No one could have appeared more plausible than Thomas Fairfax, the middle-aged divorcee who arrived in the small Gloucestershire town of Lydney in the winter of 1991. Tall, well-spoken and smartly dressed in a cashmere overcoat, expensive Italian shoes and neat shirt and tie, he soon became a familiar face — driving around town in … Read more
A murderer who referred to herself as ‘the queen of Beverley Road’ has died ‘after contracting Covid-19.’ Thirteen prisoners, serving sentences across the UK, are known to have died of the virus to date. Angela Burkitt, 55, had been sentenced to a minimum of 20 years in prison after killing Joanne Hemingway in a ‘revenge … Read more
Ex-girlfriend of ‘Babes in the Wood’ child murderer Russell Bishop is charged with perjury over evidence in trial that saw him acquitted 31 years before he finally faced justice Russell Bishop sexually assaulted and killed Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows The murderer was wrongly cleared at a trial in 1987, a year after the murders … Read more
Ex-girlfriend of ‘Babes in the Wood’ child murderer Russell Bishop is charged with perjury over evidence in trial that saw him acquitted 31 years before he finally faced justice Russell Bishop sexually assaulted and killed Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows The murderer was wrongly cleared at a trial in 1987, a year after the murders … Read more