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#81 Re: The Garden » The great unofficial GnRevolution meetup!!! » 916 weeks ago
Jimmy Zig Zag Bobiadis wrote:and yeah, anyone here on the board who happens to be in vegas, feel free to hit me up. i'm much more laid back in person than I am on a GnR board surrounded by Slash fans.
Same here, if any of you guys happen to be in Dundee, Scotland let me know
The only GNR fans I've met in person were Jarmo, Christos and Adz. They were all pretty sound though
wahey for Dundee! I used to live in (and my parents are still there) Cupar! mAy give you a bell next time I'm about up there.
Same goes for anyone visiting London, UK - drop me a PM anytime if you're visiting or planning a trip. I've met a few board peeps, all from HTGTH at various gigs - and we've always had a good time!
#82 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Australian Tour Dates Axed » 918 weeks ago
I hope they return and honour the Aussie shows soon. I sincerely hope this isnt the end for Vr as is being/will inevitably be speculated - I love seeing those guys live and wish them the best.
#83 Re: The Garden » Not a piss take, but... » 918 weeks ago
am afraid I dont have a car at the mo, otherwise I would offer. PM me though if you are stuck, I'll recommend you a great cab company you can book in advance with fixed fares.
#84 Re: The Garden » jarmos myspace page » 918 weeks ago
spot on james, thats exactly who is behind this. those guys need to unplug from the internet for a couple days and get some fresh air.
well said. and to james too. i dont think this fake myspace is necessary. Getting fresh air and getting offline for a bit is good advice!
#85 Re: The Sunset Strip » Extreme Reuniting For 2008 Album, Tour » 918 weeks ago
guess thats why nuno quit satellite party then. Only when I saw him with them this June in London did i even remember Extreme!
#86 Re: GN'R Downloads » (More) Use Your Illusion Demos » 919 weeks ago
thank you very much indeed x
#87 Re: The Garden » One of my stray cats just got killed » 919 weeks ago
I'm really sorry to hear that, James. that's really sad. animals bring so much joy - and it sounds like you brought joy to his life too, which is a great thing. Rip amos.
#88 Re: The Garden » Bodies of 2 girls missing for 16 years found buried in garden » 919 weeks ago
Tis indeed the self same guy.. he was working at the church in Glasgow. Its just been confirmed that the second body is that of Dinah McNicol (bbc news website)
this from wiki:
In 1993, Tobin attacked two 14-year old girls babysitting his son at his flat in Havant, Hampshire. After holding them at knifepoint and forcing them to drink strong cider and vodka, he sexually assaulted and raped them.[2][3] To avoid arrest, Tobin went on the run and hid in a religious retreat in Warwickshire under a false name, but he was recognised and arrested after appearing on the BBC Crimewatch programme.[4]
In 1994, at Winchester Crown Court, Tobin pleaded guilty, and received a 14 year prison sentence. He was released in 2004, and moved to Paisley, Renfrewshire.[4] In May 2007 he received a further 30-month sentence for breaching the terms of the Violent and Sex Offender Register from this case.[5]
Angelika Kluk murder
In September 2006, Peter Tobin was working as a church handyman at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Anderston, Glasgow. He had assumed the name "Pat McLaughlin" to avoid detection, as he was still on the Violent and Sex Offender Register, but not compliant with it, following his 1994 convictions for rape and assault.
Angelika Kluk was a 23-year-old Polish student from Skoczow, near Krakow in Poland. She was staying at the chapel house of St Patrick's Church, where she worked as a cleaner to help finance her Scandanavian Studies course at Gdansk University. She was last seen alive in the company of Peter Tobin on 24 September 2006, and is thought to have been attacked by him in the garage attached to St Patrick's chapel house. She was beaten, raped, and stabbed to death, then her body was concealed in an underground chamber beneath the floor near the confessional box in St. Patrick's Church. Forensic evidence suggested that she was still alive when she was placed under the floorboards.[6] Police found her body on 29 September, and Tobin was arrested in London shortly afterwards. He had been admitted to hospital under a false name, and with a fictitious complaint.[7][8][9]
Murder trial
The six-week trial resulted from the evidence gathered under the supervision of Detective Superintendent David Remis of Strathclyde Police and took place at the High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh, between 23 March and 4 May 2007.[10]
The trial judge was Lord Menzies, the prosecution was led by Advocate Depute Dorothy Bain, and the defence by Donald Findlay QC.[11] Tobin denied raping and murdering Ms Kluk and claimed she had consented to have sex with him.
