Suspected murderer named

Thursday July 2nd


Peter Fuller's suspected murderer named.

The suspected assailant of the retired English entrepreneur, Peter Fuller was named yesterday in the local daily newspaper, Sud Ouest. He is Neil Andrew Ludlam aged 30. He could be sent back to France on the recommendation of English magistrates under “un mandate d’arret European”.

The body of Fuller was found by his ex-wife last Sunday morning at what was described as a “scene d’horreur”. He had been hit several times over the head with a blunt instrument.

According to French police Fuller was found face down in a sea of blood - “une mare de sang”. There was evidence of a fierce fight. Furniture was turned upside down in the living room, the kitchen and in the dining room near the bar where empty bottles of alcohol and glasses were found. There were traces of blood on the walls and on the furniture.

Ludlam, who had been staying with Fuller, is reported to have fled the scene in one of Fuller’s cars. He was arrested by the British police at Luton airport when the aircraft he boarded in Bordeaux landed. He is reported to have had a large sum of cash on him.

One of the other unsolved mysteries is reported to be the theft of two cars stolen from Wheeler’s house. One was a red AX Citroen found crashed 12 kilometres from the scene of the crime. The other was a Mercedes coupe which has not yet been traced. The police have not been able to confirm whether this was the car Ludlam used to drive to Bordeaux airport.

It is also not known whether anyone else was involved in Peter Fuller's murder.
However The Sud Ouest reported that this affair had created a degree of turmoil - “emoi” - in the British community living in the Dordogne.