Dyson Family of Worcestershire
© Jeff Dyson - November 2006
He had the last laugh, he called me before him and told me that he wished to promote me and would I sign on the dotted line. I duly did and then with a smile on his face he promoted me to Dectective Sergeant at B Division Brighton! He had got his way but moved my desk only fifty yards up the corridor at Brighton, as I moved Divisions within Brighton. I continued to work within the ‘Borough’.
During my time in CID I dealt with all types of crime. In the early days I was part of the Murder Office Team on the Keith Lyon Murder, an enquiry that last many months and remains undetected, despite being reinvestigated on a number of occasions. It was a sad case of a 11 year old boy being stabbed to death on a bridle path for a few pence. The offenders were no doubt juveniles but despite endless enquiries were never traced. This proved a true insight into work in CID. I initially worked a 22 hour shift until relieved and then 40 12 hour shifts without a day off.
Another case I dealt with was a burglary at the home of Sir Lawrence Olivier, when a number of paintings were stolen. Some time after the offence acting on information we set up a sting operation and captured the man responsible by offering to by the paintings from him. This took place in a hotel in Hastings and I was hidden in a bedroom wardrobe. He was somewhat surprised when my 17 stone tumbled out of hiding. He would not believe we were police officers and it was only when we took him to the police station that he accepted his fate.
He was a real ‘old lag’ he had been sentenced during his life to more years imprisonment than his actual age. I met him some years later he had not reformed and was still committing crime into his late sixties
During my time in CID I dealt with all types of crime. In the early days I was part of the Murder Office Team on the Keith Lyon Murder, an enquiry that last many months and remains undetected, despite being reinvestigated on a number of occasions. It was a sad case of a 11 year old boy being stabbed to death on a bridle path for a few pence. The offenders were no doubt juveniles but despite endless enquiries were never traced. This proved a true insight into work in CID. I initially worked a 22 hour shift until relieved and then 40 12 hour shifts without a day off.
Another case I dealt with was a burglary at the home of Sir Lawrence Olivier, when a number of paintings were stolen. Some time after the offence acting on information we set up a sting operation and captured the man responsible by offering to by the paintings from him. This took place in a hotel in Hastings and I was hidden in a bedroom wardrobe. He was somewhat surprised when my 17 stone tumbled out of hiding. He would not believe we were police officers and it was only when we took him to the police station that he accepted his fate.
He was a real ‘old lag’ he had been sentenced during his life to more years imprisonment than his actual age. I met him some years later he had not reformed and was still committing crime into his late sixties