Martin Weedon obituary
Martin Weedon learned business skills while setting up charity shops for the Divine Light Mission, and started the successful Piano Warehouse
Martin Weedon learned business skills while setting up charity shops for the Divine Light Mission, and started the successful Piano Warehouse
CordeliaWeedon
Thu 7 Jan 2021 09.20 EST
Last modified on Fri 5 Feb 2021 13.45 EST
My brother Martin Weedon, who has died aged 67 from cancer, was founder of the highly successful Piano Warehouse, providing pianos for musicians and celebrities.
Martin and a colleague, Mike Neill, set up a business together in 1977, starting with secondhand furniture and pianos. This evolved into piano renovation, and then became the Piano Warehouse, based in Surbiton, Surrey. In the 1980s it expanded into importing modern pianos. Over many successful years, the business provided instruments to musicians including Oasis, Coldplay, George Solti and John Ogdon, and other well-known figures, incl
jerry cane and his son, joe, are dead. whether it s mike neill s gun that silences the duo is not certain. other officers were also firing at them. there were bullet holes that went through the top, right above my head. i took multiple rounds into the grill, the hood, through the dash, the windshield. everywhere i was sitting in the truck was shot. there s no reason i shouldn t have been shot. it s obvious that mike neill was a hero in this case. had those two got out of that van and got in walmart, there is untold how many lives would have been lost. still, the question remains why all this happened in the first place. the west memphis police discover that jerry and joe cane were radical right members of the sovereign citizens movement. the canes traveled america giving seminars on how to avoid following some of the laws of this country. this video was posted on youtube by one of the seminar s participants who wanted to spread their message. you re being lied to just so we can
we are affected and will be affected until the day we die by brandon s death. with the suspects on the loose, an all-out manhunt begins. 911. there s a white van sitting here in the parking lot at walmart. less than a mile from the shooting, the white van is spotted in a walmart parking lot. gunfire erupts between the suspects in the van and other police officers. then out of nowhere comes mike neill, an arkansas wildlife officer who has his police scanner on. i pulled my m-4 up, and i was driving towards the suspects. i was holding the steering wheel with my left hand and the m-4 with my right, and i drove straight towards him. i made the decision at that point to ram the van to shut it down. the suspects begin firing, spraying neill s truck with bullets. within a matter of minutes, it s all over.
there were bullet hole that is went through the top, right above my head. i took multiple rounds into the grill, the hood, through the dash, the windshield. everywhere i was sitting in the truck was shot. there s no reason i shouldn t have been shot. it s obvious that mike neill was a hero in this case. had those two got out of that van and got in walmart, there is untold how many lives would have been lost. still, the question remains why all this happened in the first place. the west memphis police discover that jerry and joe cane were radical right members of the sovereign citizens movement, the canes traveled america giving seminars on how to avoid following some of the laws of this country. this video was posted on youtube by one of the seminar s participants who wanted to spread their message. you re being lied to just so we can wrap our hands around your throat. they don t have to go by any rules of this country.
loose, an all-out manhunt begins. 911. there s a white van here and here at walmart. less than a mile from the shooting, the white van is spotted in a walmart parking lot. gunfire erupts between the suspects in the van and other police officers. then, out of nowhere comes mike neill, an arkansas wildlife officer who has his police scanner on. i pulled my m-4 up, and i was driving towards the suspects. i was holding the steering wheel with my left hand and the m-4 with my right, and i drove straight towards him. i made the decision at that point to ram the van to shut it down. the suspects begin firing spraying neill s truck with bullets. within a matter of minutes it s all over. jerry cane and his son joe are dead. whether it s mike neill s gun that silences the duo is not certain. other officers were also firing at them.