Grounds for Appeal (2011)
“It had a high stone wall and an entrance which looked as if it should have ‘Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here’ carved above it. With a bad reputation even among English prisons, both for the prisoners’ living conditions and the degree of violence of both inmates and warders, it was often in the news for one scandal or other.
Given the now major status of the death of the bog man – and the possible involvement of one of Birmingham’s most notorious gang leaders – the Assistant Chief Constable ha...d pulled enough strings with the prison authorities to get a rapid approval for his detectives to interview Billy Blair that day.
As DI Hartnell and Sergeant Rickman waited in the cold outside the wicket gate in the massive main doors, the inspector asked Tom if he knew Blair, as the convict had been incarcerated before Hartnell had arrived in this part of the city.
‘Yes, a real toerag is Billy Blair,’ growled the sergeant. ‘One of Doyle’s gang from way back. He’s done a couple of stretches before, mainly for assault and obtaining money by menaces.MoreLess
Given the now major status of the death of the bog man – and the possible involvement of one of Birmingham’s most notorious gang leaders – the Assistant Chief Constable ha...d pulled enough strings with the prison authorities to get a rapid approval for his detectives to interview Billy Blair that day.
As DI Hartnell and Sergeant Rickman waited in the cold outside the wicket gate in the massive main doors, the inspector asked Tom if he knew Blair, as the convict had been incarcerated before Hartnell had arrived in this part of the city.
‘Yes, a real toerag is Billy Blair,’ growled the sergeant. ‘One of Doyle’s gang from way back. He’s done a couple of stretches before, mainly for assault and obtaining money by menaces.MoreLess
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