March 14 2022
Hunt for Cheesewire Killer goes national in Crimewatch Live TV appeal (pressandjournal.co.uk)
Detective Inspector James Callander with a reward poster for George Murdoch's murder.
''George, 58, was violently attacked with a cheese wire after picking up a fare on the city’s Queen’s Road during an evening shift on September 29.
Before his death, George radioed into his control room that he was heading to Culter.
But he was found dying on the ground outside his sky blue Ford Cortina taxi on Pitfodels Station Road where the unusual lethal weapon – used as a garrote – was also discovered.''
An identical replica of the cheesewire believed to have been used to kill taxi driver George Murdoch.
''This would lead to the murderer being dubbed the Cheese Wire Killer.
Police were first alerted to the brutal attack by two boys passing on their bikes who witnessed George being strangled on the secluded street, just off North Deeside Road.
He was desperately calling for help and the pair raced to raise the alarm, although it was already too late to make a difference.''
‘Even if it’s a hunch, please share it’
Detective Inspector James Callander commented: “That night, in a fish and chip shop named Mr Chips on Great Western Road, a gentleman entered the fish and chip shop.
“He was wearing dark clothing, dark hair in his early 20s. He had several scratches to his face, a bruised eye, and he was asking for plasters, and he had a cut hand.”
£20,000 reward for information
Hunt for Cheesewire Killer goes national in Crimewatch Live TV appeal (pressandjournal.co.uk)
Detective Inspector James Callander with a reward poster for George Murdoch's murder.
''George, 58, was violently attacked with a cheese wire after picking up a fare on the city’s Queen’s Road during an evening shift on September 29.
Before his death, George radioed into his control room that he was heading to Culter.
But he was found dying on the ground outside his sky blue Ford Cortina taxi on Pitfodels Station Road where the unusual lethal weapon – used as a garrote – was also discovered.''
An identical replica of the cheesewire believed to have been used to kill taxi driver George Murdoch.
''This would lead to the murderer being dubbed the Cheese Wire Killer.
Police were first alerted to the brutal attack by two boys passing on their bikes who witnessed George being strangled on the secluded street, just off North Deeside Road.
He was desperately calling for help and the pair raced to raise the alarm, although it was already too late to make a difference.''
‘Even if it’s a hunch, please share it’
Detective Inspector James Callander commented: “That night, in a fish and chip shop named Mr Chips on Great Western Road, a gentleman entered the fish and chip shop.
“He was wearing dark clothing, dark hair in his early 20s. He had several scratches to his face, a bruised eye, and he was asking for plasters, and he had a cut hand.”
£20,000 reward for information
