1954 Press Photo Beauty contestant June Malins dead of poison - KSB65453

Poisoned Girls - arrest Expected. An arrest is expected today in the case of the two young girls who died from poisoning on Tuesday. the girls, beauty queen June Malins, aged 19, and her office friend , Betty grant, 27, worked in the office of Sanger ltd. wholesale chemists , in Eustron - road, yesterday, a post mortem by Dr. Donald Tearle, the pathologist, showed that both died from the effects of the same drug. Mr. Arthur Ford, 45-year old office manager. of Bath-road, Hounslow. who was also taken ill, is still in hospital. June Malins, of cliftonville, Margarete", competition. photo shows June Malins, one of the dead girls.

Photo is dated 1954.

Photo measures 6 x 8 inches.