by admin | Jul 26, 2024 | Shootings
We are close to reaching the 12th 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...
by admin | Jul 26, 2024 | Shootings
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...
by admin | Jul 26, 2024 | Shootings
The Annecy Murders took place during the afternoon of Wednesday 05 September 2012 in the Haute-Savoie region of South East France. Four people were shot dead and a child was seriously wounded in an accessible wooded location near the village of Chevaline. The...
by admin | Jul 26, 2024 | Shootings
THE ANNECY MURDERS – now 10 years We are now approaching the twelve year anniversary of the still unsolved Annecy Murders which took place on 05 September 2012. These brutal killings took place in the alpine Haute-Savoie region of south eastern France. This feature is...
by admin | Jul 14, 2024 | Shootings
The United States of America has a long history of firearm related political assassinations and attempts. John F Kennedy was the last President to be shot and killed on the 22nd November 1963. As a direct result it is now well established and accepted that US...
by admin | Jun 30, 2024 | Shootings
Much has been written and debated about the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and his wife Sophie on June 28th 1914 in Sarajevo, Bosnia. The event has been considered to be the “Spark that ignited the...
by admin | Jun 10, 2024 | Person Profiles
The Argentine invasion of the Falklands Islands on 02 April 1982 was very personal to the Royal Marines. Not only because they put up the initial fighting defence but because the Corps had provided security detachments for the islands since 1965. Referred to as Naval...
by admin | May 19, 2024 | Person Profiles
I have been fortunate enough to have books and articles published about the use of firearms in crime and conflict. Why would I be any different to other writers who script narrative about this specific subject. Whilst at times it has been a violent journey, it is...
by admin | Apr 25, 2024 | Shootings
President of the United States, John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas now over sixty years ago on 22 November 1963. This cruel brutal act was prosecuted by Lee Harvey Oswald, a 24 year old, self absorbed, chaotic narcissist, at a location that...
by admin | Apr 23, 2024 | Shootings
Jill Dando, an admired and respected BBC TV journalist was shot to death outside the front door of a property she owned in London on 26 April 1999. That attack, now 25 years ago was an unprovoked, frantic and messy opportunity killing perpetrated by an assailant who...
