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 London on 26 April 1999. That attack, now 25 years ago was an unprovoked, frantic and messy opportunity killing perpetrated by an assailant who...
DUNBLANE

DUNBLANE

On 13 March 1996 Thomas Hamilton, 43, entered Dunblane Primary School near Stirling in Scotland and committed the worst ever recorded murderous act on children in the UK. Studying mass gun killers is not a simple science but can their ultimate actions be predicted....
BARRY WILLIAMS – Before Hungerford

BARRY WILLIAMS – Before Hungerford

Mass shootings always get our attention and whilst we are not subjected to the horror of this crime on a frequent basis in the UK many of us can relate to past events that have become established in our history. Hungerford 1987, Dunblane 1996 and Cumbria 2010. Some...
SHOOTING AMERICAN PRESIDENTS

SHOOTING AMERICAN PRESIDENTS

On the 22nd November 1963, President John F Kennedy was shot and killed in the city of Dallas, Texas USA. As a direct result it is now well established and accepted that US Presidents are protected by elaborate security measures that have come about as a result of...
THE ANNECY MURDERS – 05 Sept 2012

THE ANNECY MURDERS – 05 Sept 2012

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...