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Farmland search over Marian Bates murder in 2003 | Farmland search over Marian Bates murder in 2003 |
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Detectives are searching farmland in connection with the murder of a Nottinghamshire jeweller. | Detectives are searching farmland in connection with the murder of a Nottinghamshire jeweller. |
Marian Bates, 64, was shot dead as she shielded her daughter from armed raiders at the Time Centre in Arnold, in September 2003. | Marian Bates, 64, was shot dead as she shielded her daughter from armed raiders at the Time Centre in Arnold, in September 2003. |
Specialist search teams are at Maize Farm in East Heckington, Lincolnshire, looking for the body of James Roger Brodie. | Specialist search teams are at Maize Farm in East Heckington, Lincolnshire, looking for the body of James Roger Brodie. |
Police suspect Mr Brodie, missing for nine years, has been murdered. | Police suspect Mr Brodie, missing for nine years, has been murdered. |
James Brodie, from Bulwell, was 20 years old at the time of his disappearance. He is believed to have gone missing shortly after jeweller Mrs Bates was shot dead. | |
Police wanted to speak to him over her murder and he was also wanted in connection with three armed robberies and a racially aggravated assault, all of which were committed in a 12-hour period three weeks before Mrs Bates was killed. | |
He has not made any contact with family or friends in Nottingham and despite investigations across England and Scotland, where he had connections, he has not been located. | He has not made any contact with family or friends in Nottingham and despite investigations across England and Scotland, where he had connections, he has not been located. |
Det Ch Insp Rob Griffin said: "Over the years all the evidence we have collated suggests that James Brodie is dead. | Det Ch Insp Rob Griffin said: "Over the years all the evidence we have collated suggests that James Brodie is dead. |
"We have launched a murder investigation and as part of that our efforts to find him will continue." | "We have launched a murder investigation and as part of that our efforts to find him will continue." |
Nottinghamshire Police urged anyone with information to contact them, particularly people who felt that they could not speak about Brodie's disappearance in 2003. | Nottinghamshire Police urged anyone with information to contact them, particularly people who felt that they could not speak about Brodie's disappearance in 2003. |
The search is expected to continue for a number of days. | The search is expected to continue for a number of days. |
Peter Williams was convicted of the murder of Mrs Bates by a jury at Stafford Crown Court in 2005. | |
Williams, who was 19 at the time, denied murder. The prosecution alleged he helped a gunman to escape from the Time Centre after the shooting. | |
Notorious crime boss Colin Gunn has also been linked to the case. | |
During his 2007 trial for the revenge murders of John and John Stirland in Lincolnshire, the court heard he was suspected of organising the robbery, though he was never charged. |