A Thorn in Their Side

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Robert Green

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Paperback / softback

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In 1984, at the age of 78, Hilda Murrell was found brutally murdered in the Shropshire countryside. She had just gained approval to testify to the unsolved problems of radioactive waste at the first British planning inquiry into a new nuclear power plant in Sizewell, Suffolk. The police theory that a lone, panicking burglar robbed and abducted Hilda in her own car for petty cash erupted into a sensational political conspiracy. This involved the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s plans for British nuclear energy and the controversial sinking of the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano in the 1982 Falklands War. It took the West Mercia Police until 2005 to secure the conviction of Andrew George. In 1984 he was a 16-year-old truant from a local foster home who could not drive. Now her nephew Robert Green has written this story of his extraordinary pursuit of the truth about how and why his beloved aunt met such a violent and bizarre death.

Author Biography:

Robert Green served for 20 years in the Royal Navy from 1962-82. As a Fleet Air Arm observer/ bombardier-navigator, he flew in Buccaneer nuclear strike aircraft and anti-submarine helicopters. On promotion to Commander in 1978, he worked in the Ministry of Defence before his final appointments as Staff Officer (Intelligence) to the Commander-in-Chief Fleet. Having taken voluntary redundancy in 1981, he was released after the 1982 Falklands War, and trained as a roof thatcher in Dorset. In 1984, the murder of his beloved aunt and mentor Hilda Murrell led him to examine and then challenge the hazards of nuclear electricity generation. This, plus the break-up of the Soviet Union, followed by the 1991 Gulf War caused him to speak out against nuclear weapons, the first ex-Commander with nuclear weapons experience to do so.

Release date Australia

August 8th, 2013

Author

Robert Green

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

288

Dimensions

132x198x26

ISBN-13

9781782194286

Product ID

21210734

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