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He Was Tied Up and Left to Die | Britain's 'Cruelest Crime'
Episode 30
Published 4 months, 1 week ago
Description
On Boxing Day 1995 in Camden Town, London, 53-year-old police-station mechanic Alan Holmes was brutally attacked.
He was bound, gagged and left face-down in his own flat, deprived of food and water for days before he was found alive – only to die the next day in hospital.
Yet despite arrests, his killers have never been charged.
For the documentary version see here https://youtu.be/dClSra8tmFA
(00:00) The Haunting Case of Alan Holmes
(00:47) Case Preview
(2:14) Who Was Alan Holmes?
(04:33) The Burglary Spree
(5:47) The Last Christmas Meal
(6:13) The Intruders Enter
(8:35) The Sadistic Ordeal
(9:38) The Killers Returned
(11:45) The Post Mortem
(12:39) Arrests Made
(14:24) DNA Breakthrough
(15:38) 20th Anniversary Appeal