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From: The Scotsman
Date: 20070505
Author:TIM CORNWELL ARTS CORRESPONDENT

FOR decades, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has been suspected of a dark crime of his own - consigning his father to a lunatic asylum.

But new research has now cleared the creator of Sherlock Holmes of any guilt in Charles Altamont Doyle's confinement and death.

While his son grew to be an author venerated by millions as creator of the world's best-loved detective, Mr Doyle spent the last years of his life moving between Scottish lunatic asylums.

Dark suspicions have centred on his fate, with some suggestions he was merely a harmless drunk who was conveniently locked away by his family.

But Dr ...

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