This is an extraordinary story of murder and revenge. In 1978, Bulgarian journalist Georghi Markov was assassinated on Waterloo Bridge with a microscopic pellet containing the deadly toxin Ricin, fired from a modified umbrella supplied by the KGB.
With the Cold War raging, Markov was a thorn in the side of the Bulgarian Prime Minister Todor Zhivkov. We recall the tragic events that shocked the world over 44 years ago. We look at the deadly poison Ricin and examine the evidence against the main suspect for the assassination.
Paul was born and still lives in Watford, Hertfordshire. Married with 2 grown up children, he has been an engineer toolmaker, a croupier and for 34 years a police officer until retiring in 2019. He worked all over London and the UK in the field of national security and public order. He now runs a walking tour company focused on real life espionage in the Capital and also undertakes many public speaking engagements on the same topic.