Right now, the true crime documentary everyone is watching is Nail Bomber: Manhunt on Netflix. It covers the 1999 London nail bombings, and the subsequent manhunt for the man behind them: David Copeland.
The bombings took place over three weekends in April that year, and resulted in the deaths of three people and injured 140 others. Copeland targeted Black, Bangladeshi and gay communities and was found after CCTV footage of his first attack was released and an undercover member of far-right political groups identified him as being in the images.
The Netflix documentary contains powerful interviews from those closest to the case. It’s been 22 years since the attacks happened, so here’s where everyone featured in Nail Bomber: Manhunt on Netflix is now.
Essex Boys associate pretended to be a blonde called Patsy to trap nail bomb killer
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Essex Boys associate pretended to be a blonde called Patsy to trap nail bomb killer
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At just 22 years of age, he prompted terror in April 1999 when he detonated three homemade nail bombs in London, one in Brixton Market, one in Brick Lane in the East End, and the final bomb at the Admiral Duncan pub in Soho. His bombs killed three people and injured 140.
Following the third nail bomb on Friday, 30th April 1999, Copeland was arrested by police and charged with murder. He confessed to the crimes, and attempted to plead guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. His plea was not accepted – in part because of letters he had written to a woman named Patsy while on remand, in which he stated he had “fooled all the doctors” into believing he was mentally ill.