John Stalker

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1 Career
2 Retirement
3 Trivia
4 References

[edit] Career

John Stalker (born c.1945) is an ex Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police. He is most notable for heading the Stalker Inquiry, a police investigation into the shootings of a number of Irish Republican terrorist suspects by the Royal Ulster Constabulary in 1983. His temporary suspension from duty and removal from the inquiry in 1986, based on false allegations that Kevin Taylor, an acquaintance of his, was a professional criminal, caused considerable public outcry.

[edit] Retirement

Since his retirement from the police, he has written frequently for the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Times newspapers amongst others.

Following an incident in which Mr Stalker had to fend off two rottweilers biting his wife Stella in June 2006, it is reported he supports an overhaul of the Dangerous Dogs Act. It took at least sixty stitches to mend her wounds and the significant injury was requiring treatment for many weeks after.^[1]

[edit] Trivia

Stalker has also appeared as a guest panellist on Question Time and Have I Got News For You.

Presented Crimestalker for Central Television for a number of years.

He is also known for the Inside Crime series for Carlton TV.

His self penned book Stalker topped the best sellers for several weeks with worldwide sales of over 400,000 copies.

Nowadays, he and his dog Drummer are familiar on television and press adverts endorsing products including garage doors, awnings and various blinds manufactured by Nationwide Ltd.