Albert Dryden: The full story of June 20, 1991
ON June 20, 1991, a dispute that started when a bungalow was built without planning permission ended with a council official shot dead and a reporter and police officer wounded.
Timeline of a murder in Consett - Albert Dryden: The full story in pictures
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