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The Murder of John Palmer - Theories - Episode 3 - YouTube

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John Palmer's bodyguard goes on record about the competing theories behind the gold dealer's murder — and the secretive world that made the truth so hard to find.

Competing HypothesesPrincipal-Agent ProblemInformation AsymmetryRational Choice Theory

Theory Briefing

  • John Palmer, once Britain's richest man and a Brink's-Mat gold fence, was shot dead in his garden in 2015 — ruled natural causes at first.
  • His bodyguard, with rare inside access, outlines multiple competing theories about who ordered the killing and why.
  • Palmer's world of timeshare fraud, criminal networks, and alleged informant status gives investigators several plausible motives at once.
  • The delayed murder ruling means key evidence and crime scene integrity may have been compromised from the start.