The Unsolved Murder of William Dalziel | Beaten to Death Outside a Care Home
In the early hours of 15 January 1990, 61-year-old William Dalziel was found beaten nearly to death outside an old people’s home in Acton, west London. Struck repeatedly about the head with a heavy object, he never regained consciousness and died four days later.
His fur hat, wallet and bus pass were missing. Robbery seemed the obvious motive — but why was this quiet, private security guard, a man who rarely went out at night, walking alone in Edgecote Close after midnight?
More than three decades later, no one has ever been charged.
Host Alexander Lawson examines the sparse facts, the…
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