Season 4 - Episode 17

DESCRIPTION:

He had already spent much of his teenage years in and out of facilities for youth offenders. Edinburgh-born Alastair Thompson, at only eighteen years old, was about to commit a heinous crime that would see him put behind bars for over a decade and a half. 

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COURT DOCUMENTS and information from the following news organisations were referenced in this episode: Newcastle Journal, Irish Independent, Aberdeen Evening Express, Aberdeen Press and Journal, Liverpool Echo, Herald Scotland, Evening Telegraph, The Courier and The Sun. 

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MUSIC: 

Relapse by White Hex

Virtual Light by Houses of Heaven

Breathing Planet by Doug Maxwell

Underworld by Myuu

Ether Real by Density & Time

Lullabye by Density & Time

Gaia in Fog by Dan Bodan

For R&S by Density & Time

Timelapsed Tides by Asher Fulero

Spookster by Wayne Jones

All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

REFERENCES:

NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES

Newcastle Journal - Friday 1 January 1993

Irish Independent - Saturday 2 January 1993

Aberdeen Evening Express - Wednesday 6 January 1993

Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 12 January 1993

Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 6 May 1993

Aberdeen Press and Journal - Friday 7 May 1993

Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 11 May 1993

Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 12 May 1993

Aberdeen Press and Journal - Friday 14 May 1993

Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 5 August 1993

Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 10 August 1993

Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 5 August 1993

Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 1 December 1993

Liverpool Echo - Friday 27 May 1994

DIGITAL ARTICLES

HERALD SCOTLAND

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12628805.murderer-who-cut-up-his-victim-gets-life/

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12629195.brutal-killing-that-cast-the-shadows-of-a-twilight-world/ 

EVENING TELEGRAPH

https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/gordon-dunbar-murder-brother-victim-still-haunted-dundee-law/

THE COURIER

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/dundee/571165/whenever-ive-heard-expression-pure-evil-last-25-years-ive-thought-alastair-thompson/

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/115827/fatal-accident-inquiry-planned-over-death-of-law-killer-alastair-thompson/ 

THE SUN

https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/448733/killers-letter-taunt-to-victims-brother/ 

FREE LIBRARY

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https://www.thefreelibrary.com/KILLER+DESIGNS+CROSS+T-SHIRT+FOR+KIDS%27+TRIP+TO+MEET+POPE%3B+Knifeman...-a089818777 

BOOKS

The Law Killers: True Crime from Dundee by Alexander McGregor

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