Honouring an Anarchist ; Fury As Siege of Sidney St Killer Gets a Plaque

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HE IS a sinister figure from the seething streets of the East End of London in the volatile years before the First World War.

Peter Piaktow, known as Peter the Painter, was the leader of an anarchist gang responsible for the murder of three policemen which was cornered at the Siege of Sidney Street.

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Honouring an Anarchist ; Fury As Siege of Sidney St Killer Gets a Plaque

In the final showdown in January 1911, Winston Churchill - the then Home Secretary who courted controversy with his orders at the scene - ...

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