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23/10/03 - Killers still
at large
Comet Online
POLICE hunting the killer of Stevenage businessman Dave
King have now called in outside agencies to help them
track down the killers.
Father-of-four Mr King, 32, died in a hail of bullets
fired from a Russian-built AK47 Kalashnikov automatic
rifle as he sat in a van with a friend outside a gym in
Hoddesdon on October 3.
Two men being hunted for the murder used two cars to make
their escape and both cars were dumped in the town and
torched.
Officers leading the hunt for the killers have so far
failed to uncover any motive behind the killing of the
19st body builder who lived close to his divorced parents
in Stevenage.
It is understood officers leading the inquiry have called
on Scotland Yard for help as Mr King, whom Herts Police
say had a record of considerable criminality, had business
interests in London and mixed with the capital’s
underworld.
Mr King also helped run the notorious Stevenage town centre
nightclub Renaissance where he provided security. The
club was closed down over a year ago and was bulldozed
to become a car park where the Saturday outdoor market
is now held.
This week police declined to comment on how their investigation
was going other than that 50 officers remained at the
incident room sifting through information and that “outside
agencies were helping their inquiries”.
A week after the shooting police revealed Mr King had
been shot with the battlefield AK47 loaded with armour-piercing
ammunition.
Another man in the van who was talking to Mr King when
he was shot suffered minor injuries.
Mr King, who was born in Scotland, was also a minder to
the stars including former world boxing champion Nigel
Benn and is understood to have been part of the behind-the-scenes
security at the Robbie Williams concerts at Knebworth
in August. |
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