“They’re certainly not what I can refer to as one of the brand leaders of weapons that are used on the streets,” he says.Įleven Haenel Schmeissers have been recovered in the UK in the past 10 years. “They’re so small you can secrete them away in your pocket.”īut he says there are not many in circulation. “The Haenel does have advantages because of its concealability,” he says. When Mark was lead scientist for the Forensic Science Service he collated data on guns coming into the UK. Why has the case of 30-year-old Alistair Wilson become one of the most baffling of recent times?Ībout 40,000 Haenel Schmeisser handguns were made in Germany before World War Two.īut, as forensic firearms expert Mark Mastaglio found during his career, they’re fairly rare in the UK these days.
Over the past 13-and-a-half years, fresh leads have emerged in the case of the doorstep murder, but no-one has been arrested. She assumes the visitor has something to do with Alistair’s job as a banker.Īs her husband leaves the comfort of the sofa to go to the door, Veronica takes over the boys’ bedtime story.Ībout 10 minutes later three gunshots ring out. In fact, she doesn’t even close the door on the man as she heads back upstairs to fetch her husband. Usually they come in through the back door, but Veronica thinks it must have been accidentally locked and goes downstairs to let them in.īut standing on the doorstep in the darkness is a man - a stranger who simply says two words: “Alistair Wilson”.ĭespite her surprise, Veronica doesn’t feel particularly uncomfortable. They are also looking after another friend’s 18-month-old and, when the doorbell goes, they assume his parents have come to collect him.
The Wilsons have had a busy weekend catching up with friends at their home in Nairn, a seaside town in north-east Scotland.
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