Homeowner dies just months after being released from 25-yr sentence for shooting dead council worker on live TV
Albert Dryden shot dead Harry Collinson when his bungalow, which was illegally built, was scheduled to be demolished in Butsfield, County Durham
A man, who fatally shot a council officer on live television in 1991, has died after he was released from prison in October last year. Albert Dryden shot dead Harry Collinson, with multiple journalists witnessing the crime when his bungalow, which was illegally built, was scheduled to be demolished in Butsfield, County Durham. The elderly man had been serving a life sentence till 2017 but had to be released early and admitted into a care home after he suffered a major stroke while in prison.
According to Alex Watson, his closest friend, he was 77-years-old when he died in County Durham on September 15. Watson also said that Dryden finally showed some guilt over the murder that he committed all those years ago.