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 Hilda Murrell
Hilda Murrell was born on 3 February 1906 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire in the West Midlands of England, and lived there all her life.
Hilda's central concern in later life was for the growing pollution crisis in the environment.
Hilda, now in her late 70s, wrote a critique of it, which she developed into her submission An Ordinary Citizen's View of Radioactive Waste Management to the first formal planning inquiry into a nuclear power plant in Britain, the Sizewell B Pressurised Water Reactor in Suffolk.
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 [A-List] UK secret state: Hilda Murrell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Of course the accused was 16 years old at the time, and while that does not rule out the possibility that he committed the crime, it does make one wonder how a 16 year old, too young to have a driving licence, would be able to transport an unconscious woman six miles without being noticed.
Mr George would only have been 16 when Murrell, 79, was found dead on March 24 1984 in a coppice at Hunkington, six miles from her home in Shrewsbury.
Murrell's death provoked a variety of conspiracy theories.
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 Politics | Two arrested over 1984 murder   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
West Mercia police confirmed the two men were being held in connection with the murder of Hilda Murrell, whose half-naked body was found on March 24 1984 in a coppice six miles from her home in Shrewsbury.
Although police believed initially that Murrell, 78, was probably the victim of a bun gled burglary, her background as an anti-nuclear campaigner prompted conspiracy theories.
Murrell had been preparing to give evidence in the public inquiry into the proposed Sizewell B nuclear reactor.
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Hilda Murrell had been an anti-nuclear campaigner, preparing to present a paper at the Sizewell B enquiry.
Hilda Murrell was picked because of what she represented.
Hilda Murrell fitted the required profile of victim in that she was elderly, harmless and vulnerable.
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 Hilda Murrell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Labourer Andrew George, who was 16 when Miss Murrell died, was arrested in June 2003 after a review of the murder uncovered DNA evidence linking him with the crime.
In May 2005 George was found guilty of her kidnap and murder.
Hilda Murrell's Nature Diaries, 1961-1983, edited by Charles Sinker, Collins, 1987, ISBN 0-00-412186-4
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 Telegraph | News | Conspiracy theories laid to rest by Murrell conviction
Hilda Murrell was murdered that month, on Wednesday the 21st.
The officer inspected Miss Murrell's Renault, which had been dumped at the copse by the killer after he left her to die, on the Wednesday.
Miss Murrell's objection to Sizewell B contained nothing unavailable from open sources, and it is unlikely that Mr Green would have been privy to the political considerations involving the destruction of the Belgrano.
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 Lobster: The Journal of Parapolitics
Hilda Murrell: a death in the private sector [Issue 16 - 1988]
For further information see <www.oxforddnb.com> Hilda Murrell Further developments in the case of Hilda Murrell (also in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography as 'environmentalist and peace campaigner').
Twenty-one years after Hilda Murrell's death, Andrew George was convicted of her kidnap and murder and sentenced to life imprisonment following a four week trial at Stafford Crown Court.([1]) George, who was 16 at the time,...
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 Who was Hilda Murrell? - Blurtit
Hilda Murrell was a member of CND and a prominent campaigner against nuclear power in Britain.
Murrell’s nephew, Commander Robert Green, had served during the Falklands war and, so the conspiracy theorists believed, may have passed some sensitive documents to his aunt.
George, who was only 16 at the time of Murrell’s death, was convicted of her murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2005.
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 Mirror.co.uk - News - JAILING OF HILDA KILLER AFTER 21YRS ENDS PLOT THEORIES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
One 80s conspiracy theory held the pensioner was killed at the behest of the nuclear industry before she could present a paper to the inquiry into the Sizewell B power station.
But I still believe today's conviction might be unsafe." When Miss Murrell was killed, DNA science did not exist but in 2003 police found a match using a fragment of her semen-stained underslip.
Miss Murrell was taken from her Shrewsbury home on March 21, 1984, and her body found in woodland six miles away three days later.
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 BBC NEWS | England | Shropshire | Murrell defendant admits he lied
The man accused of killing peace campaigner Hilda Murrell has admitted lying when he was first questioned about her disappearance.
