Detectives were set to arrest a prime suspect in the 20-year unsolved murder of banker Alistair Wilson before the operation was scrapped at the last moment, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
The murder of Alistair Wilson, 30, in the Scottish Highlands remains unsolved. Detectives believe the answer lies within his personal life and is not connected to his employment with the Bank of Scotland.
The family of murdered banker Alistair Wilson have lodged a complaint with police over the investigation - accusing officers of lying about the inquiry s progress.
because of the size of it. just being down the drain, i thought someone was pulling a sickjoke after what had happened. but then once we lifted it out, i felt the weight of the gun and, in fact, realised it was real. the gun that killed alistair was found half a mile from the wilson family home. it wasn t a weapon you d expect to be used in a murder. it s a haenel suhl model one pocket pistol, built in the 1920s or 1930s in the czech republic. as you ll see from it and the size of my hands, when i put my hand around the grip, i can only get one fingeraround the grip of the pistol. it s extremely small. ten days in and finding the gun the first time is just, thought that was amazing, that was it, this is it. it would be solved. but no dna was found on the gun
i thought it was a toy, because of the size of it. just being down the drain, i thought someone was pulling a sickjoke after what had happened. but then once we lifted it out, i felt the weight of the gun and, in fact, realised it was real. the gun that killed alistair was found half a mile from the wilson family home. it wasn t a weapon you d expect to be used in a murder. it s a haenel suhl model one pocket pistol, built in the 1920s or 1930s in the czech republic. as you ll see from it and the size of my hands, when i put my hand around the grip, i can only get one finger around the grip of the pistol. it s extremely small. ten days in and finding the gun the first time is just, thought that was amazing, that was it, this is it. it would be solved. but no dna was found on the gun