Scant attention was devoted last month to the successful outcome of the appeal of Danny Macnamee, known as the ‘Hyde Park bomber’. In publicity terms, Macnamee was doubly disadvantaged: not only was the judgment overshadowed by pre-Christmas festivities, it was also given on a day when the news agenda was focused on Baghdad. With Britain and the US dropping so many bombs on Iraq, who was interested in a man who, we belatedly learnt, hadn’t bombed anyone at all?
Yet the judgment was of immense importance, for it offered yet another proof of how catastrophically flawed the British justice can be; and because the appeal judges fundamentally restated the legal position with regard to appeals.
Macnamee had supposedly manufactured the bomb that exploded in July 1982, killing four soldiers and seven horses.
The Crown’s case rested on three fingerprints: one each on short lengths of insulating tape in two caches of explosives-making equipment discovered in Pangbourne and Salcey forests, and a thumbprint on a Duracell battery recovered from the debris after a controlled explosion in Kensington. Guardian Unlimited online article December 1998
Whitemoor high security jail. One of the men caught on camera allegedly trying to escape – Danny Macnamee, convicted as the Hyde Park bomber. But last week given new hope of freedom. Trial & Error: Danny Macnamee, Channel 4 1997
The jury that convicted Macnamee never heard evidence that key police officers and prosecution witnesses must have known. Evidence that someone else made the Hyde Park bomb. ibid.
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It was almost the perfect murder. At first glance Martin MacNeill is living the dream: a prominent doctor, a leader of the Mormon church, and the proud husband of a beautiful wife and father to a large loving family. But it’s all an act. Nothing about Martin is what it seems. True Crime Recaps: Surgeon, Mormon Bishop, Killer! Youtube 18.38, 2023
The former beauty queen had just left the hospital after getting a facelift she thought would save her crumbling marriage.
Michele was face down fully clothed in a tub of reddish-brown water. ibid.
Every time he got caught doing something wrong he threatened to take his own life. ibid.
Investigators dug deeper into Martin’s background and quickly uncovered his web of lies. ibid.
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On August 10 2017 journalist Kim Wall sailed off on a reporting assignment with a Danish inventor aboard the submarine UC3 Nautilus. Only one of them returned. Undercurrent: The Disappearance of Kim Wall, caption, Sky Crime 2022
Rozzer: What happened to the person you were with?
Peter Madsen: Well there was no-one on board but me. ibid.
The owner of a private submarine Nautilus was arrested this afternoon for the murder of a Swedish woman. ibid.
August 24 2017: Headless torso matches missing Swedish journalist. ibid. news headline
October 8 2017: Police find severed head in Wall submarine case. ibid. news headline
You cannot see the crime without seeing what produced it. Undercurrent: The Disappearance of Kim Wall II, Peter to biographer
MAENZA, MICHELLE murder: see COLON, CARMEN murder
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Danny knows the teen with the gun; he can tell what’s going on, and as he watches from not far away he sees the gunman leaving the store [Jiffy Food], pushing the scared cashier Karen Sue Young, forcing her at gunpoint into his Mustang … The driver in question is Paul Edward Magill. Killer Kids s3e20: Out of Control, LMN 2014
1977: first degree murder, sexual aggression and armed robbery. ibid.
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First it sounded crazy: a human foot had been mailed to conservative party headquarters. The suspect is a 29-year-old model and self-styled porn actor named Luca Rocco Magnotta. Police agencies around the world are circulating photos of Luca Magnotta … ‘Magnotta is wanted for the gruesome murder and dismemberment of 33-year-old Jun Lin.’ The Fifth Estate: Hunting Luka Magnotta, CBC 2014
‘A feverish manhunt that has made headlines around the world.’ ibid. television news
MAGNUSSEN, MARTINE murder: viz ABDULHAK, FARUK
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Barnet, Greater London, 1999: Sharon Malone was 28 years old; she and Gary had two young sons. How I Caught the Killer s3e2: Malone – The Killer With No Conscience TV -
‘The marriage was deteriorating … Eventually, divorce proceedings began.’ ibid. rozzer
Husband Gary was becoming the main focal point of the police investigation. ibid.
‘Gary disappeared from the family home … He went to Spain in a hired Mercedes van.’ ibid. rozzer
Suddenly, almost four months after the devoted mother of two went missing, a gruesome discovery was made.’ ibid.
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Chesapeake Bay, Virginia: Fishermen find male body parts floating in a suitcase leaving police baffled. How I Caught the Killer s2e10: Suitcase Killer, Sky Crime 2020
Police eventually identified the victim as 39-year-old Bill McGuire. ibid.
Reporters began chasing down their own leads on the couple. ibid.
But when Virginia police broke the news to Melanie, her reaction was strange. ibid.
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Banaz Mahmod was murdered by her own family because they said she brought them dishonour. She told the police she was going to be killed but they let her down. Exposure: Banaz: An Honour Killing, ITV 2012
‘A lot of nasty beatings.’ ibid. sister
‘If I told anyone [of husband’s rapes] he would kill me … I said that I wanted a divorce.’ ibid. Banaz, police statement video
By going to the police Banaz was putting herself at great risk … It took them three months just to write up a statement for her to sign. This was one of at least five occasions when Banaz went to the police over the threats she was facing. ibid.
Three men were charged with her murder including her father and her uncle. ibid.
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‘Even now I don’t think I’ll ever be able to reconcile it because it’s not him. How can you know someone for nine years and not know he’s capable of doing that?’ Jo Cox: Death of an MP, BBC 2017
‘I can’t remember anybody not liking Jo.’ ibid. sister
‘Nobody has come forward to say they’ve ever been in any form of relationship with him at all.’ ibid.
‘His own mother didn’t really know him. Almost on a daily basis Thomas Mair was looking at web pages related to the Nazis.’ ibid.
‘I believe that Syria is our generation’s test.’ ibid. Jo
‘… And shot Jo in the head … And while she was on the floor he started stabbing her.’ ibid. colleague
‘He just simply didn’t react to anything.’ ibid. rozzer
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One very bad man has a very different idea about what it means to heal … When police compare the medical charges to the nursing schedules everything points to one suspect. Very Bad Men s3e17: To Kill and Kill Again, ID 2002
Orville Lynn Majors … Potassium injections … A killer is stalking the corridors of the local [Indiana] hospital … Majors is arrested and charged with seven counts of murder. ibid.
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2 March 2019: My mate’s been stabbed yeah. He needs an ambulance now. Killed by a Rich Kid, 999 call, Channel 4 2022
When officers arrived at the scene, Adam [Chowdhary] and Josh Molnar were being treated as witnesses. These two young boys turned from witnesses to suspects very quickly. ibid. rozzer