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...
THE ANNECY MURDERS – the wider view 2022

THE ANNECY MURDERS – the wider view 2022

THE ANNECY MURDERS – 10 years The still unsolved Annecy Murders were prosecuted on 05 September 2012. These brutal killings took place in the alpine Haute-Savoie region of south eastern France. This feature is a result of my third visit to the location in July 2022...
THE DOMINICI AFFAIR – France 05 August 1952

THE DOMINICI AFFAIR – France 05 August 1952

In the early hours of the 05 August 1952 three members of a British family on a visit and camping holiday in what is now the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence region of south east France were brutally murdered on the side of a rural road. The location was on the north and south...
THE WHITE HOUSE FARM MURDERS – JEREMY BAMBER 1985

THE WHITE HOUSE FARM MURDERS – JEREMY BAMBER 1985

Jeremy Bamber was convicted for murdering five members of his family, forty years ago in their home, Whitehouse Farm in Essex during the night of 6-7 August 1985. This included his two six year old nephews, Daniel and Nicholas Caffell. The initial police investigation...