MURDER IN THE OUTBACK 2001 – Peter Falconio

MURDER IN THE OUTBACK 2001 – Peter Falconio

“Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened”. Thomas Hardy – Poet and Novelist 1840 -1928 On the 13th December 2005 Bradley John Murdoch, 46 was found guilty by jury in the Supreme Court of the Northern...
THE SUNDOWN MURDERS – South Australia 1957

THE SUNDOWN MURDERS – South Australia 1957

A brutal gun murder took place alongside the Australian Stuart Highway on the 5th December 1957, forty four years before the circumstances that befell the UK travellers, Peter Falconio and Joanne Lees in 2001. This event draws a close comparison, but time has expired...
JEREMY BAMBER and DERRICK BIRD

JEREMY BAMBER and DERRICK BIRD

In the early hours of 02 June 2010, taxi driver Derrick Bird, 52, left his home in the West Cumbria village of Rowrah armed with a licenced George Fisher 12 bore shotgun and a CZ 452 bolt-action .22 rifle and a supply of ammunition for both weapons. The rifle was...
THE WHITE HOUSE FARM MURDERS – JEREMY BAMBER 1985

THE WHITE HOUSE FARM MURDERS – JEREMY BAMBER 1985

Jeremy Bamber and his supporters remain confident that he may one day be released if they continue submitting legal challenges against his 1986 conviction for the shooting murders of five members of his family in August 1985. Two appeals have already failed. The...
THE FALKLANDS CAMPAIGN 1982

THE FALKLANDS CAMPAIGN 1982

The Argentine invasion of the Falklands Islands on 02 April 1982, now 43 years ago, 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....
KILLING THE PRESIDENT – Charles de Gaulle 1962

KILLING THE PRESIDENT – Charles de Gaulle 1962

On the 22 August 1962 a serious attempt was made to assassinate President Charles De Gaulle of France. Much has been written about this assassination attempt and a good deal is inaccurate and speculative. My purpose is to outline the physical and technical aspects of...
ASSASSINATING AMERICAN PRESIDENTS

ASSASSINATING AMERICAN PRESIDENTS

The United States of America has a long history of firearm related political assassinations and attempts. Four serving Presidents have been assassinated and one seriously wounded. One presidential candidate has been assassinated and three others wounded, one very...
“Foxtrot Foxtrot” – THE DANDO DISTRACTION

“Foxtrot Foxtrot” – THE DANDO DISTRACTION

28 April 1999 was a warm sunny spring day in London. Met Police Traffic Officers, Acting Sergeant Mark Newman and PC Steve Cox started a 15:00 – 23:00 hrs shift in the normal manner. Having attended the shift brief and checked over their patrol Land Rover...
WHO DIDN’T KILL JILL DANDO – 26 APRIL 1999

WHO DIDN’T KILL JILL DANDO – 26 APRIL 1999

Jill Dando, an admired and respected BBC TV journalist was shot to death outside the front door of a property she owned in Fulham, London on 26 April 1999. That attack, now 26 years ago was an unprovoked, frantic and messy opportunity killing perpetrated by an...