Besseli's Not a Prime Minister

Jeremy Thorpe asked Bessel to help him kill Norman in 1975. The pair had been friends for a decade, but now they were at loggerheads. If he didn't carry out the murder it would be 'no worse than shooting a sick dog', says Jeremy. He then offered an ultimatum: Either kill this guy for me or I cut all ties implicating you no further in anything that happens next. After three years of silence and little contact with Atakity, Bessel decided not to do it. 18 months later, September 1975, Westminster. David Holmes was jailed for life after being found guilty of murdering his father-in-law Sir Peter Haines.