Investigating the Almost Perfect Murders

Anthony Nott joined the Metropolitan Police in 1971, which was a very different world from that of today. He describes his early experiences in the Met, including the arrest of a man for murdering a prostitute in Kings Cross.

Anthony Nott MBE joined the Metropolitan Police in 1971, before transferring to the Dorset Police in 1976. He has been involved in the investigation of numerous homicides and was the senior investigating officer in the case of Russell Causley in 1996. The case was the subject of a four-part documentary series called 'The Investigator A British Crime Story' to which he contributed and was screened on ITV in July 2016. He has also written about his experiences in police reform in the Balkans and Middle East, while working on contracts with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He retired at the rank of detective superintendent.