Brink’s-MAT / Spinal Tap Drummer Syndrome.

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It appears that another individual associated with the Brink's-MAT bullion malarky has suffered a high-velocity-lead-poisoning gardening accident.

Murder hunt launched after death of infamous criminal John 'Goldfinger' Palmer

It does seem odd that the initial police description of his demise was due to 'natural causes', and only now it transpires that he was shot in the chest.

Are the original rozzers who decided this was a peaceful demise due to natural causes still on the case?

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rohrl said:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11730...

DT article said:

Gangster John 'Goldfinger' Palmer 'suffered six gunshot wounds'

John "Goldfinger" Palmer, one of Britain's most notorious criminals, suffered six gunshot wounds when he was killed in his garden, it has emerged.
The gangland figure, who was linked to the Brinks-Mat robbery, was reportedly shot in the back and both arms as well as suffering fatal chest wounds...

Six gunshot wounds. That's SIX gunshot wounds.

The Telegraph said:

Police sources have since said the murder bore all the hallmarks of a professional hit

Well, I suppose that means that there was at least *some* professional involvement in the whole affair.

Everyone else involved seems to have been some form of amateur clown or outright chimp.

The Telegraph said:

But despite suffering six wounds, only five bullets have been recovered, according to The Times, as police continue to search the garden of his home in South Weald, near Brentwood, Essex.

My money is on the missing bullet still being in the back garden, painstakingly mounted on a six-foot high illuminated crystal display plinth, underneath a large flashing neon sign saying "Oi, Rozzers! - missing bullet here", and possibly fitted with a 120db/m bright red klaxon which sounds every 30 seconds.