Thomas Hamilton

A quick look at Thomas Hamiltons background gives us a fair idea of what he was about. For starters he liked guns, in fact you could say that he loved the guns he collected. He also had another love - young boys. A rather lethal combination one thinks. In fact his love for young kiddies was fairly well known in the village of Dunblane where Hamilton lived - so much so that he was given the not so bizarre nickname of "Mr. Creepy". And add this together with the fact that he was a scoutmaster and we soon see an almost complete picture of a pervert. But at this time a safe pervert.

But things went wrong for Hamilton in the 80's. His 'love' of little boys eventually saw him lose the role of scoutmaster. It seems that he liked to get the boys to take their shirts off so he could take photo's of them - and the kids parents obviously thought this was not why they made their kids go to scouts. After a few complaints it was all over for Thomas Hamilton.

But he landed on his feet - He took over a boys athletic club where he got to see all the bare chests he needed too to get through the day. I remember seeing a very happy Hamilton pictured with the local junior football (soccer) team. He seemed quite happy surrounded by the young boys.

But like all good things, it came to an end.

I can't actually remember how old Thomas lost this job (I think the boys didn't like the leering old pervert and told their parents to get rid of him) but all you really need to know is that he didn't take the news too well.

In the first week of March, 1996, Thomas Hamilton wrote a letter to the Queen. It was basically a massive rave about how unfairly he was treated by the scouts. He also complained about a campaign to ruin his reputation. The shame was just too much for him.

But Queen Elizabeth ignored his plea for help (BITCH!) and Hamilton was left to handle his problems by himself. And it would seem it was all just a little too much for his little mind to handle.

On March 13, 1996, Hamilton walked from his house to the Dunblane Primary School. He was going to sort things out, and he had four handguns with him. He chose the gymnasium as the site of his revenge (I guess he was hoping for some semi naked kiddies). There were 29 children, aged 5 and 6, and two female teachers inside. They were all sitting in circles playing a game, a game that was probably different to the one's that Hamilton fantasized about playing with the young kiddies.

Hamilton walked in, raised two guns, and lets fire. A few moments later 13 children were dead. Three more died later in hospital, and one of the teachers also bit the big one. Another 12 kiddies were injured along with the other teacher. The 43-year-old Hamilton then looked around the room at his 'revenge' and maybe realized he'd really fucked up this time. In this moment of clarity he decided it was all too much to handle. He turned the gun on himself and put a bullet through his brain.

THE AFTERMATH

Scottish police described the crime scene as a medieval vision of hell with "little bodies in piles." The Prime Minister decided this would be a great chance for some good publicity. He said the massacre was a "sick and evil act." Unfortunately for John Major he didn't pick up the votes he needed to hold onto power. And he even took the old bitch that ignored Thomas Hamilton's pleas for help along with him for a visit a few days later.

Almost a month after the massacre the gymnasium was demolished. In its place there will be a play area and a flower garden (how sweet). To avoid having some 'weirdo' try to claim a piece of the building as a trophy, officers have placed a 24 hour police presence around the demolition site.

AMUSING BIT

When Thomas Hamilton's body was dissected by the coroner it was found that he had broken ribs. This was to be a bit of a strange case for the coroner - until an ambulance officer came forward and admitted that he gave Hamilton's corpse a 'bit of a kicking' when he seen the destruction he'd caused. The ambulance officer was never even reprimanded.