Bellman

I noticed on this thread that beside local knowledge a lot of information relies on Wikipedia. I have studied Neilson's case over the years and have contributed to Wikipedia, in part this is to paint a true picture of this evil man. Neilson in my view was a complete liar in court, he really thought he could pull the wool and most police officers who were involved agreed. One thing that always bothered me is I think his wife Irene was more involved over the years than was let on and he covered for her. Perhaps Irene was not involved in the direct action of her husbands major crimes, however

The Notts police did very well to catch this complete nutter on the way to commit another crime. My understanding this was probably a public house.

He actually killed 4 people 2 of them were sub postmasters.

Thank you for that link which i have read. Im not sure if people from Mansfield are aware but Neilson actually broke in about 15 houses a couple of weeks before getting caught there. This would have been Nov/Dec 1975. Its unthinkable that during these burglarys he would have been armed.

Hi, Im doing some research on the Black Panther Donald Neilson. He will mostly be remembered for the kidnap and murder of Lesley whittle, this was a nasty crime. Also the robbery of sub post offices during the early hours where if confronted would kill in a blink. Neilson also burgled houses and other propertys. He used a method to drill holes in the old casement windows to release the catches. He was active in the Notts area, in fact he commited many crimes here. Was you one of his victims or know anyone who was? This was probably between 1970-75 but possibly even before. Thanks for any info