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 ==Death==
-On Sunday 8 May 1960, Mrs Burton was driving her daughters home in [[Kaniki Plots]] in a Morris Traveller car on [[Mufurila Road]]<ref name=brockwell/> when she was forced to stop by a mob. The windows of her car were smashed and petrol splashed over her and ignited. Her spaniel was burnt alive but Mrs Burton and her daughters, aged 12 and 5, escaped from the car to be brutally assaulted. They were found by a Forest Ranger and taken to [[Ndola Hospital]] where she later died of the burns. She passed away at about 3am on 16 May 1960.<ref name=brockwell>[http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/policejl38&div=13&id=&page= The Burton Atrocity by DM Brockwell]</ref>
+At about 1pm on Sunday 8 May 1960, Mrs Burton was driving her daughters home in [[Kaniki Plots]] in a Morris Traveller car on [[Mufurila Road]]<ref name=brockwell/> when she was forced to stop by a mob. The windows of her car were smashed and petrol splashed over her and ignited. Her spaniel was burnt alive but Mrs Burton and her daughters, aged 12 and 5, escaped from the car and were brutally assaulted. They were found by a Forest Ranger and taken to [[Ndola Hospital]] where Mrs Burton later died of the 75% burns, mostly third degree. She passed away at about 3am on 16 May 1960.<ref name=brockwell>[http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/policejl38&div=13&id=&page= The Burton Atrocity by DM Brockwell]</ref>
 ==Investigations and arrest==