JOHN PALMER – ‘Killing Goldfinger’

JOHN PALMER – ‘Killing Goldfinger’

John Palmer, nicknamed Goldfinger came from very ordinary beginnings. Starting out as a market trader, he had built a very lucrative empire largely from property development before he was murdered in 2015. He had been an influential character during the later 1980’s...
MY RESEARCH, BLOGS & BOOKS

MY RESEARCH, BLOGS & BOOKS

I have been fortunate enough to have books and articles published about the use of firearms in crime and conflict. My latest project is a book called ‘Bullet Path’. This is a close study of over 25 shootings and assassinations which have taken place around...
THE ANNECY MURDERS – 05 Sept 2012

THE ANNECY MURDERS – 05 Sept 2012

We have reached the 13th anniversary of the Annecy shootings, (or the Chevaline killings), in France. These brutal murders occurred on the 5th September 2012. Three members of a British/Iraqi family who were on a caravan holiday and a local French citizen were shot to...
THE ANNECY MURDERS – Revisted October 2019

THE ANNECY MURDERS – Revisted October 2019

THE LACHEMENT ASSASSINE On 14 October 2019, exactly 4 years after my first visit to the Le Martinet murder site I was accompanied by a longstanding friend and professional photographer Chris Powell. The weather was glorious, the sun spreading a comfortable autumn...