Leonard James Burt, CVO, CBE (1892–1983) was a British police officer involved in several high-profile cases and investigations.
However, the killer was never caught, although the case was solved 60 years later by investigative journalist David Williams.
On 16 June 1945, as a Commander in the Metropolitan Police Special Branch, Burt was assigned to accompany two war-time traitors, John Amery and William Joyce (also known as "Lord Haw-Haw") back to London to be tried for treason, after their capture in Germany.
[1] On 2 February 1950, Burt arrested German atomic spy Klaus Fuchs, who was charged under the Official Secrets Act with espionage for passing British and American atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
In February 1952, Burt escorted Queen Elizabeth II back from her trip to Kenya after her father George VI died.