April 1999: London in the UK was the centre of an unprecedented terror attack. A lone right-wing fanatic went on a one-man rampage killing three people and injuring hundreds. Crimes that Shook Britain s2e1: The London Nail Bombings, CI 2011
The make-shift bomb packed with nails and stuffed into a plastic box had been sat at Brixton Market for over thirty minutes. ibid.
The bomb had originally been placed at a bus-stop then moved three times before detonating outside the Iceland store. ibid.
Brick Lane: Almost to the hour, seven days on from Brixton, police were dealing with another terrorist attack. ibid.
The terrorist had struck a third time. The device tore through Soho causing the biggest devastation so far. ibid.
He freely discussed his reign of terror. ibid.
Copeland was adamant he acted alone. ibid.
I feel nothing ... I did what I had to do. David Copeland
I think perfectly British people have a right to ethnic cleanse. I couldn’t help it. I had to do it. David Copeland
Nail bomber David Copeland has failed in his bid to reduce his minimum jail term of 50 years.
Copeland was given six life sentences in June 2000 for three counts of murder and three counts of causing explosions in London in order to endanger life.
Copeland, 35, from Hampshire, admitted killing 3 and injuring 139 people.
Under new legislation, a High Court judge set a minimum term of 50 years and the Court of Appeal upheld that sentence on Tuesday. BBC online article 28th June 2011 ‘Nail bomber David Copeland loses sentence appeal’
In April 1999 during a 2-week rampage, 22-year-old David Copeland embarked on a murderous campaign to maim and kill on the streets of London. As the clock ticked, the body count rose. Killing Spree: London Nail Bomber s2e2, CI 2017
The bomb inside the black bag had been packed with hundreds of nails which had ripped through the small space … The bomb left to detonate inside the Admiral Duncan pub had been the third explosion in a series of similar blasts across London over the last two weeks. ibid.
After hours of trawling through recovered CCTV footage the blurred image of a potential suspect was discovered. ibid.
Copeland: MI5 were interfering, for some reason, with the police investigation and had been watching Copeland for some time … It took 12 days to get an image of Copeland out to the public … Crimewatch appeal: 20 April 1999 … The Crimewatch TV programme is linked to the motive … Dando was privy to sensitive information within the Brixton bombing investigation which was not aired on television … Richard D Hall, Kill Jill: The Dando Assassination Explained I II III IV, 2018
17th: Bomb 1; 20th Crimewatch appeal; 24th Bomb 2; 26th Dando murder; 29th Copeland photograph in press; 30th Bomb 3; 1st Copeland arrested. ibid.
Last year David Copeland caused explosions in Brixton, Brick Lane and Soho. He killed three people and he terrorised London. At his trial Copeland admitted he’d planted the bombs. But who inspired him to do it? Panorama: The Nailbomber, BBC 2000
And there was talk of starting a race war. Nail Bomber: Manhunt, right-wing infiltrator, Netflix 2021
A crack addict took the bomb out of the bag and nicked the bag. ibid. witness
79 people were injured including a child with a four-inch nail embedded in his skull. ibid.
We felt under-protected and over-policed. ibid. Brixon resident
We started to find [CCTV] images that might be the bomber. ibid. rozzer
We found Copeland’s name in a number of meetings, a number of events. ibid. Searchlight
I knew people would be killed. But I had to do it. ibid. Copeland
COPELAND, RAY & FAYE: Killer Trials TV - Crime Library online - Crime Stories TV -
At first glance sixty-nine-year-old great grandmother Faye Della Copeland seems a most unlikely criminal: November 1990 she takes the stand in a murder trial. Killer Trials s1e4: Deadly Harvest
That Ray and Faye Copeland have been killing drifters and that perhaps this list of names is a record of what they’ve done. ibid.
Five murders ... They decided early on to split the trials. ibid.
Faye Copeland goes to trial and pleads not guilty. ibid.
Guilty in the first degree. ibid.
Ray Copeland dies of natural causes while waiting execution. ibid.
Ray and Faye Copeland aren’t the only husband and wife killers, but they might be the most bizarre. Not only did they commit multiple murders together, but they were both eligible for Social Security at the time of their crimes ...
Ray and Faye were convicted of killing five men, and none of them were crimes of passion. That’s not to say they were in their right minds at the time. Crime Library online article David Lohr
1989, Nebraska: a mysterious drifter calls the police hotline and tells them a shocking story. Before hanging up, the caller tells police he had also witnessed human remains at the scene of the crime. Crime Stories s4e2: Elderly Executioners, Really 2017
Police have a hard time believing McCormick’s accusations against 75-year-old Ray Copeland and his wife Faye. ibid.
The transients who have worked for Ray Copeland have one thing in common: they have all gone missing. ibid.
COPPOLINO, CARL: Great Crimes & Trials TV - Times of Malta online -
Florida: 23rd July 1965 Dr Carl Coppolino was accused of murdering his wife Carmela. She had apparently died of a heart attack some months before. Great Crimes & Trials s3e14: John Bodkin Adams, BBC 1996
28th October 1965: when a former neighbour from New Jersey, Marg Farber, appeared and told the police that she suspected Coppolino of murdering his wife so as to marry again. Farber’s story was complicated by the fact that she revealed that she had been the doctor’s mistress, and had watched him smother her own husband, Colonel William Faber. ibid.
Carl Coppolino spent twelve years in prison before being paroled. ibid.
Dr Carl Coppolino, an anaesthetist, lived with his wife Dr Carmela Musetto in New Jersey. After Coppolino started an affair with his neighbour Marjorie Farber, the woman’s husband died in his sleep. When the Coppolinos moved to Florida, Coppolino asked for a divorce but his wife, who was a fervent Catholic, did not consent. Soon afterwards, Musetto also died in her sleep. Grand juries in New Jersey and Florida indicted him for homicide. Times of Malta online article 4th November 2008, ‘Crimes of Passion’