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www.phtm.co.uk october 2009 The official newspaper of the National Private Hire Association
VICTIM SHOT IN DERBYSHIRE DRIVER MURDER NUMBER 51
Stuart Ludlam
Over one thousand people have joined a group set up on Face- book in memory of taxi driver Stuart Ludlam, who was found dead in the boot of his taxi out- side Cromford railway station on Thursday, 17 September.
A post mortem exami- nation revealed that the 43-year old had been shot. Whilst a 32- year old man had been arrested in Derby on the 22nd September for questioning in rela- tion to the incident, police have stated that Mr Ludlam’s killer is still being hunted.
Mr Ludlam leaves a wife of 17 years, Paula, who described him as a fam- ily man who was devoted to his three children, Jonathan, 15, Matthew, 12 and two- year old Aimee. Family and friends are devas- tated, and Mr Ludlam’s father-in-law Alan Coop- er said: “We’ve been taking it day by day and just can’t understand why anybody would do this to him.”
Mystery surrounds what happened to Mr Ludlam after he left the offices of Wirksworth firm M.J.’s Taxis at 11.40am. He was found dead in his Ford Focus estate at Cromford station in Lea Road less than an hour later. A passer-by spot- ted the body and called the police. Police were keen to trace two white men seen on the station plat- form at around noon on
September 17. One was of large build with short hair, who was wearing a light coloured baseball cap and light top. He is in his late 30s to early 40s, about 5ft 10ins tall and clean shaven. The other was of medium build with dark short hair and wearing dark clothing. He is in is mid 40s. The Derby Evening Telegraph also posted the description of another person whom police would like to speak to, who was seen at around 9.45am on that day walking along the river towards Cromford. He was of Eastern European or Turkish appearance, in his early to mid 30s, of medium build, 5ft 6ins tall with short black hair. He had a thin face and was wearing baggy, light coloured trousers and a loose fit-
ting jacket.
Floral tributes were left outside a taxi rank in Bakewell Road, Mat- lock, and in the car park at Cromford sta- tion. Around 250 messages were posted on Mr Ludlam’s Face- book tribute site, with some calling for a gath- ering so people may pay their respects. Witnesses, or anyone with information con- cerning Mr Ludlam’s murder, are asked to contact police on 0345 123 3333, or Crimestop- pers anonymously on 0800 555 111. We offer our condo- lences to Stuart Ludlam’s family, friends and colleagues, and bitterly regret the fact that Mr Ludlam has been added to the 50 other drivers in our industry who have been murdered in the last seventeen years.
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