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The Black Widower by Charles Lavery

@charleslavery — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:03:03 +0000

Malcolm John Webster is currently serving 30 years in a Scottish prison - a longer sentence than the Lockerbie Bomber was handed - after a life of crime that spanned the globe and raked in hundreds of thousands of pounds.

He had the cars, the yachts and the status symbols of the rich but the "accident" that claimed the life of his first wife Claire was coming back to haunt him. Cutting edge science and dogged police and forensic work was piecing together the true story of Malcolm's life.

It involved murder, fire, fraud, theft and poisoning. He was a Black Widower who had already tried to kill a second wife on the other side of the world as well as plot the death of a third fiancee.

I broke the original world exclusive about Webster in the Sunday Mail newspaper and have followed it ever since. In The Black Widower I speak to the experts, the scientists and police officers responsible for putting Malcolm Webster behind bars for the rest of his life.

It's out on July 5 2012 and published by Mainstream. If you follow the link, thanks! If not, you can't say I didn't try.

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The Black Widower. Published July 5.

@charleslavery — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:19:15 +0000

I broke the world exclusive story on Malcolm John Webster and his worldwide trail of destruction. If you like true crime, give it a try. http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/editions/the-black-widower-malcolm-webster-the-sociopathic-killer-whose-crimes-spanned-two-decades-and-three-continents/9781780575315#popup Ends

Operation Rubicon: Cop Arrested

@charleslavery — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:25:51 +0000

Exclusive A 47-year-old police officer was arrested last week as part of Strathclyde Police’s Operation Rubicon, the scoping inquiry into phone hacking, the Tommy Sheridan perjury case and police links to the media. The officer was based at Govan police office in Glasgow and is believed to work in an intelligence capacity. His home was [...]

“Bungling” Bomber’s Links to Loyalists and Crime Clan

@charleslavery — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:13:42 +0000

exclusive ONE of the “bungling” bombers who sent a letter bomb to Celtic manager Neil Lennon is a Catholic hating crime clan lieutenant who was targeted by elite cops. Neil McKenzie, far from being the amateur portrayed in court, was monitored by security services for his links to Loyalists and was known to elite crime [...]

Leveson Response

@charleslavery — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:34:02 +0000

A Police officer who complained to the Leveson Inquiry over a newspaper group’s collusion with a Scottish police force has been told he may be called to give a witness statement. As I reported earlier in my Cops & Bloggers update, the cop is pushing for answers after a massive operation against him collapsed in [...]

Leveson

@charleslavery — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:04:40 +0000

THE Leveson Inquiry is uncomfortable viewing for many in the trade who are even now attempting to rubbish or pour scorn on the evidence of those directly affected by media intrusion. There has been much made of celebrities lining up to baseball bat the tabloids, like that scene in Airplane when they form an orderly [...]

Sister Acts

@charleslavery — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:01:56 +0000

When Sister Mark Hollywood makes her way home through the hashish laden air of her San Salvador slum, it’s a good day if she doesn’t hear the crack of gunfire. “It’s not as regular as it once was, which can only be a good thing. It still happens, just not on a daily basis.” Her [...]

Pat Robertson: Evangelist Diamond Geezer

@charleslavery — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:22:11 +0000

I wrote the story below this preamble in 1999, just as the Bank of Scotland decided it would be a good idea to get into bed with a preacher cum politician called Pat Robertson. I was flown to the USA first class, at his and the bank’s expense, and stayed in a hotel owned by [...]

Rangers 2.0?

@charleslavery — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:16:58 +0000

COMPANY DETAILS Name & Registered Office: Company No.: 07821576 GLASGOW RANGERS LIMITED 1 BISHOPS COURT LINCOLNS INN LINCOLN ROAD CRESSEX BUSINESS PARK HIGH WYCOMBE ENGLAND HP123RE Date of Incorporation: 25/10/2011 Country of Origin: United Kingdom Status: Active Company Type: Private Limited Company Nature Of Business (SIC): None Supplied Accounting Reference Date: 31/10 Last Accounts Made [...]

Hands Across The Water

@charleslavery — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:17:50 +0000

AMPTHILL, Bedfordshire, England, Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — The Ministry of Defence has selected Lockheed Martin UK to lead a 642 million pounds ($1 billion) contract as part of the major 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) upgrade of the British Army’s Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle. Under the Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme (WCSP), Lockheed Martin UK [...]