Murder on the Common: The Secret Story of the Murder That Shocked a Nation (Blake's True Crime Library)

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In February 1998 Mr Pedder started working as a private investigator for an Iranian businessman living in London. Colin said: “Lizzie’s career and that of Keith Pedder both collapsed after the case, but Britton’s career seemed to carry on unaffected, despite his methods being shown to be flawed. A professionally qualified chartered electrical and mechanical engineer, with operational and commercial energy expertise, Keith has key strengths in energy performance contracting, grid scale solar, grid scale battery, EV charging, hybrid battery/solar and gas engine solutions.

Colin told the Sunday Mirror: “If I can find a solicitor to take the case, I would like to take him to court now.After Mr Pedder's arrest and before the trial DC Blackman was investigated by CIB for an allegedly corrupt relationship with a tabloid journalist. The man wrongly accused of murdering young mum Rachel Nickell today vows to sue the Scotland Yard “cracker” behind a police plot to jail him for the crime. It also makes you realise how difficult a job the Police have, and, in this particular case, how they took Rachel to their hearts. Colin said: “We’ll just do it at a registry office and then go on honeymoon to Cornwall, which is a place we both love. The evidential spine of his book is the Met's secret report on the undercover aspects of Operation Edzell, which Mr Pedder photocopied and kept hidden away.

If the trial had gone ahead, Mr Pedder's defence team would have referred to the tape and could have subpoenaed the retired policeman to give evidence against DC Blackman. It reveals information that has hitherto been withheld, and spectacularly prints letters from the police involved in the operation to the chief suspect that will astonish the reader and bring the details of this terrible case right back into the public eye. Known in the Met for speaking his mind, Mr Pedder said: "There must be great concern at New Scotland Yard with regard to what I may have written. This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees.No one could have imagined that when Rachel Nickell went for a walk on Wimbledon Common with her son, it would have resulted in such an appalling crime.