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Avon and Somerset police to be sued over botched art heist investigation
The main suspect in Britain’s longest running murder investigation is seeking damages following his acquittal over the stolen art collection of cider baron and former Tory MP Esmond Bulmer.
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Part three: A Somerset cider baron’s stolen art collection, heroin from Pakistan, two collapsed cases and a rinsed taxpayer
The tale of how stolen art belonging to a cider baron and former MP was recovered by a man acquitted of the murder of Daniel Morgan.
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Part two: The troubled cop bent on solving the UK’s longest running murder case, and a key player in the phone hacking scandal
An art heist in Somerset, the UK’s longest running murder case, and the phone hacking scandal - three sensational stories weave into one.
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Part one: The axe murder suspect, Somerset Tory cider baron and botched art heist police probe
Dark Arts is a tale of private investigators, corruption, political pressure, Pakistani heroin and a mansion in the Somerset hills.
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Episode 4: Tattoo parlours, nightclubs and firebombs – how businesses were blackmailed
By Alon Aviram and Michael Gillard
In the last episode of the Cornerman, the Cable lifts the lid on protection rackets from London to Bristol, revealing how local businesses were forced to pay gangsters for security.
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Episode 3: A disappearance, two murders and a hole in the ground
By Michael Gillard and Alon Aviram
Two murders and a disappearance: How the Cornerman slipped through the net.
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The cornerman cast of characters
By Alon Aviram and Michael Gillard
Meet the players in a vast criminal network linking Bristol to London.
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Episode 2: Bangers and mash, football and boxing
By Alon Aviram and Michael Gillard
The gangster jailed for drugs and blackmail who courted footballers, boxers and MMA fighters.
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Episode 1: Unmasking The Cornerman
By Michael Gillard and Alon Aviram
This Bristol Cable investigation exposes one of Britain’s most elusive organised crime bosses after two decades in the shadows.
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Relative of Bristol Brink’s-Mat gangster jailed as part of organised crime ring
By Michael Gillard and Alon Aviram
10 men including John 'Goldfinger' Palmer's son-in-law jailed for roles in extortion, drug dealing and blackmail gang.
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