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<v Speaker 1>Hi, and welcome back to The Unseen Podcast, a podcast

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<v Speaker 1>dedicated to missing people, unresolved cases, and UK true crime. Today,

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<v Speaker 1>we're looking into the unsolved murder of Brian Hardwick in

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand and one. This crime was devastating and shocking

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<v Speaker 1>for all that knew Brian and his family, including his

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<v Speaker 1>new wife Lynn. Nobody understood why anyone wanted to harm him.

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<v Speaker 1>of Wednesday, November the twenty first, two thousand and one,

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<v Speaker 1>employees at Huddersfield Car Electrical Services Garage on corn Road

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<v Speaker 1>in the town of Huddersfield were beginning to arrive to

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<v Speaker 1>start work. Their colleague, Brian Hardwick, was known as always

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<v Speaker 1>being the first one to arrive and the last one

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<v Speaker 1>to leave, and so that morning they believed would be

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<v Speaker 1>no different. When the employees arrived, though it didn't appear

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<v Speaker 1>to be the same as other mornings. When they entered

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<v Speaker 1>the garage, they immediately spotted Brian slumped on the floor

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<v Speaker 1>next to the vehicles that they would normally be working on.

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<v Speaker 1>It was clear that something awful had happened to Brian,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was evident that he had already passed away

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<v Speaker 1>by the time that he was found. The employees quickly

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<v Speaker 1>contacted West Yorkshire Police to come out to the scene

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<v Speaker 1>and investigate. Brian was fifty at the time that his

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<v Speaker 1>death occurred, and everyone that knew him had something positive

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<v Speaker 1>and nice to say about him. He had a lot

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<v Speaker 1>going for him, and in his personal life, he had

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<v Speaker 1>just started a new beginning with his wife, Lynn, whom

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<v Speaker 1>he had only married six months prior. Lynn discussed Brian

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<v Speaker 1>on a segment on the program Crime Watch. Brian was

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<v Speaker 1>a father of two, and Lynn explained that he was

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<v Speaker 1>a loving, sensitive and hard working man and that his

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<v Speaker 1>friends all thought a lot about him. She stated that

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<v Speaker 1>they had a great social life and every Friday the

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<v Speaker 1>pair would go to a club called the Range Riders.

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<v Speaker 1>At this club, the patrons would dress up in country

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<v Speaker 1>and western gear. They would dance and have a good time.

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<v Speaker 1>Both Brian and Lynn were very passionate about this, so

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<v Speaker 1>much so that when they got married they had a

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<v Speaker 1>Western themed wedding. Brian's colleagues were just as positive about him,

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<v Speaker 1>saying that he was reliable and conscientious and had always

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<v Speaker 1>given everything to the job that he had been working

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<v Speaker 1>in for the last twenty three years. Finding Brian dead

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<v Speaker 1>in the garage must have been a heartbreaking discovery for

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<v Speaker 1>everyone involved. However, when police arrived at the scene, they

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<v Speaker 1>quickly realized that this was not just a case of

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<v Speaker 1>someone passing away from natural causes while at work. Brian

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<v Speaker 1>had clearly been murdered. Police found two gunshot wounds on

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<v Speaker 1>Brian's body, and it was later concluded that he had

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<v Speaker 1>been first shot in the chest, and then when he

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<v Speaker 1>had fallen to the ground, he had then been shot

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<v Speaker 1>in the head. This was completely unfathomable. Why someone had

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to shoot Brian was unknown, as all police could

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<v Speaker 1>find were people who loved and cared about him. It

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<v Speaker 1>didn't appear that he had any known enemies in the world.

