Bernard O'Mahoney
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Bernard O'Mahoney (born 15 March 1960, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England) is an English author, security detail, and former soldier. After taking control of security at a nightclub he became associated with Tony Tucker, a drug dealer who was shot along with two others in what is known as the Rettendon murders.
This event captured the imagination of the media and forced O'Mahoney to retire from the security industry. He began writing books about his experiences. Several of these books have since become best sellers, two of the books have been made into a film. The books in question are The Essex Boys and Bonded By Blood which is based upon true events of the Rettendon murders.
O'Mahoney is also known for his affair with Michelle Taylor, a woman who was accused of (and who he now believes committed) the murder of Alison Shaughnessy. His 2001 book The Dream Solution focused on the case.
Personal life
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Of Irish descent, Patrick Bernard O'Mahoney was born in Dunstable and grew up near Wolverhampton. He has also lived in London, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Basildon, South Africa, as well as being based in Northern Ireland.
He has six children. He has been married to Roshea Tierney since September 2009. He was the subject matter of Episode 7 of Series 2 of the Sky television programme Danny Dyer's Deadliest Men.
Books
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So this is Ecstasy?
Published in April 1997, it tells the story of dealing of
Essex Boys
Published in April 2000, it is a more in-depth story of the Essex Boys, who featured in part of "Wannabe in My Gang" four years later.
Soldier of the Queen
Published in February 2001, this is O'Mahoney's account of his time with the British Army as a soldier in the early 1980s.
The Dream Solution: The Murder of Alison Shaughnessy - and the Fight to Name Her Killer
Published in 2001 with Mick McGovern, this book focused on the high-profile murder of Alison Shaughnessy in 1991.[1] O'Mahoney had originally been one of those who campaigned for the release of the Taylor sisters who were convicted of murdering Shaughnessy, before having an affair with one of them.[2] He became suspicious of her obsessive behaviour and discovered a letter that indicated she was guilty of the murder.[2] He confronted her and she broke down, confessing to her guilt.[2] From then on O'Mahoney has campaigned to have the Taylors re-convicted.[2]
Wannabe in My Gang
Published in March 2004, it tells of the now-deceased
It also tells of the notorious three "Essex Boys" drug dealers who terrorised Essex with drug dealing and violence during the early to mid-1990s before they were found shot dead in a Range Rover in December 1995. The book also discusses British crime-figure Dave Courtney, and the Kray twins and gives O'Mahoney's opinions on books published by criminals.
Hateland
Published in May 2005, Hateland tells of O'Mahoney's correspondence with nailbomber
Bonded by Blood
Published in October 2006, it tells of the British drugs scene as a whole, relating to the earlier books "Wannabe in My Gang" and "Essex Boys" which told of the drugs scene in Essex.
Wild Thing
Published in August 2007, it is the biography of "hard man" Lew Yates.
Essex Boys – The New Generation
Published on 1 May 2008, Essex Boys – The New Generation tells of the continuing drugs scene in Essex in the decade that followed the murder of the original three "Essex Boys" in December 1995.
Flowers in God's Garden
Published on 1 April 2012, nearly a decade after O'Mahoney began work on it, Flowers in God's Garden tells of O'Mahoney's correspondence with a number of high-profile serial killers and child killers, including "Yorkshire Ripper"
It also tells of how he gained a written confession from Richard Blenkey for the murder of seven-year-old Paul Pearson at
In 2001, Armstrong lodged a claim for damages against O'Mahoney for "breach of confidence", as O'Mahoney had posed as a woman when writing to Armstrong, who had urged him not to tell anyone of his admission to the murder of Rosie Palmer, but he later withdrew his challenge for damages.[3]
References
- ISBN 9781840184679.
- ^ ISBN 9781780574486.
- ^ O'Mahoney, Bernard (30 April 2012). Scanlon, Patrick (ed.). Flowers in Gods Garden. True Crime Publishing. ASIN 0956760112.