- Scott Lomax
Scott Lomax (b. 1982) is a campaigner and
true crime writer who is particularly noted as having written about the guilt of the convicted murdererJeremy Bamber andBarry George who was acquitted of the murder of Jill Dando on 1 August 2008 after a retrial ordered by the Court of Appeal. [Sunday Mirror, 3 August 2008] .He is author of a number of books and articles, the most notable being "Who Killed
Jill Dando ?", "Justice for Jill" and "Jeremy Bamber , Evil, Almost Beyond Belief?"His writing has helped with the research of television programmes and Lomax himself has appeared on television to discuss the cases.
Lomax has written stories, articles and books since the age of 8. His work concentrates on issues of justice and he claims his desire to fight for justice came from a conversation with his grandfather [Derbyshire Times, 7 August 2008] .
Lomax is a
human rights campaigner, having helped successfully campaign for the release of two men wrongly convicted of conspiring to commit armed robbery [Lancashire Evening Telegraph, 24 December 2004] . Lomax ran the campaign for one of the men; James (Shay) Power. Lomax also helped run the Justice for Barry campaign to free Barry George [Sunday Mirror, 3 August 2008] .One of Lomax's current cases is that of James Harry Reyos, a Native American convicted of killing an Irish Priest in Texas, USA. Father Patrick Ryan was killed in Odessa, Texas, on 21 December 1981 and Reyos was found guilty two years later. Lomax runs the campaign to exonerate Reyos [Evening Herald, 6 August 2005] .
In addition to working on cases of alleged injustices, Lomax writes about unsolved murders, the subject of a book he is currently writing. He has also written about Jack the Ripper and the Mafia in New York, according to his website.
Lomax campaigns for tougher sentences for serious crimes such as paedophilia, rape and murder. He is campaigning to call for an end to many of the privileges enjoyed by prisoners. he has also campaigned for Peter Sutcliffe (the Yorkshire Ripper) to be moved from Broadmoor secure hospital, to a prison.
Lomax lives in Derbyshire and is an archaeologist, writing in his spare time. he graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2004 with a degree in Archaeology and Prehistory. [The Rony Robinson Show, BBC Radio Sheffield, 29 September 2008] .
Bibliography
*"Jeremy Bamber: Evil, Almost beyond Belief?"
*"Justice for Jill?"
*"Who Killed Jill Dando?" (ISBN 0-7552-0503-0)
*"The Case of Barry George" (ISBN 0-7552-0500-6)References
External links
[http://www.sclomax.co.uk/ sclomax.co.uk Official Site]
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