Hector MacLeod - Peter Manuel, Serial Killer

About the Authors

Hector MacLeod is a former solicitor who served as a director of several Chinese companies while living in Hong Kong. Having returned to the UK, he continues to act as a business consultant in liaison with China.

Malcolm McLeod is the former vice principal and professor of African Studies at the University of Glasgow. Now retired, he is currently a trustee of the National Museums of Scotland.

Hector MacLeod and Malcolm McLeod

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

T he authors would like to thank all those who gave so freely of their assistance in researching and writing this book, and in particular The Hon. Lord Cameron of Lochbroom, The Rt. Hon. Lord Rodger, The Hon. Lord Sutherland, Sheriff R.D. Ireland, QC, Joseph Beltrami, Ross Harper, Leslie Wolfson, David Pirrett, the Ferns family, Bill Niven, Peter Anderson (of the National Archives of Scotland and son of Dr Anderson), Morag Fyfe, Jennifer Duffy, Victoria Brown, Ruth Jones, John Bruce and the rest of the staff of the West Reading Room of the NAS, who have helped so very much, Carol McDivitt of the Crown Office, Sir David McNee, Superintendent (rtd) Alastair Dinsmor and Superintendent (rtd) Alec MacLean of Glasgow Police Museum for their unfailing generosity, Sandra Brown, the Pitt family (and a special thanks to Mhairi for all her invaluable assistance), Bishop Joseph Devine and Canon Gibbons, Dr Rajan Dargee, Professor David Holmes, Dr Peter Gordon and Dr S.E. Avons for their guidance in matters psychiatric and psychological, Sir Michael Bond for his amazing contribution, Dr Richard Goldberg, Frankie Fraser, Thomas Christie, Michael McGuinness of the Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling, and of Viewpark, David Cornwell, A.M. Bean, Ian Rennie, Jacqui Henrie, Paul Tucker, Emma Sanders and Patsi MacKenzie for their support and encouragement, Andrew Primrose, George Horspool and, of course, our families, who have cheerfully suffered our neglect and preoccupation. We are grateful to the National Archives of Scotland for permission to reproduce Crown copyright material from its files. A list of the documents consulted can be found in the bibliography.

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