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Mike Meridith criticises Police investigation of wife's murder

Singer Mike Meridith claims Police never seriously tried to find the killer of his wife Jacky, who was brutally murdered in her home seven years ago.

Mr. Meridith, who was acquitted of the murder in November 1990 and now lives with his second wife Corry and their children in Florida, says he he is still unhappy about the way Police handled the matter and claims their investigations stopped when he was arrested, the day after her murder.

Speaking for the first time about his life since the murder trial, he told RG Magazine : "From then on they devoted all their resources to trying to pin it on me and I fully blame the Police for letting the murderer go because they didn't try to find him. They just tried to get as much as they could on me and of course it never materialised because there was nothing.'' Mr. Meridith says he never launched his own investigation into the murder because he lacked the financial resources. Police say the case is no longer under active investigaton but remains open pending new developments.

The Meridith case is one of several unsolved mysteries investigated by senior writer Elizabeth Harvey in the July issue of RG Magazine , available free with tomorrow's edition of The Royal Gazette .

On a lighter note, July's RG has a sporting theme with a preview of Bermuda's Olympic hopes at this summer's Games, due to start in Atlanta on July 19, plus photo specials on the XL Tennis Open and soccer player Shawn Goater's historic Wembley debut -- the first Bermudian to play at the world-famous stadium.

You find all this and more only in RG and it's free only in tomorrow's Royal Gazette , so don't forget to pick up your copy.