"pottery cottage murders"

[posserman]

Does anyone have any information about Billy Hughes and the murder of
the Moran family at Pottery Cottage near Chesterfield in 1977. I would
be extremely grateful for any information as I am considering writing
a book about the subject.

[jan]

On 18 Feb 2003 16:24:03 -0800, joh...@blueyonder.co.uk (posserman)
wrote:

Dang. Looks like you've got your work cut out for you.

jan

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[formica63]

"posserman" <joh...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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Perhaps you could give us more info?

Form

[Graham]

http://www.ashtel.net/communities/kdcs/monitor/monitor99.pdf

Leaving by the Buxton Road through Wadshelf we come to a pace of tragedy
near to The
Highwayman pub at Eastmoor; just a few cottages and farms and a large
poultry house. In January
1977, a man called Roy Hughes, aged 36, a noted criminal, was being taken by
taxi from Leicester
Prison to attend Chesterfield Court on a charge of rape and violence.
Somehow he managed to
overpower his guards and with the car keys drove off towards Baslow,
crashing about a mile from
Pottery Cottage, where the family of Jill Moran lived. Her father, Arthur
Minton, aged 72, his wife
Amy, aged 70, Sarah Gills, 10 years old and Jill's husband Richard were all
stabbed to death within
three days. He used the family car to escape capture, being chased by Police
from Pottery Cottage
where, before they left, Jill manage to raise the alarm. Police found the
crashed car near Tideswell
but Roy Hughes took hold of the police car and set off for Whaley Bridge, to
be stopped at gunpoint at
a roadblock as he was attacking Jill. Fortunately, he was shot dead and
Jill, who was slightly injured,
was treated at Macclesfield Hospital. Hughes was cremated, as people in
Chesterfield did not want
him to be buried in the same cemetery as their relatives!

G

"posserman" <joh...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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[Ana]

Why don't you get in touch with Jill Moran then.

She later married one of the police officers who worked on the case as I
recall.

Ana

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[posserman]

"Ana" <a.br...@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:<b2vhjr$5un$1...@helle.btinternet.com>...

Posserman
Thanks Ana for your reply.I didn't know Gill had re-married or even if
she was still alive.The last bit of information I could glean from
local newspaper reports was that she had moved to Paris after the
murders to live with her sister Barbara. I would, of course, very much
like to speak to her before I would even THINK of writing a book on
the subject.How I go about tracing her - I haven't a clue; and if I
did manage to make contact, then how the hell does one go about
approaching such a delicate subject. It's now nearly 30 years since
the events at Pottery Cottage and I wondered if, with the passage of
time, Gill might feel able to share the ordeal she went through.After
all, (to 'rip-off' another book title!) she was The Only Living
Witness.

[argenint...@gmail.com]

I met his daughter and studied the case - why are you doing a book on the case have you new info?

[argenint...@gmail.com]

Gill wont speak to her I tracked her down and she blanked me -if you search online you can see the article I wrote in the Mail about his daughter.

[norton...@gmail.com]

Yes I do ,it was my dads family involved. It was my dads cousin who survived.Please contact me for any more info
regards mike minton

[milner...@gmail.com]

Hi just been reading up on all this we stopped at the highwayman last nite. Is it the house that shares the car park with the pub were it happened ?

[ehhas...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, February 19, 2003 at 12:24:03 AM UTC, posserman wrote:

You should contact Peter Howes who was the officer in charge when Hughes was shot. I believe he has written or is writing a book about the case.

[argenint...@gmail.com]

On Sunday, November 29, 2015 at 8:47:20 PM UTC, norton...@gmail.com wrote:
> Yes I do ,it was my dads family involved. It was my dads cousin who survived.Please contact me for any more info
> regards mike minton

hi Mike - my email is argenint...@gmail.com

[JonnyB]

Did anything ever come of your discussion? I notice there are a couple of books out.