Roger Ormsby was found shot dead in his BMW in January 2000. Jason helped a garage owner and drug dealer called Roger Ormsby buy a garage worth £200000 for £86000 from Mr X. One man was acquitted, Jason Gillard and Jason was a colourful character. His garage had been robbed of £40,000 of equipment.īy the time three men were tried for kidnapping in December 1999 it was explained to the jury that Alan Rosser had died “in an unrelated incident.” Which makes you think that either Alan was enormously unlucky or that the incidents weren’t all that unrelated. He had been kidnapped by ten men, beaten with iron bars and left by the side of the M55.
Was he involved in drug-trafficking? Did he owe money? In the words of the detective leading the investigation he was: “Well known to DJs and door staff.” He was a keen clubber going to clubs in Manchester, Sheffield and Wolverhampton. Alan Rosser, 34, had a conviction involving cannabis. It is the only case I know about in Blackpool that was a contract killing. In November 1999 Alan Rosser was shot in the head at his garage in back Eaves Street. Frank Chivers was murdered on 11 August 2015 at his home in Walter Robinson Court following a fight with another addict about money. In spite of Frank’s rows with Paige they may have loved one another. This gave the Police the evidence needed to scrutinise Robert Ewing.įrank Chivers had lost his wife Sheila and his daughter. Gareth had confessed to his girlfriend’s 16 year old son under the influence of cannabis. Gareth Dewhurst was convicted of helping dispose of the body. Paige was last seen at the bus-stop in Bispham with an older man.Įventually Robert Ewing was convicted of the murder of Paige Chivers. Robert Ewing welcomed Paige and other young girls to his home in Bispham where they took drugs. Paige used amphetamines, cannabis and alcohol. They had an argument over money… and Paige stormed off into the welcoming home of Robert Ewing. Perhaps to deal with unbearable grief both Paige and her father turned to drugs. The world he offered was a world of peace and calm contrasted with life at home where her father managed to reprimand her for using drugs whilst using use drugs. Robert Ewing far right paedophile had befriended Paige Chivers. When I wrote City of Darkest Night I wrote about the death of Paige Chivers: “Her (Paige’s) father was murdered in an unrelated incident.” Briefly Paige was murdered by Robert Ewing and her body has never been recovered. We know from girls of a similar age that drugs were part of their lifestyle. The unreality and euphoria of amphetamines might nable the hectic sleazy life involving many older white men and take away workers… on two occasions she was driven to northern towns and was paid after encounters with take-away staff. You can see a contrast between the earlier and later Charlene.Īmphetamines are available and cheap, they are an appetite suppressant and cause dental problems. Thanks to a moderator of Real Justice for Charlene for pointing this out to me. She has been murdered and her body never been found.ĭid Charlene Downes use amphetamines? The latest photographs show her as gaunt and Stuart Diamond found Chris Hartley wondering the streets in the early hours and lured him to Stuart’s flat in Park Road where Stuart Diamond decapitated Chris Hartley and dismembered his body in the bathroom and then carried the body in three parts to a bin at the back of the New Century Hotel in Reads Avenue.ĬHARLENE DOWNES, PAIGE CHIVERS, FRANK CHIVERS 2003- 2015Ĭharlene Downes disappeared on November 30 2003. He took to taking heroin and cannabis and lost his job and his girlfriend and became homeless. He had found a job on the Pleasure Beach and had a girlfriend. Chris was from Burnley and he had come to Blackpool looking for work. Tony Lees has an elaborate tombstone in Layton Cemetery where he is buried with his sister who drowned at Norcross.Ĭhris Hartley was only 17 when he was murdered by Stuart Diamond. Tony was described as a “punk rocker” and a “skinhead.” Alan Biggs admitted in court that he was “a layabout.” Alan Biggs was found not guilty however a man who was involved in attempting to conceal the weapon was jailed for 18 months for supplying morphine to 25 year old Aidan MacFarlane who died. Tony Lees 26 of King Street was fatally stabbed in a house in Park Road on October 18, 1980. The first drugs death that I know about was in 1895 when Jane Nicholson aged 37 died after taking opium which she bought at a shop in Foxhall. Not an account of drugs in Blackpool but a sketch of how drugs have played in life and crime in Blackpool.
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