Miss Murrell's partially-clothed body was discovered with stab wounds in a copse near Hunkington, Shropshire.
Mr George also admitted he had told lies to his mother, whom he had not seen for 30 years, and to his former partner Anne Goode when they visited as he was suspicious of their motives.
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 The Scotsman - Top Stories - Murder inquiry to be reopened after 18 years   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Shortly after her death, there were claims Miss Murrell was killed by secret agents whom she disturbed searching her home for documents relating to the sinking of the Argentine ship in 1982.
Miss Murrell established herself as a major thorn in the government’s side in the early 1980s due to her outspoken views on nuclear weapons.
After Miss Murrell’s death, her working relationship with Mr Arnott was confirmed to the police by Hugh Richards, a Welsh anti-nuclear campaigner who now works as an adviser to the Anti-Nuclear Alliance in Wales.
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 Labourer gets life for Murrell murder | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
The murder of Ms Murrell, a Cambridge graduate in French history, in 1984 prompted a rash of conspiracy theories which pointed the finger of blame at both the security services and the nuclear industry.
But the jury was told that the truth behind Ms Murrell's death was more mundane: she had been killed by George, then a 16-year-old resident at a children's home, as he burgled her detached house in Shrewsbury.
Ms Murrell was a well-known figure in Shropshire and was seen as an active, highly intelligent, independent and defiant individual who did not give in easily.
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 E2K 17 - News & items of interest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hilda Murrell was a 78 year old rose grower who lived in Shrewsbury.
The Police version was that an unknown burglar entered Hilda Murrell's house and abducted her, killing and dumping the body subsequently.
Conspiracy theorists linked Hilda Murrell's demise to several theories; Tam Dalyell apparently linked the death to the loss of various papers concerning the sinking by HMS Conqueror of the Argentinian Warship.
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 The Death of William McRae in Scotland
On the morning of April 6th 1985, a radical Scottish Nationalist lawyer, and former Vice-Chairman of the SNP (Scottish National Party) William McRae, was found shot in his car at a layby on the A87, north of An Gearasdan (Fort William), in the Highlands of Scotland.
Like the 79 year-old antinuclear campaigner (and famous rose-grower) Hilda Murrell, McRae was also passionately opposed to the dumping of nuclear and other toxic waste.
He was also writing a book on the subject, and he was known to carry two suitcases everywhere which contained most of his material for both the campaign and his book.
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 BBC NEWS | England | Shropshire | Man in court over Murrell death
Hilda Murrell was stabbed several times and died from hypothermia
Andrew George, 36, of Meadow Farm Drive, Shrewsbury, denies murdering Hilda Murrell, 79.
A post-mortem examination showed she was stabbed several times, but died from hypothermia.
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 Telegraph | News | DNA puts man in dock 21 years after Murrell death
The murder of Hilda Murrell, the anti-nuclear activist, a fertile source of conspiracy theories for 20 years, was the work of a teenage criminal who would have escaped justice but for advances in DNA profiling, a jury heard yesterday.
The Security Service, MI5, and operatives employed by the nuclear industry were, over the years, among those blamed for the killing of the 78-year-old rose grower, found dead in woodland on March 24, 1984, three days after being abducted from her home in Shrewsbury.
Miss Murrell was an active campaigner against the proposed Sizewell B nuclear reactor and was due to present a paper arguing against its construction.
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 The Scotsman - UK - Labourer charged with murdering pensioner 19 years ago   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
A LABOURER has been charged with the murder of Hilda Murrell, an elderly peace campaigner who was stabbed and left for dead in 1984.
Miss Murrell, 79, an anti-nuclear campaigner, was found dead on 24 March, 1984 - when George was aged 16 - in a coppice at Hunkington, six miles from her home in Shrewsbury.
Miss Murrell’s anti-nuclear credentials had led to a rash of conspiracy theory claims.
