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Best friends Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman went missing on Sunday 4th August 2002 in the sleepy village of Soham, Southern England. Desperate searches were made by police, locals and service men from the local air base. As appeals where made on TV, one of the men appealing for their safe return was Ian Huntley. Unaware, the parents made a plea with Huntley stood side by side. Huntley was holding a terrible secret, he was the abductor and murderer of the girls. This book takes an in depth look at Ian Huntley and the hunt for the missing girls, his arrest and every detail of those terrible days in Soham. The trial is covered in full as Huntley tried to wriggle out of what he did as well as the false alibis given by his girlfriend Maxine Carr, who was to become the most hated woman in Britain. After his conviction, Huntley was brutally attacked in prison and had his throat cut, every detail of this twisted, sick man is covered in this book.
The full and detailed story of the hunt and capture of Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe. All the facts about the victims and the murders, the home life of Sutcliffe and full and detailed police accounts of his confession and court apperarence. Everything you need to know about this most brutal of serial killers, and his murders / attempted murders plus the full account of the red herring that led the Police up the wrong path and allowed Sutcliffe to carry on Murdering and maiming when he should have been safely and easily caught long before.
History of the Ulster Volunteer Force from its birth to defend Ulster against home rule, its major part in the battles of France in world war one, it's reincarnation into the fierce and ruthless paramilitary machine during the troubles that took on the Irish Republican terrorists on all fronts and what it's role is today.
They used to call it the English disease. Football Hooliganism was rampant on the terraces of English clubs through the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s and is still very much alive today but on a different level. Over the last decade Europe's football clubs have took on the mantle and brought new levels of violence to the terraces. Knifes, hatchets and even guns have been used on some of Europe's football battlegrounds. this book is a shocking A - Z of Europe's most feared Hooligans and Ultras.
Drawing on research from Britain, Europe, Argentina and the USA this volume examines the culture and loyalties of soccer players and crowds and their relationships to social order, disorder and violence. This informative and accessible book will be of interest to students of Sport Science and to all of those who love the game of soccer.
Focusing on a number of contemporary research themes and placing them within the context of palpable changes that have occurred within football in recent years, this timely collection brings together essays about football, crime and fan behaviour from leading experts in the fields of criminology, law, sociology, psychology and cultural studies.
A Guide to British television programmes shown at Christmas time, throughout the years.