Murder on the Doorstep- the shooting of Alistair Wilson
Dec 1, 2019 23:37:30 GMT
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Post by hi224 on Dec 1, 2019 23:37:30 GMT
It was a quiet night in the Wilson household on Sunday the 28th of November, 2004. Living in an attractive grey stone house in the Scottish seaside town of Nairn, 30 year old Alistair Wilson and his wife Veronica were enjoying a comfortable life with their two young children. Alistair had a secure job working as a banker at HBOS; Veronica worked as a graphic designer. They had been married for six years after a whirlwind romance and had moved to Nairn for Alistair's job. They had friends in the town and actually had two guests staying that Sunday: a friend's eighteen-month-old baby and Veronica's father, Ronnie. According to everything I could find, the Wilsons seemed like a very normal family. Nobody could have predicted how that Sunday night would end.
It was dark outside as Alistair sat both his sons on his lap to read them a bedtime story. Veronica was also upstairs, sorting laundry. The doorbell rang. Veronica assumed it was their friends, arriving as scheduled to collect their baby. She answered the door, but waiting outside was a man she didn't know. He was stocky, and he wore a baseball cap that shaded most of his face. The man asked for her husband by name: Alistair Wilson. Veronica felt no sense of unease. She walked upstairs to fetch Alistair, who appeared confused but not alarmed. He went down to the door without hesitation, leaving Veronica with the children.
A few moments later, he returned, apparently puzzled. He was carrying a small, empty, blue envelope. The envelope was addressed to "Paul". After discussing the strange matter with Veronica for a few minutes, Alistair went back downstairs to check if the man had left. There was quiet. Then Veronica heard three loud bangs. She ran downstairs to find Alistair lying on the ground. He had been shot twice in the head and once in the heart. The man in the baseball cap was just visible, walking away down the road. Alistair died shortly afterwards. The gun used to murder Alistair Wilson was discovered down a drain across town ten days later by a council worker. The gun was identified as a rare antique known as a "pocket pistol", or a Haenel Schmeisser semi-automatic. Manufactured in the 1920s in Germany, only 11 have been recovered in the UK over the past decade; they were typically brought back as trophies by soldiers who fought in WWII. The small size of the gun makes it very easy to conceal.
Part II will be coming shortly. I really appreciate you reading! A full list of sources follow (again, apologies for the formatting):
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-42056011
www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/detectives-repeat-appeal-for-information-on-15th-anniversary-of-alistair-wilson-murder-187156/
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_doorstep_murder_alistair_wilson
It was dark outside as Alistair sat both his sons on his lap to read them a bedtime story. Veronica was also upstairs, sorting laundry. The doorbell rang. Veronica assumed it was their friends, arriving as scheduled to collect their baby. She answered the door, but waiting outside was a man she didn't know. He was stocky, and he wore a baseball cap that shaded most of his face. The man asked for her husband by name: Alistair Wilson. Veronica felt no sense of unease. She walked upstairs to fetch Alistair, who appeared confused but not alarmed. He went down to the door without hesitation, leaving Veronica with the children.
A few moments later, he returned, apparently puzzled. He was carrying a small, empty, blue envelope. The envelope was addressed to "Paul". After discussing the strange matter with Veronica for a few minutes, Alistair went back downstairs to check if the man had left. There was quiet. Then Veronica heard three loud bangs. She ran downstairs to find Alistair lying on the ground. He had been shot twice in the head and once in the heart. The man in the baseball cap was just visible, walking away down the road. Alistair died shortly afterwards. The gun used to murder Alistair Wilson was discovered down a drain across town ten days later by a council worker. The gun was identified as a rare antique known as a "pocket pistol", or a Haenel Schmeisser semi-automatic. Manufactured in the 1920s in Germany, only 11 have been recovered in the UK over the past decade; they were typically brought back as trophies by soldiers who fought in WWII. The small size of the gun makes it very easy to conceal.
Part II will be coming shortly. I really appreciate you reading! A full list of sources follow (again, apologies for the formatting):
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-42056011
www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/detectives-repeat-appeal-for-information-on-15th-anniversary-of-alistair-wilson-murder-187156/
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_doorstep_murder_alistair_wilson