#321 - 'Fat Fred' - Part 1 of 2 (Frederick Joseph Sewell, Blackpool / Islington)

This is Part One of Two of 'Fat Fred'. This is Part One of Two of 'Fat Fred'.

On Tuesday 29th of September 1971, Malcolm Heaysman, co-owner of a fancy-dress shop in Islington was brutally murdered outside of his remote farmhouse in Gwynfe near Llangadog, Carmarthenshire. Being 40 days into a 45 day man hunt, Police were seeking Britain’s no1 villain infamously known as ‘Fat Fred’ having stolen £3.2 million in a jewellery heist, and in a 3 mile car chase, he sparked a national outrage by killing a policeman, and attempting to kill three others. But what connected him to the murder of this mild-mannered fancy-dress shop owner?

• · Location #1: Beck’s Carnival Novelties, 139 Upper Street, Islington, London, W1
• · Location #2: Godre Waun, Llangadog, Carmarthenshire, Wales, SA19
• · Date: Tuesday 29th of September 1971, post 9pm (murder)
• · Victims: Malcolm Heaysman
• · Culprits: ?

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