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<v Speaker 1>He was a popular man who hadn't had any run

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<v Speaker 1>ins with anyone as far as they could tell. Police

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<v Speaker 1>began looking at the evidence that they did have. They

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<v Speaker 1>found that Brian had been shot with a small caliber weapon,

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<v Speaker 1>a twenty two, and that the scene indicated that the

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<v Speaker 1>motive may indeed have been robbery. A small gray popper

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<v Speaker 1>purse and a brown leather wallet were both missing from

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<v Speaker 1>the scene, although it's been reported that there wasn't much

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<v Speaker 1>in either of these wallets. A set of keys was

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<v Speaker 1>also missing, as well as something sentimental. A gold necklace

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<v Speaker 1>which had one half of a broken heart on it

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<v Speaker 1>had also been taken from around Brian's neck. Lynn had

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<v Speaker 1>the other half, and this itself was hard for her

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<v Speaker 1>to hear as these were very sentimental and meaningful items

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<v Speaker 1>which it seemed strange that someone would want to steal

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<v Speaker 1>from Brian. Detective Superintendent Bob Bridgestock from Calderdale Police was

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<v Speaker 1>put in charge of the investigation and began to look

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<v Speaker 1>into Brian's movements on the evening of the twentieth of November,

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<v Speaker 1>the night before his body was recovered. Brian had been

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<v Speaker 1>at work on Tuesday the twentieth of November as usual

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<v Speaker 1>and had planned to leave at around five thirty pm.

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<v Speaker 1>Before Brian had chanced to leave, however, one of his

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<v Speaker 1>colleagues went out to get in their own car and

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<v Speaker 1>noticed that Brian had a flat tire on his red

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<v Speaker 1>Reynolk Cleo. Brian went out to have a look and

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<v Speaker 1>found that someone had stabbed his tire and that he

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<v Speaker 1>was going to have to try and fix it in

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<v Speaker 1>the garage before he could drive home. This would have

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<v Speaker 1>been an easy fix for someone who was an auto

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<v Speaker 1>engineer like Brian, and wouldn't have taken him long. In hindsight, however,

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<v Speaker 1>after his murder, this punctured tire seems extremely suspicious and

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<v Speaker 1>relevant who had done it and why. In more recent years,

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<v Speaker 1>Lynn had speculated about whether this was someone from the

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<v Speaker 1>area who knew the garage, given that puncturing Brian's tire

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<v Speaker 1>would have meant he was alone in the garage, and

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<v Speaker 1>it appeared that someone may have known this before then

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<v Speaker 1>attacking him. It was an extremely chilling theory, but one

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<v Speaker 1>that nobody could dismiss, given that it does seem like

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<v Speaker 1>a coincidence that he had the punctured tire, meaning he

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<v Speaker 1>left work late. If this hadn't happened, then Brian may

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<v Speaker 1>still be alarmed. Police also had some other evidence to consider.

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<v Speaker 1>While there wasn't much in Brian's wallets themselves, there was

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<v Speaker 1>Brian's cash card and they were able to trace this

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<v Speaker 1>after his murder had taken place. The card was used

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<v Speaker 1>and as a supermarket on Bradford Road around four miles away.

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<v Speaker 1>It was known that around three hundred and fifty pounds

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<v Speaker 1>was taken out of Brian's account that evening, and police

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<v Speaker 1>discovered that the transaction from the account had taken the

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<v Speaker 1>perpetrator or perpetrators around seven minutes to complete. This was

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<v Speaker 1>quite a long time for someone to have spent it

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<v Speaker 1>a cash machine, and it could have showed someone having

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<v Speaker 1>some trouble accessing the account or just being extra careful.

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<v Speaker 1>Lind later commented on the use of Brian's card, stating

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<v Speaker 1>that she believed that Brian would not have fought with

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<v Speaker 1>an attacker and would have complied, saying, I think he

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<v Speaker 1>did volunteer his card and number. He used to say

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<v Speaker 1>that life is more important than possessions and to give

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<v Speaker 1>your possessions if you're robbed. If some one held a

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<v Speaker 1>gun to him, he would have handed over his possessions.

