Former undercover cop turned TV presenter Peter Bleksley is to make a dramatic bid to solve the murder of Nairn banker Alistair Wilson.
Bleksley is currently half way through a nationwide tour of his hit one man show The Makings of a Murderer which tells of his life as a detective with the Metropolitan Police in London.
However he plans to conclude the tour, on November 28, in the Nairn Arts and Community Centre, to mark the 22nd anniversary of Alistair’s murder in the north of Scotland seaside town.
The centre is only a short distance from where the Bank of Scotland business manager was shot dead on the doorstep of his home
Bleksley devotes the second half of his show to the fatal shooting and plans to make a direct appeal to the Nairn audience to come forward if they have information on the murder.
He claims to know the identity of the person responsible and is even hoping the killer himself may turn up in the audience.
View 5 ImagesPeter Bleksley(Image: Pic Andrew Teebay/Liverpool Echo)
The 66 year old said: “I am very pleased that my tour will end in Nairn on the 22nd anniversary of Alistair’s murder.
“It is as close to a tribute to him as I can get.
“I am hoping that a person comes forward to the police with a secret that they have harboured for all these years.
“I will not rest until I have got justice for the Wilson family.
“It has always been my main motivator from day one.”
Bleksley’s show will be hitting Scotland later this month with dates in Kirkcaldy, Aberdeen, Arbroath, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
He added:”I am reaching audiences now who have never heard of the Alistair Wilson case which is great for raising it’s profile.
“With each and every show I am also hoping it will prompt someone to go to the police or even come to me if they prefer.”
In September 2024 the Lord Advocate ordered a complete reinvestigation of Alistair Wilson’s murder.
Bleksley has heard that officers involved in the new probe are coming to his show in Aberdeen
View 5 ImagesForensic teams examine the front garden of the home of Alistair Wilson, in Nairn, Nairnshire(Image: PA)
He continued:”They are probably not going to like everything that they hear.
“The original investigation by Northern Constabulary was clearly abysmal and failed to get anybody into court.
“Since the formation of Police Scotland their investigations have also been unsuccessful.
“I have remained steadfastly convinced that this is a crime that could and should have been solved.
“I hope that the reinvestigation leads to some justice finally being delivered to everyone that loved Alistair.
“But until that happens I am going to keep on doing what I do, which is poking my nose into places where it is not welcome.”
Alistair was gunned down on November 28, 2004, after bathing his two sons before bed.
A mystery man, who knocked on the door carrying a blue birthday card-style envelope with the name Paul on it, had asked for Alistair by name before opening fire and fleeing.
The murder weapon, a 30s German pocket pistol, was found ten days later in a drain half a mile away from the victims home in Nairn’s Crescent Road,
Bleksley served more than 20 years in the Metropolitan Police, 10 years of them undercover, and solved a number of murders. In 2018, he published a book on the case, To Catch a Killer.
View 5 ImagesAn exact replica of the tiny gun used to murder Nairn banker Alistair Wilson(Image: Ken Macpherson, Inverness)
Between 2015 and 2019, Bleksley played the part of The Chief in six series of the hit Channel Four series Hunted.
In recent years Alistair’s family have publicly criticised police efforts to find his killer.
In 2023, they complained to the Police Investigation and Review Commissioner that they had been misled over a plan to arrest a suspect in May that year which was called off.
Bleksley says his suspect is the same man detectives had planned to arrest three years ago.
In 2022, Police Scotland revealed a row over decking at a nearby hotel may be linked to the murder and appealed to anyone who was a customer around then to come forward.
The hotel’s owner had applied for retrospective planning permission, which Alistair had objected to. The dad was shot dead only a few days after the objection was lodged.
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Chief Superintendent Suzanne Chow of Police Scotland said: “This remains a live investigation. We have a team of officers and staff dedicated to this investigation.
“Our senior investigating officer and family liaison officers continue to engage with the family and provide support.
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” I would urge anyone with information that could help detectives to please come forward and speak to us on 101 or via the Major Investigation Public Portal (MIPP) or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”