Richard Buckham

Richard Buckham was convicted of the murders of Albert Watson 47 and Emma Watson 50 and sentenced to death.

He shot them in Honeypot Lane, Basildon on 23 August 1906.

Albert Watson and Emma Watson lived in a bungalow off of Honeypot Lane and on the morning of 23 August 1906 they went to fetch water from a pond in a field occupied by Richard Buckham's father.

Richard Buckham and his younger brother were there and Richard Buckham had an altercation with Albert Watson about them taking the water and he then shot them both dead