Brighton Palace Pier The Graham Greene novel "Brighton Rock" featured the Palace Pier. John Boulting's 1947 film adaptation helped established "low life" subculture in Brighton, and the climax of the film is set on it, where gangleader Pinkie Brown (played by Richard Attenborough) falls to his death. The 1953 B movie "Girl on a Pier" is set around the Palace Pier and also features the clash between holidaymakers and gangsters in Brighton. The Who's 1973 concept album "Quadrophenia" was inspired in part by band leader Pete Townshend spending a night underneath the pier in March 1964. It is a pivotal part of the
Murder of Shana Grice to the three years before Shana Grices' murder, except for one which dealt with the ten years before her murder. Murder of Shana Grice Shana Grice was a British teenager who was murdered by an ex-boyfriend after he had stalked her. The murder led to criticism of Sussex Police for their failure to take Shana Grices' complaints about stalking seriously. Shana had met Michael Lane in 2015 when they both worked at Brighton Fire Alarms. Lane was from Thornhill Road, Portslade. They formed a relationship and Lane had become obsessed with her. He refused to accept the breakup and said