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...
THE ANNECY MURDERS – 05 Sept 2012

THE ANNECY MURDERS – 05 Sept 2012

We have now heading towards the 14th anniversary of the Annecy shootings, (or Chevaline killings), in France. These brutal shooting murders occurred on the 5th September 2012 when three members of a British/Iraqi family who were on a caravan holiday and a local French...
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 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...