DETECTIVES investigating the murder of former drugs baronPeter Beaumont-Gowling have appealed to anyone who took video footage at the time and location of his death to come forward.

Mr Beaumont-Gowling, 52, who came from Trimdon, County Durham, was shot dead in his luxury home at Osborne Road, Jesmond, Newcastle, on February 14.

He had recently been released from prison after serving four years of an 11-year sentence for his part in laundering £2.5m and police suspect his death was a gangland murder.

Police want anyone, including residents, visitors and owners of commercial premises, who took any video footage in Jesmond on February 13 and 14 to come forward