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Good catch, CMC. Zoopla thinks the house has almost doubled in value since 2006, so that supports my theory that he would notw be priced out of returning, even if he hadn't spent it all abroad.
It is a bizarre choice. And then we also had the original detective who stated that DL looked Indian/Pakistani. Has that been firmly disregarded now?So we know he was a Londoner, lived a quiet life in Streatham for 35+ years, worked as a croupier, sold the house for £220k in 2006 and emigrated to Pakistan. He probably had no mortgage so would have had all that money to keep him going.
I wonder why Pakistan? Most people his age and at that time would have gone to somewhere like Spain, so Pakistan seems an unusual choice. Was there a link?
From The Sun story "But Det Sgt John Coleman, who led the case, is still puzzled by several aspects.Interesting that his passport was ten years old, presumably applied for when he emigrated, and would have needed renewing. I think you can do that from Pakistan, but maybe he didn't have all the paperwork he needed (like, say, his birth certificate ) and that could have been a reason to return to the UK?
If he had found his time in Pakistan could not be extended visa wise, he might have found that rising property prices here meant he couldn't resume his old life and that could have led him to make the decision he did? Just a thought.
Not that his ld life sounds much fun. The Sun has tracked him down: no link to the aristocracy, I'm afraid - he was a croupier from Streatham who never had visitors.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/27263...le-visitor-in-34-years-say-london-neighbours/
My dad grew up in streatham, although he is a fair bit older than DL.
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Interesting that his passport was ten years old, presumably applied for when he emigrated, and would have needed renewing. I think you can do that from Pakistan, but maybe he didn't have all the paperwork he needed (like, say, his birth certificate ) and that could have been a reason to return to the UK?
If he had found his time in Pakistan could not be extended visa wise, he might have found that rising property prices here meant he couldn't resume his old life and that could have led him to make the decision he did? Just a thought.
Not that his ld life sounds much fun. The Sun has tracked him down: no link to the aristocracy, I'm afraid - he was a croupier from Streatham who never had visitors.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/27263...le-visitor-in-34-years-say-london-neighbours/
I discovered the address in streatham yesterday, nice house, sold in 2006 which fits with Mr Lyttons travels
46 Lilian Road?
I think that this man would be appalled if he knew all of the hoopla surrounding his death. It seems he lived a life alone and may well have preferred it that way. He went out of his way to plan his death to be private and it is anything but.
Some people are content to be alone, that is their choice, and I feel sad for him that his plan was foiled.
Yes Lilian Road - It was weird how I came to the conclusion but on doing some digging it made a lot of sense, I didnt want to post about it incase there was a possibility I was wrong - but seems i wasnt
jslk, if you can (hope he is still with us) out of interest ask your dad if there was/is much of a Pakistani community in Streatham, he lived near Streatham Vale Park. I've been looking at emigration figures for UK to Pakistan but struggling to find out how many white British moved there. It wouldn't have been work-related as gambling is illegal over there.
I know what you mean, but I guess when your death is going to end up costing thousands of £'s worth of investigation (paid for by the public purse) AND be mysterious, there are going to be people who are interested.
He could have just kept his passport with him, his family would have been notified, there might have been a small piece in the local rag, and that would have been that.