People. Crime. Murder. pic: May 1932. The scene outside Westminster Court, London, after Elvira Barney's had been charged with the shooting of Michael Scott Stephen. Elvira Barney was acquitted at the Old Bailey of the murder of her lover Michael Scott St

People, Crime, Murder, pic: May 1932, The scene outside Westminster Court, London, after Elvira Barney's had been charged with the shooting of Michael Scott Stephen, Elvira Barney was acquitted at the Old Bailey of the murder of her lover Michael Scott Stephen in 1932, after Stephen was shot at the Knightsbridge flat, Elvira Barney a wealthy socialite separated from her husband had a stormy relationship with Stephen and during an argument with him the gun went off (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)