Double murder linked to corrupt cops & Kray gang

Former detective says Met ignored informer’s tip-off

The whistleblower told the Mirror: “The informant was scared stiff. It took three hours to get this out of him.”

He wrote what the informant said in an official log, including a claim that one of the suspects had corrupt police contacts.

The whistleblower said: “It was a name bandied about a lot and always that there was corruption linked to him. I made sure the right people knew. I was content it had reached the murder squad.”

But days later a senior Met officer told him the informant had retracted all his claims. The whistleblower said: “I was surprised. It didn’t add up.”

The Mirror showed the whistleblower a police report from the time which corroborated the intelligence his informant had provided.

The whistleblower said he was shocked and would name the allegedly corrupt senior officer if there was now a proper inquiry.

Retired detective chief superintendent Albert Patrick carried out a cold case review in 2012.

He confirmed that the same three suspects were in the frame for the killing and a fourth suspect, who allegedly drove the getaway car, was a member of a notorious London crime family.

The latest revelations have angered members of insurance clerk Maxine Arnold’s family. Police accept Maxine was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

A relative, who asked not to be named, said: “Her murder destroyed her mother, who never got over it until the day she passed away.

“We want justice for Maxine. If the people who killed her are still alive then the police should have another look at this.”

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: “No unsolved murder case is ever closed.”