In August 1966, two weeks after England won the World Cup, and four
miles from Wembley Stadium, Harry Roberts and his associates gunned down
three unarmed police detectives in front of dozens of primary school
children. The nation was outraged and struggled to understand what had
happened. Roberts had served in the special forces during the conflict
in Malaya and claimed he was assigned to kill selected targets. He
returned to the UK keen to continue such work in civilian life, but he
was rejected by the two gangs that dominated the London Criminal
Underworld in the 1960s, the Krays and the Richardsons. Prophetically,
they considered him to be too violent. Following the Shepherd's Bush
Massacre, Roberts' accomplices, John Witney and John Duddy, were quickly
arrested, but Roberts went to ground, using the survival and camouflage
skills that he had learned in the British Army. Harry Roberts and
Foxtrot One-One covers every detail of the investigation and manhunt
that followed, from arrest, trial and imprisonment to Roberts' eventual
(and controversial) release. One of the most notorious crimes of the
20th century. The case that led to the police firearms training
arrangements seen today. Looks at the tragic impact on the victims'
families. By a former senior Metropolitan Police armed officer.
