20/08/2026
RETTENDON: THE WITNESS WHO SAYS THE MURDERS HAPPENED AFTER MIDNIGHT
“Dan Diamond” is not his real name. His identity is being protected—but his evidence could fundamentally challenge the accepted account of the Rettendon murders.
Dan has provided TM Eye’s Murder and Serious Crime Review Team with a detailed signed witness statement.
He describes seeing a dark Range Rover near South Hanningfield Reservoir after midnight on 6–7 December 1995 and hearing a series of gunshots. He also says he witnessed what appeared to be a shotgun being thrown into the reservoir before telephoning the police on 999.
His account directly challenges the prosecution timeline, which placed the murders of Pat Tate, Tony Tucker and Craig Rolfe at approximately 7pm.
Dan stands by his evidence and is prepared to appear before the Court of Appeal. His account can potentially be tested through straightforward police enquiries, including tracing the 999 call, identifying the attending officer and examining contemporary police records.
His formal witness statement was submitted to the Criminal Cases Review Commission almost three years ago.
Yet the CCRC has never asked us for his true identity, sought to interview him or, so far as we are aware, undertaken the enquiries necessary to corroborate or disprove his account.
That is appalling.
The CCRC has had more than seven years to consider the safety of these convictions. Michael Steele is now an elderly man. At the present rate of progress, he could die before his claim of wrongful conviction is properly examined.
We will not allow potentially crucial evidence to disappear into another institutional black hole.
This is the first in a series of videos examining the evidence, the unanswered questions and the failures surrounding one of Britain’s most controversial murder convictions.
Watch Dan Diamond describe what he says he witnessed—in his own words.
RETTENDON: THE WITNESS WHO SAYS THE MURDERS HAPPENED AFTER MIDNIGHT...