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The Twist #12
The trial was to stay in Cork and as with all criminal cases it began with an opening statement from the prosecution. When it was announced that Don would be facing a single charge of possession of ammunition the packed rows of media immediately began to thin: this was not the trial they had been…
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The Twist #11
When Don Blaney had recounted what was occurring to Joan Deitch, who had carried out the final edit of my debut novel, she was outraged. Joan is a demure and quietly-spoken Englishwoman who has also edited countless best-selling novels by the likes of Jackie Collins, Josephine Cox and the crime writer Martina Cole – to…
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Yardies and Even More Badness
Unfortunately, with the passing of time the Yardie has become something of aromanticized figure but if you were living in the West Midlands when the Yardies werearound you would know that they were viewed as anything but. Theirs was a reign ofterror that was relatively short; a bit like many of their lives as individuals.…
Ralph Robb 