Tobin was found guilty of raping and murdering Angelika Kluk and was sentenced to life imprisonment, to serve a minimum of 21 years. In sentencing Tobin, Judge Lord Menzies described him as "an evil man".[12]
Further Cases
Two cases are currently under investigation and full details are not available to the public.
Vicky Hamilton disappearance
In June 2007, Tobin's former home in Bathgate, West Lothian, was searched by police in connection with the disappearance of a 15-year old girl, Vicky Hamilton, who was last seen on 10 February 1991 as she waited for a bus home to Redding, near Falkirk. She had been visiting her older sister, Sharon, in Livingston, West Lothian and was waiting to change buses in Bathgate. The last sighting of her was as she ate a bag of chips on a bench in the town centre. Tobin is believed to have left the town a few days after her disappearance.[13]
On 21 July 2007, Lothian and Borders Police released a statement that they had "arrested, cautioned and charged a male in connection with the matter", but did not immediately confirm the identity of the man arrested.[14] The investigation later led to a forensic search of a house in Southsea, Hampshire in early October 2007, where Tobin is believed to have lived shortly after leaving Bathgate.[15]
On 14 November 2007, Lothian and Borders Police confirmed that human remains found in the back garden of 50 Irvine Drive, a house in Margate, Kent, once occupied by Tobin were those of Vicky Hamilton.[16]
Dinah McNicol disappearance
Dinah McNicol from Tillingham, Essex, was last seen alive on 5 August 1991. She was hitchhiking home with a male companion from a music festival at Liphook, Hampshire. He was dropped off at Junction 8 of the M25 near Reigate, and she stayed in the car with the driver. She was never seen again. After her disappearance, regular withdrawals of £250 were made from her building society account at cash points in the UK South Coast counties of Hampshire and Sussex.
On 14 November 2007, human remains were found at 50 Irvine Drive in Margate, Kent,[17] where Tobin lived for nine months from March 1991. The remains were initially thought to be those of Dinah McNicol, but were later identified as those of Vicky Hamilton.
However, the remains of a second body later discovered on 16 November 2007 at the same property have since been provisionally identified as those of Dinah McNicol.[18]
Speculation
There is now speculation that Tobin may have murdered as many as ten women across the UK, with some reports speculating as many as eighteen. [19]
Cases include those of:
the three Bible John murders in the late 1960s in Glasgow.[20]
Jessie Earl, aged 22, from Eastbourne, who was last seen alive on 15 May 1980, and whose skeletal remains were found in bushes at Beachy Head in April 1989.[21]
Patsy Morris, aged 14, from Feltham, found strangled on Hounslow Heath, West London in June 1990.[22]
#89 Re: The Garden » Bodies of 2 girls missing for 16 years found buried in garden » 919 weeks ago
this guy has apparently lived in a number of houses around the country. Think he did a few council house swaps and the cops will search at all of them. Like you said LLL, it's good the families get some closure with the 2 discoveries - but chances are there is worse to come... his murder of Angelika Kluk was huge news last year, these poor girl's bodies being found is now leading to speculation that there could be as many as 10 or 18 more bodies in his other houses.
#90 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » VELVET REVOLVER Members Denied Japanese Visas; Tour Cancelled » 920 weeks ago
cool, well enjoy both of you! I have a couple of friends hoping to go to the Adelaide show, they've never seen VR, so be interested to hear their thoughts on it too.
Agree with you monkeychow - anytime slash plays here, I'm in.