Vincent Palmer
Vincent Michael “Vinny” Palmer (1966, Birmingham – January 22, 2004, Milton Keynes)[1][2] was a notorious English criminal, whose criminal activities during the 1990s saw him labelled the most wanted criminal in the English Midlands. 60 foot high mugshots of Palmer were displayed outside West Midlands Police headquarters in Birmingham.[3]
Arrested after a bungled armed robbery at a post office, he absconded from Birmingham Crown Court at his trial in 1997 and was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment in his absence. He was finally re-arrested on 6 January 2004, after seven years on the run. He was also questioned regarding the murder of Haulage firm owner Martin Sylvester, who was shot dead in his car in Great Bridge in August 2001.[4] He was also linked to the murder of an off-duty soldier at Tamworth motorway services on the M42 motorway in March 2002.[3]
In 2004, Palmer committed suicide by hanging himself after 16 days in his cell at Woodhill Prison.[5][6][3][7]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Search Results for England & Wales Births 1837-2006".
- ↑ "Search Results for England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "HOW POLICE FINALLY CAUGHT PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com.
- ↑ "Man held over 2001 shooting.(News)". 7 January 2004. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Recaptured fugitive found hanged". 25 April 2018 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ McCarthy, Kieren (4 September 2000). "Here are the ten most wanted men in the Midlands". The Register - Independent news and views for the tech community. Situation Publishing.
- ↑ "Police put 'most wanted' list on web". The Guardian. 4 September 2000.
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