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 Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) : Police to reopen 1984 murder inquiry; CRIME: Killing of Hilda Murrell prompted some of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hilda Murrell was found dead in woods seven miles from her Shrewsbury home on March 24, 1984.
Miss Murrell, 78, visited her holiday home in Llanymynech, near Welshpool, at weekends, and also worked closely with experts in the field of nuclear energy from Powys, as well as anti-nuclear supporters from North Wales.
Many anti-nuclear campaigners believe she was either the victim of an MI5 hit squad or hired killers from the nuclear industry, even though there has never been any evidence to substantiate the claims.
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 CND in the News
She began her career as a journalist for The Guardian and went on to become a freelance writer, winning awards for investigative journalism on the effects of pesticides on people and the environment.
Her campaigning streak remained a feature of her writing, and her most controversial work was on the mysterious death of CND campaigner Hilda Murrell.
The Hilda Murrell story probed some very dark areas, and it was certainly a brave piece to write.
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 BBC NEWS | England | Shropshire | Man in court over Murrell murder
Hilda Murrell was stabbed but died from hypothermia
Miss Murrell's body was found with stab wounds in a copse six miles from her Shrewsbury home.
Miss Murrell, a well-known local peace activist and rose grower, was stabbed five times but died from hypothermia.
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 Group 13
The murder of Hilda Murrell 21 March 1984 continues to raise speculation that she was assassinated by the British state.
Murrell, an ardent anti nuclear campaigner was also the Aunt of Royal Navy Commander, Rob Green, who was intricately involved with signals to and from the British Task Force sent to recapture the Falklands Islands in 1982.
Because of his position and high security clearance, Green was privy to secrets regarding the sinking of the Argentinian cruiser, General Belgrano - torpedoed by HMS Conqueror - with massive loss of life.
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 BBC NEWS | England | Shropshire | Murrell accused 'looked in' home
A man charged with killing peace campaigner Hilda Murrell, 78, entered her home because the door had been open for several days, a jury has been told.
Miss Murrell's partially-clothed body was discovered with stab wounds in a copse near Hunkington, Shrops, in 1984.
During a visit she asked him how his DNA and fingerprints had been found in Miss Murrell's house and he told her that her door had been open for a couple of days and he had gone in to "have a look around".
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 Disarmament and Security Centre - People
Mrs Thatcher's decision to replace Polaris with Trident was one reason he left the Royal Navy.
The unsolved murder of his aunt Hilda Murrell, an anti-nuclear energy campaigner in 1984, led him to challenge the hazards of nuclear electricity generation.
The break-up of the Soviet Union followed by the Gulf War caused him to speak out against nuclear weapons.
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 The Independent (London, England) : Man held over murder of Hilda Murrell in 1984.(News) @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
A MAN suspected of murdering the elderly peace campaigner Hilda Murrell almost 20 years ago was arrested yesterday.
A spokesman for the West Mercia Constabulary said that the arrest was part of an investigation spanning nearly two decades, including a fresh "cold case review", which began last year.
Ms Murrell was 78 when she was found dead in March 1984 in a coppice at Hunkington, Shropshire, six miles from Shrewsbury, where she lived alone.
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 BBC News | ENGLAND | Murder mystery case reopened
Although police believe she was probably the victim of a bungled burglary, Miss Murrell's background as an anti-nuclear campaigner prompted several conspiracy theories.
Miss Murrell was the aunt of Commander Robert Green, a naval intelligence officer who passed the order for the sinking of the Argentinian ship the Belgrano during the Falklands war, further fuelling claims that her death may have more sinister implications.
She was also due to give evidence at the public inquiry into the proposed Sizewell B nuclear reactor in Suffolk.
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 Blue Dwarf
Assaulted, abducted, and left to die of hypothermia, her murder remained unsolved until a man (who would have been 16 in 1984) was arrested and charged with her murder.
Hilda Murrell was about to give evidence into the Sizewell nuclear power plant public enquiry.
Indeed, there is reason to believe that this happened in a state-sponsored abduction of Hilda, using her car as a decoy, to a safe house for interrogation after which she was left to be found as an example to discourage others."
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