My Brother the Killer: A Family Story

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I read it as I wanted to understand how you would feel if you found out someone you knew - were related to - had committed a horrific crime. Overall, it was pages and pages of how Alix felt about the crime while being far removed from it and his dysfunctional father-son relationship.

on Monday 18th June 2001, Danielle Jones left home dressed in her schoolgirl uniform-and promptly vanished. While Alix became a successful journalist, Stuart would achieve national infamy during one of the UK’s most notorious and unusual murder trials.Campbell, a father-of-two and body-builder, denied any involvement in his niece's disappearance, but the prosecution produced evidence that he had developed an 'irresistible sexual attraction' for her. From being shot at, kidnapped and smuggled… this is a story of unbelievable resilience from two inspirational young girls.

Alix says: “Stuart was constantly in and out of trouble with the law, which I believed at the time was just rascality. but the marketing and the title means ppl would be misled into thinking this memoir will unearth more about Stuart than what's alrdy in the news.

Five bitter rows EVERY couple has - but can easily solve: The world's top relationship therapists (who've. With the clock ticking, can he convince Stuart to do the right thing and give the victim’s family the closure and peace they’ve sought for so long?

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For almost 20 years, while Campbell has been in HMP Wakefield, Alix barely told anyone of his close family connection to what was once Britain’s costliest murder case.

It certainly delivered in this regard; the book shows the authors evolving emotions from confusion, to disbelief, to anger, and then to understanding (the cause - his brother's own history of being abused) - whilst never reaching forgiveness and retaining contempt at the pain he put his victims family through. Unfortunately the subject is making you sick to your stomach and the further you read the worse you feel. Also, rather than injecting himself further into his brother's orbit than he actually was, Alix paints a picture of himself and his brother as growing apart as adults and tries to figure out why they turned out so differently. Despite his conviction, a lost appeal, and repeated pleas by her parents, Stuart has steadfastly refused to reveal the location of his victim’s remains, condemning the girl’s parents to two decades of unresolved grief. Alix paints a vivid grim picture of his family history and flits between time zones to recount the events which lead up to and following a teenage girl's disappearance.