The Snowball Killer: Episode 355
In Maybole, Ayrshire, Ahmjid Ismail and his family ran a grocer’s shop, known locally as Johnny’s. Newly released from prison and a newcomer to the village, John McGeechan thought that robbing this store would be an easy way to give him the money to buy his next heroin fix. But the robbery went very wrong with 34 year old Ahmjid losing his life after being stabbed repeatedly. And then it was discovered that McGeechan had killed before.... Find out more about the UK True Crime Podcast: https://uktruecrime.com Join me at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime Buy my book 'Gone Fishing' about serial killer Angus Sinclair https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gone-Fishing-Unsolved-Crimes-Sinclair/dp/1914277201 Sources https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/heroin-addict-is-jailed-after-murder-of-shop-worker-is-caught-on-answering-machine-kvcnzrzfgtq https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/prison-attack-sees-double-killer-993548 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7412760.stm https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/45274/Pathetic-killer-of-shopkeeper-is-jailed-for-life https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/19883901.glasgow-crime-story-cranhill-man-john-mcgeechan-killed-twice/ https://www.thefreelibrary.com/STABBED+TO+DEATH+FOR+THROWING+SNOWBALL.-a061268180