Real Crime: The Heiress & the Kidnapper Part 3

Former Detective Chief Superintendent Bob Booth recalls the hunt for multiple killer Donald Neilson, the so-called Black Panther, whose reign of terror culminated in the kidnap and murder of teenage heiress Lesley Whittle in 1975. Only after Neilson's arrest did it emerge that he had previously killed three sub-postmasters and a security guard, and carried out hundreds of armed robberies.

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[Bodaniel7]

Lesley weighed only 98lbs when found. Her stomach and intestines were completely empty and she had not eaten for a considerable time. She had lost a lot of weight and was emaciated. IN THREE DAYS? Even if Neilson had not fed her there would not have been time for that deterioration - one only has to remember how long the Ulster hunger strikers lasted in the 80s. Neilson left Lesley alive. He panicked and fled without going back down the shaft. Lesley was alive for several days afterwards.

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Now in his seventies, Neilson continues to serve his sentence at HMP Norwich[4] and remains one of Britain's longest-serving prisoners.

On 29 June 2008, it was revealed that Neilson has Motor Neurone Disease, a progressive and fatal disease...

Hope the cunt suffers till the day he dies ..nothing but a total cunt.

[leedumett444]

neilson is now in hell, ha, ha, burn in hell scum.

[maygoodcometous1]

@longhairfan a "black and white"...a police car that is black and white, like a panda bear...:):):)

[norandrostenedione]

This monster killed her. Why would he leave her alive so she could Identify him?

[longhairfan]

Whats a panda car?

[Dr1Canuckchuck]

It's a wonder anyone gets caught doing anything illegal in this part of England. These cops were unbelievably inept, and Leslie paid the price. If this weren't such a tragic event it would be worthy of a comic strip.

RIP, Leslie.

[shonedwards1]

What a tragic event! What a lot of police blunders! The British have the tenderest hearts on earth (you can see from their horrid reaction to violence -- I know, having lived amongst them for 3 years), but it's too bad that all this had to happen.

[NinaHoney3]

@sianchild Me tooooo!

[MrHendrix1959]

this makes the keystone cops look like sherlock holmes!

[TheWolfie6]

There was another member of the public who helped to overpower Neilson called Keith Wood who has sadly died,he had studied karate and delivered a karate chop to Neilson's neck to subdue him,both He and Roy Morris were given a reward by the Post Office .Tony White & Stuart Mckenzie were given the Queens Gallantry Medal,Wally Boreham has also died since this documentary was made

[Bodaniel7]

@girl92love She wasn't without fluids. She had a half bottle of brandy - found in the shaft - and drinking water. We know this because Neilson caught out his own lawyers when they asked him how Lesley's drinking water had been transported from Bradford. He told them that as intelligent men they surely realised all water has a fingerprint which could be traced to its area of origin and that he had got the water from a service station on the motorway.