7 May, 2010 @ 11:13
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New appeal for father’s killer

POLICE have made a renewed appeal for a suspected killer believed to be living on the Costa del Sol.

James Walter Tomkins, 57, is wanted on suspicion of murdering father-of-two Rocky Dawson in 2006.

Since the Olive Press published an emotional plea from Dawson’s mother in March, detectives have renewed their appeals for information about the murder.

Police released a new photo of Tomkins, who is named in the ‘Scotland Yard’s Wanted’ list.
A 23,000-euro reward is still on offer for any information which leads to his arrest.

Dawson, 24, was brutally shot outside his mother’s house in Hornchurch, Essex, in front of his two young children.

Christopher Pearman was convicted of his murder in 2007, but his accomplice was never found.

Police have made an appeal for anyone from the Bermondsey area, where Tomkins lived previously, with information to contact them.

Mother Candy Dawson said: “I’m pleading with readers and listeners to come forward and provide information because I need justice for Rocky.”

Contact jon@theolivepress.es or call 951 166 060 if you have any information

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Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor)

Jon Clarke is a Londoner who worked at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as an investigative journalist before moving to Spain in 2003 where he helped set up the Olive Press.

After studying Geography at Manchester University he fell in love with Spain during a two-year stint teaching English in Madrid.

On returning to London, he studied journalism and landed his first job at the weekly Informer newspaper in Teddington, covering hundreds of stories in areas including Hounslow, Richmond and Harrow.

This led on to work at the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, Standard and even the Sun, before he landed his first full time job at the Daily Mail.

After a year on the Newsdesk he worked as a Showbiz correspondent covering mostly music, including the rise of the Spice Girls, the rivalry between Oasis and Blur and interviewed many famous musicians such as Joe Strummer and Ray Manzarak, as well as Peter Gabriel and Bjorn from Abba on his own private island.

After a year as the News Editor at the UK’s largest-selling magazine Now, he returned to work as an investigative journalist in Features at the Mail on Sunday.

As well as tracking down Jimi Hendrix’ sole living heir in Sweden, while there he also helped lead the initial investigation into Prince Andrew’s seedy links to Jeffrey Epstein during three trips to America.

He had dozens of exclusive stories, while his travel writing took him to Jamaica, Brazil and Belarus.

He is the author of three books; Costa Killer, Dining Secrets of Andalucia and My Search for Madeleine.

Contact jon@theolivepress.es

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