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<v Speaker 1>This begs the question, then why did some one kill

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<v Speaker 1>him if he did volunteer his pin number, and why

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<v Speaker 1>was he shot in the way that he was. He

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<v Speaker 1>was shot in the chest and the head and it

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<v Speaker 1>has been described as almost execution style. This seemed unnecessary,

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<v Speaker 1>and coupled with the punctured tire, implied that for whatever reason,

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<v Speaker 1>Brian had been targeted. Police reached out to the public

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<v Speaker 1>for their help in identifying anything or any one suspicious,

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<v Speaker 1>and for any one who knew anything to come forward.

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<v Speaker 1>They did receive around six calls coming in the week

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<v Speaker 1>end after Brian had been murdered, and this was seen

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<v Speaker 1>as a very positive start. However, it appears that none

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<v Speaker 1>of these calls led to a perpetrator or an arrest.

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<v Speaker 1>It was decided to reach out to crime Watch to

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<v Speaker 1>try and gain some more publicity for the case and

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<v Speaker 1>hopefully get some more leads. The segment aired on the

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<v Speaker 1>fifteenth of May two thousand and two, and the information

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<v Speaker 1>that the police had was shown to the public. It

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<v Speaker 1>included descriptions of two men who had been seen in

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<v Speaker 1>the area around the time that the murder happened. The

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<v Speaker 1>police wanted to eliminate these two men from their inquiry.

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<v Speaker 1>The first man was described as white in his twenties,

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<v Speaker 1>of an average height and a stocky build. He was

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<v Speaker 1>described as having piercing eyes. The photo fit shows the

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<v Speaker 1>man wearing a hat, indicating that this might have been

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<v Speaker 1>what he was wearing that night. There was less information

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<v Speaker 1>about the other sight in. The other man was described

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<v Speaker 1>as black and appearing to be sheltering from the rain

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<v Speaker 1>that was coming down on the night of the murder.

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<v Speaker 1>These sightings were important as they knew that Brian's car

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<v Speaker 1>tire had been punctured and so anyone waiting in the

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<v Speaker 1>area was immediately under suspicion. As well as this, the

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<v Speaker 1>information about the missing items and the bank cauard transactions

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<v Speaker 1>were discussed in the hope that someone had seen the

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<v Speaker 1>belongings or remembered someone taking a long time at that

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<v Speaker 1>cash machine at Asada that night. Crime Watch helped to

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<v Speaker 1>keep Brian's case in the headlines, however, it didn't solve it.

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<v Speaker 1>While there may have been leads that came in about it,

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<v Speaker 1>they did not lead to any arrests or convictions. In

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<v Speaker 1>the months and years that followed, Brian's case was occasionally

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<v Speaker 1>brought up in the headlines, however it seemed to be

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<v Speaker 1>in relation to other shootings taking place. West Yorkshire Police

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<v Speaker 1>in fact, were dealing with quite a few few shootings

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<v Speaker 1>in two thousand and one alone, with twenty one shootings

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<v Speaker 1>taking place that year. While Brian's case was unusual as

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<v Speaker 1>he was an unlikely victim, shootings themselves in the area

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<v Speaker 1>were not years passed, but Brian's wife Lynn did not

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<v Speaker 1>give up on the case and kept in touch with

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<v Speaker 1>police regularly to find out if anything new had been discovered.

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<v Speaker 1>In twenty eighteen, Lynne told the press that the police

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<v Speaker 1>were reviewing Brian's case again, seventeen years after it had occurred.

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<v Speaker 1>She stated that two cold case detectives had visited her

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<v Speaker 1>and explained that they would be reviewing the evidence all

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<v Speaker 1>over again. She said, I was visited by two detectives

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<v Speaker 1>who told me that Brian's case was being looked at again.

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<v Speaker 1>They are going through all the evidence in Brian's case

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<v Speaker 1>right from day one. They have new techniques and forensics

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<v Speaker 1>are a bit better. They may also be reinterviewing people.

