Summary
THEIR lives were on a collision course from 10.34pm on December 31. It was then that David Atkinson dropped off friends at the Fountain Bar in Cambridge. Sally Geeson was drinking in the Avery pub opposite. Atkinson's friends describe him as "spaced" that night. He was gripping the steering wheel of the Range Rover and staring at girls in their New Year party clothes. His mood should have been a warning sign - Atkinson, a dangerous sexual predator, was said to be "unbalanced" by muscle-enhancing steroids he was taking - but it failed to raise any suspicions, and he was left on his own.
Geeson, a fun-loving 22-year-old student, would survive only minutes into the New Year before being raped and strangled. Atkinson, a 31-year-old army lance corporal from East Kilbride, serving with 23 Engineer Regiment at Waterbeach base in Cambridge, would live for a few days more before spectacularly ending his life in a Glasgow hotel. He left a suicide note confessing to killing a woman with his "bare hands" and bringing the case to a swift conclusion.See the full content of this document
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How Many More Women Did This Scots Soldier Kill?
The murder of Geeson may have been quickly solved, but Atkinson's suicide has left many questions in its wake. In the secretive, paternalistic world of the armed forces, which Scotland on Sunday reveals today houses at least 11 convicted sex offenders, how many more potential rapists and killers are being protected? Just how much did Atkinson's army colleagues, aware of his previous violent behaviour, suspect he was capable of? And how many other lives might he have claimed?
Police are now attempting to ans...See the full content of this document
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