June Malins, beauty queen and poisoning victim
1954 - Love Philtre kills two girls: Scotland Yard were sure last night that a love philtre drug killed the beauty queen and her girl fellow worker, who fell ill at a London office. Detectives are also sure that neither girl knew she had taken the drug. The girls, Miss June Malins, aged 19, of Wightman Road, Harringay, London, and Cliftonville; and Miss Betty Grant, 27, of Chobham Gardens, Wimbledon, worked in the office of manufacturing chemist. Police concentrated their inquiries on the theory that someone put the drug in food or drink taken by the girls. It is thought unlikely that the person intended to kill. The drug may have been given as a form of joke. But a strong dose is fatal. The girls office manager, Mr. Arthur Ford, of Bath Road, Hounslow, is in hospital with physical Excellence Girl of Margate competition. Photo shows June Malins one of the dead girls
