corpse of Bridget 'Bridie' O'Hara near an industrial estate in Acton

Professor Wilson says he hopes his 15-month investigation will help get justice for the victims' families.

'This is the biggest unsolved serial murder case in British criminal history with a killer who's even more prolific than Jack the Ripper,' he said.

The first victim was 30-year-old Hannah Tailford, who was found by the River Thames at Hammersmith in February 1964.

Irene Lockwood, 25, was found in April on the same stretch of riverbank where Hannah's corpse had been dumped

Several weeks later, passers-by came across the body of 22-year-old Helen Barthelemy in an alley.

In July, just up the river at Chiswick, the remains of Mary Fleming, 30, were found in a garage forecourt.

The corpse of a fifth victim, Frances Brown, 21, was discovered in Kensington during November the same year.

Professor Wilson's team eventually tracked down Jones' daughter, who had no idea of his background, describing him as 'an unassuming family man' who kept a 'terribly dark secret' until he died of cancer in 1971.

Freda Burnell, eight, and Florence Little, 11, who were murdered by Jones in 1921 

Jack The Stripper suspects: From champion boxer Freddie Mills to a disgraced Met Police detective   

One theory advanced by former crime reporter Michael Litchfield suggests the Jack The Stripper was former boxer Freddie Mills (seen in an undated image) 

Numerous other people have been named as suspects in the Jack The Stripper case before Harold Jones. 

These include security guard Mungo Ireland, 46, who worked on the Heron Trading Estate, where Bridget O'Hara was found. 

But he was in Scotland when Bridget was O'Hara was found and there was no evidence linking him to the other killings. 

Another prime suspect was a former detective, who was jailed for a year after faking burglaries to embarrass his colleagues. 

The man, who is still alive, lived near the Heron Trading Estate and had a grudge against police, but no more evidence was discovered linking him to the murders.  

Other people interviewed include a mortuary assistant and a dental surgeon. 

One theory advanced by former crime reporter Michael Litchfield suggests the killer was former boxer Freddie Mills. 

He believes that Mills admitted his guilt to the Scotland Yard detective - and fellow Freemason - in charge of the investigation.

According to Litchfield's sources, the prize-fighter left the meeting to visit the Kray brothers, whom he had got to know during his boxing career.

There, in what the author thinks was a cowardly bid to evade justice, Mills offered the brothers £1,000 for them to organise a hit man to gun him down.

After agreeing to Mills' terms - the death would be quick and he would not be told of the time before - the Krays split the cash and gave the rest to 24-year-old Jimmy Moody.

Mills then borrowed a .22 calibre FN automatic rifle from a friend by pretending it was for a fancy dress party - a move he hoped would make his death look like suicide. He was later shot in his car.  

His team are now seeking a cold case review.

Other suspects in the case include a police superintendent and world champion boxer-turned-actor Freddie Mills.

According to former crime reporter Michael Litchfield, Mills admitted his guilt to the detective in charge of the probe before having himself assassinated by the Kray twins to escape justice.

Dark Son: The Hunt For A Serial Killer is on BBC Four tomorrow at 9pm.

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