Britain awaits murder trial

The fate of Andrew Ludlam, the prime suspect in the case of murdered fellow Britain, Peter Fuller in June 2009 has been the subject of a number of enquiries received by Letter from the Dordogne. One reader from the United States said he knew Andrew Ludlam and that he was surprised he would have been capable of such a deed.

Andrew Ludlam was arrested at Luton airport having fled from the scene of the crime - the house owned by Peter Fuller at Plaisance near Eymet - having driven off in one of Fuller's cars and having boarded a plane at Bordeaux airport. He is reported to have been found with as large sum of cash on his person when he was detained.

Ludlam was subsequently deported back to France from Britain in July last year and is now languishing in jail at Perigeux, the Prefecture of the Dordogne. He is accused of murdering Fuller with a blunt weapon after a heated agrument fuelled by alcohol. There is speculation as to whether the weapon used was a golf club or a cricket bat. Fuller, a retired executive in the oil business, had built an 18 hole golf course on land adjacent to his house.

According to the local regional daily newspaper, Sud Ouest, Ludlam remains incacerated in the same prison in Perigeux. Before a date can be given for his trial there apparently needs to be a revision of the case and the police will need to accompany Ludlam back to the scene of the crime.