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<v Speaker 1>They said that I might not hear from them for six,

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<v Speaker 1>twelve or eighteen months, and that they can't promise anything.

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<v Speaker 1>They said they'd already started to go through everything and

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<v Speaker 1>look at every piece of evidence. I feel quite positive

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<v Speaker 1>Brian hasn't been forgotten. They couldn't promise there would be

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<v Speaker 1>a good outcome. This was a step in the right

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<v Speaker 1>direction for the case. And Lynne has always been open

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<v Speaker 1>and honest about how the murder has affected her, given

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<v Speaker 1>that she had found love and happiness with Brian and

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<v Speaker 1>they'd only been married six months before the murder took place.

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<v Speaker 1>She said, we have missed seventeen years. We didn't even

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<v Speaker 1>have our first Christmas together as man and wife. He

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<v Speaker 1>has just taken from me and his friends. His best

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<v Speaker 1>friend John still talks about him. She also explained that

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<v Speaker 1>she believed someone who knew Brian had committed the murder,

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<v Speaker 1>given that it had taken place at his job and

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<v Speaker 1>that the person could get away and seemingly knew the area.

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<v Speaker 1>She stated he was murdered at his place of work.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember that night because it was dark and raining.

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<v Speaker 1>I will never forget it. Someone who knew the area

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<v Speaker 1>got from the garage to Asda. I think they knew

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<v Speaker 1>the back roads. In two thousand and one, the detectives

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<v Speaker 1>were asking about Brian and saying that nobody had a

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<v Speaker 1>wrong word to say about him. I said they wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>because he was that sort of bloke. He was cruelly

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<v Speaker 1>taken from us. At the time, police explained that they

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<v Speaker 1>were dedicated to justice for Brian, with Detective Superintendent Jim

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<v Speaker 1>Dunkeley of the Major Investigation Review Team saying, as a

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<v Speaker 1>victim focused organization, our priority is to achieve justice for victims.

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<v Speaker 1>We never close a case until it's solved, and we

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<v Speaker 1>continue to review evidence and look at new advances in

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<v Speaker 1>DNA technology which may help with the investigation. Despite extensive inquiries,

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<v Speaker 1>the murder of Brian Hardwick is a case that remains unsolved.

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<v Speaker 1>Getting justice for a victim's family is a top priority

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<v Speaker 1>for West Yorkshire Police and our commitment and determination doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>waiver as time passes. I would reiterate our appeal for

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<v Speaker 1>anyone with information on his murder to come forward. Has

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<v Speaker 1>been seventeen years since Brian was shot dead, but the

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<v Speaker 1>pain endured by his family hasn't lessened. Allegiances may have

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<v Speaker 1>changed over this time, and I would appeal for anyone

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<v Speaker 1>who has been concealing any information to protect someone else

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<v Speaker 1>to contact detectives. The reinvestigation was certainly a positive step. However,

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<v Speaker 1>since twenty eighteen, there has been no new developments reported

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<v Speaker 1>since then. In six years have now passed. It has

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<v Speaker 1>now been twenty three years since Brian Hardwick was murdered

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<v Speaker 1>at his job, doing something that he loved and was

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<v Speaker 1>dedicated to. If this was a robbery gone wrong, it's

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<v Speaker 1>extremely tragic that whoever did it killed a father and

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<v Speaker 1>a husband for just three hundred and fifty pounds and

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<v Speaker 1>a gold necklace. If this was someone who knew Brian,

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<v Speaker 1>then why did they do it? By everyone's accounts, Brian

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<v Speaker 1>was a loved person who was popular and happy. He

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<v Speaker 1>did not deserve to die the way that he did

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<v Speaker 1>and leave behind so many people who cared about him.

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<v Speaker 1>If you know anything about the murder of Brian Hardwick,

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<v Speaker 1>then please contact police on one oh one. Our crime

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