BRAEMAR HILL murders: The Braemar Hill Murders TV - Rachel M Read online -
On a warm April Saturday in 1985 teenage sweethearts Nicola Myers and Kenneth McBride went walking in an isolated area of a Hong Kong country park. Braemar Hill was a quiet refuge. The Braemar Hill Murders, Crime Channel 2012
When the killers were finally arrested they would turn out to be as young as their victims. ibid.
They had been beaten, tortured and murdered ... She had been raped. ibid.
Five suspects were arrested for the brutal killers. All five would face trial for murder. ibid.
None had committed a serious crime before. ibid.
Even now, the Braemar Hill double-murder provokes sadness and horror over twenty years after it happened, not just for the brutality shown to its teenage victims but also for the fact that this continues to be one of the only murder cases to involve the expat community in HK.
This was back in the old days, when colonial Hong Kong was still very much in its pomp. Kenneth McBride, 17, and his 18-year-old girlfriend Nicola Myers failed to return home after an al fresco revision session on Braemar Hill one April afternoon in 1985. The next morning, an unfortunate hiker made the grisly discovery of their badly-beaten bodies. Rachel M Read online
BREEN, COREY ALAN: Murder Uncovered TV -
He [Corey Alan Breen] wanted to kill his entire family. No remorse. His chilling confession … Corey, the rampaging 26-year-old son who terrorised a suburb and savagely killed his dad and step-mum before boasting about it to police in chilling detail. Murder Uncovered s1e4: Killer Confessions, Sky Witness 2018
Corey Breen’s out-of-control rampage only lasted two hours but it concluded the way he wanted: what ended in a double murder began with the 26 year old stealing two cars, assaulting three people including his girlfriend, stabbing one in the face, and then hunting down his family. That adorable little boy had grown up to be a monster. ibid.
‘I do remember, fuck, have a go at like a big fat fucker …’ ibid. Corey
BREEN, COREY ALAN: Murder Uncovered TV -
He [Corey Alan Breen] wanted to kill his entire family. No remorse. His chilling confession … Corey, the rampaging 26-year-old son who terrorised a suburb and savagely killed his dad and step-mum before boasting about it to police in chilling detail. Murder Uncovered s1e4: Killer Confessions, Sky Witness 2018
Corey Breen’s out-of-control rampage only lasted two hours but it concluded the way he wanted: what ended in a double murder began with the 26 year old stealing two cars, assaulting three people including his girlfriend, stabbing one in the face, and then hunting down his family. That adorable little boy had grown up to be a monster. ibid.
‘I do remember, fuck, have a go at like a big fat fucker …’ ibid. Corey
BREIVIK, ANDERS BEHRING: Norway Massacre: The Killer's Mind TV - Anders Behring Breivik & Manifesto - David Wilson TV - This World: Norway's Massacre TV - Norway Massacre : The Survivors TV - Evil Up Close TV - Killing Spree: Terror in Paradise TV -
This 32-year-old man is responsible for the deadliest shooting spree in history. What in his make-up drove him to carry out this massacre? Norway Massacre: The Killer’s Mind, Discovery 2011
In Oslo in the afternoon of July 22nd [2011] an unknown killer carries out the first of two attacks which shook the world. At 3.30 p.m. a massive bomb explodes in the city centre. It causes utter carnage. Eight people are killed and scores injured ... It’s a diversion because the unknown killer is already moving on to his second target. ibid.
Around 600 people are on the island enjoying an idyllic summer retreat ... The killer has picked the perfect location for his shooting spree. ibid.
The killer surrenders immediately. ibid.
He is writing a rambling 1,500 page manifesto which he calls The European Declaration of Independence. ibid.
A 32-year-old former bank clerk, intelligent and motivated. He claims in an earlier life he was a millionaire entrepreneur; in reality he is a recluse with only a handful of friends; he is a bodybuilder, a steroid user and a keen gun enthusiast who describes himself as a right-wing crusader, a senior officer of the Knights Templar and the scourge of Islam. ibid.
Is he as he claims acting alone? ibid.
In a single day one man has produced his own version of 9/11 with 77 killed. ibid.
We must look our best before the shoot. Anders Behring Breivik
This is the big day you have been looking forward to for so long. Equip yourself and arm up, for today you will become immortal. Good luck and give them hell. Anders Behring Breivik manifesto
We do not want and will not tolerate Islam in Europe! ibid.
Consider making use of a remote detonation ... To attract attention to one location. Ensure that the enemy forces are heading for this location. By then, you will be on the opposite side of town. ibid.
As all my friends can attest to I wouldn’t be willing to hurt a fly and I have never used violence against others. ibid.
I will put my iPod on max volume as a tool to suppress fear if needed. I might just put Lux Aeterna by Clint Mansell on repeat. ibid.
They will be shown no mercy. It will be an extremely bloody reckoning. ibid.
I was 16 years old at the time ... the Muslim gangs were very dominating in Oslo East and in inner-city Oslo ... I remember they systematically harassed, robbed and beat ethnic Norwegian youngsters. ibid.
Most people will today openly condemn us as terrorists. However, a hundred years from now we will be celebrated as heroes. ibid.
Once you decide to strike, it is better to kill too many than not enough. ibid.
This is the day you are going to die; I’m going to kill you all. Anders Behring Breivik, to victims
When Breivik is shooting people on that island he is looking into their faces. Professor David Wilson
On 22nd July 2011 Norway suffered the worst act of mass murder by a terrorist acting alone in the history of the world. A brutal assault unleashed against a summer camp for young people. This World: Norway’s Massacre
The killer claimed his cruelty had a purpose articulated in a political manifesto – a vision of a Muslim invasion of Europe; a declaration of war unleashed on his own people. ibid.
Journalists were beginning to descend on the scene of the bomb blast. ibid.
The witness even gave the number plate of the getaway car. ibid.
For the next hour the young people on the island were defenceless. ibid.
The police began studying Breivik’s 1,500-page manifesto and Youtube video. ibid.
Incredibly, the terrorist had been captured alive. ibid.
A debate of Breivik’s sanity ... The court ordered a second psychiatric evaluation. ibid.
Much of Breivik’s manifesto is borrowed from the writings of others ... Yet within it is a personal section in which Breivik conducts an interview with himself. ibid.
His manifesto declares his attacks mark the beginning of a war which will last for decades. ibid.
In the summer of 2011 Anders Behring Breivik detonated a bomb in Norway’s capital city Oslo. Eight people were killed. Breivik then travelled to Utoya Island where youth members of Norway’s Labour Party were attending a summer camp. Norway Massacre: The Survivors, Channel 5 2012
Breivik had planned to listen to loud music to drown out the sounds of any screaming he might hear. ibid.
The young people faced a half-mile swim to the mainland. ibid.
There were hundreds he could potentially kill. ibid.
Ninety minutes after Breivik had arrived on the island he called police to surrender. ibid.
The killer Anders Breivik had been planning on the atrocity for nine years. Evil Up Close: Anders Breivik: Norway Massacre, CI 2012
The Serbs were the good guys at the frontline of a century’s old war against Islam. ibid.
Anders Breivik decides he will single-handedly begin a twenty-first century mission against Muslims. ibid.
He arrives at Utoya and almost immediately begins shooting. ibid.
Breivik phones police telling them he is ready to surrender. ibid.
He had killed 77 people. ibid.