Showjumper, show rider and jockey Alfie Diaper was described as an “all-round horseman” by Horse & Hound in April 2019 aged just nine. Dorset born and home-schooled, this “little star” has had success at the Olympia Horse Show, the Liverpool International Horse Show and won the Shetland Pony Grand National at Plumpton. He survived a near-death experience on his bicycle in 2019 also, but immediately “came back fighting… [and] adamant he wanted to make the Royal Windsor.” Diaper raises funds for the Bob Champion Cancer Trust on his JustGiving page and of winning the Jones Brothers Shetland Pony Grand National in December 2019, amusingly quipped: “My dream was to win a rug… And now I have.”

Alfie Diaper – Showjumper, show rider and “all-round horseman” – Aged just nine in 2019, “little star” Dorset born Alfie Diaper has had success at the Olympia Horse Show, the Liverpool International Horse Show.
Alfie Diaper – Showjumper, show rider and “all-round horseman” – Aged just nine in 2019, “little star” Dorset born Alfie Diaper has had success at the Olympia Horse Show, the Liverpool International Horse Show.
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Alan Holmes (1943 – 1996) – Tied up and left to die in his Camden home in 1995 – Attacked for just £1,000 in his own home in Camden, NW1 on Christmas Day 1995, police mechanic Alan Holmes was left tied up in the most cruel fashion. Discovered on 4th January 1996, he died 24 hours later as a result of the injuries caused by his thieving killers. His murderers have never been caught.
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Alan Holmes (1943 – 1996)

Attacked for just £1,000 in his own home in Parkway, Camden, NW1 on Christmas Day 1995, Derry born police mechanic Alan Holmes was left “tightly tied” to his bed, face down and fully clothed for ten days in a building where he was the last remaining tenant. Discovered only after he failed to show up […]

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Luke Durbin from Hollesley, near Woodbridge went missing aged just 19 after a night out with friends in Ipswich. After after being unable to afford to pay for a taxi home at about 4am, this grocery store worker was last seen on CCTV wandering around the town centre in the early hours of the 12th […]