On the 23rd of February, 2014, a frantic 999 call to Surrey Police was placed by a woman who was desperately running for her life. In the phone call, the woman describes how her mother has been shot dead. Towards the end of the call, she informs the 999 operator that she is going to go back to the scene of the incident and acknowledges that she will probably lose her life. Her last words to the operator were: “I don’t know if I’m going to be alive if I go back there. He shot my mum. Bye.”
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Sources
The Sunday Mirror, 25 February, 2014 – “Puppy Farm Slaughter”
The Sunday Telegraph, 25 February, 2014 – “Police Returned Seized Shotguns to Dog Breeder Before Double Shooting”
Evening Standard, 25 February, 2014 – “I Have Lost My Entire Family in Shooting Spree at Puppy Farm”
The Sun, 25 February, 2014 – “My Dad John’s in Custody”
The Sunday Mirror, 27 February, 2014 – “Torment Over Two Women Shot Dead at Puppy Farm”
The Daily Mirror, 8 August, 2014 – “Elderly Dog Breeder Denies Shooting Wife and Daughter”
The Daily Mirror, 8 October, 2014 – “John Lowe Trial”
The Sunday Telegraph, 8 October, 2014 – “Woman’s Last Words in 999 Call”
Surrey Advertiser, 8 October, 2014 – “John Lowe Showed no Remorse”
The Sunday Telegraph, 9 October, 2014 – “They Had To Be Put Down”
Surrey Advertiser, 9 October, 2014 – “John Lowe Claims Shooting His Partner Was An Accident”
Surrey Advertiser, 10 October, 2014 – “John Lowe Murder Trial”
The Sun, 11 October, 2014 – “Shooting No Slip”
Surrey Advertiser, 13 October, 2014 – “Victim Lucy Lee Feared for her Safety”
The Daily Mirror, 15 October, 2014 – “Weapon Went Off By Itself Three Times”
Surrey Advertiser, 15 October, 2014 – “Farmer Going to Shoot Dogs When Women Were Killed”
Surrey Advertiser, 16 October, 2014 – “Farmer Fell Very Much in Love Before Relationship With Victim Soured”
Surrey Advertiser, 20 October, 2014 – “John Lowe Trial – Accidental Deaths or Plainest Case of Deliberate Shooting?”
The Daily Mirror, 29 October, 2014 – “Grieving Relative Says Police Put the Gun in Killer’s Hands”
The Daily Mirror, 29 October, 2014 – “Puppy Farmer Plotted Hi on Partner 17 Years Earlier”
The Daily Telegraph, 29 October, 2014 – “Police Gave Puppy Farm Murderer John Lowe his Shotguns Back”
The Sunday Times, 9 November, 2014 – “Doctors Are Told to Report on Mental State of Gun Owners”
The Guardian, 6 February, 2015 – “Grieving Daughter Backs Calls for Public Inquiry Over Domestic Violence”
Aldershot News & Mail, 2 March, 2017 – “Relative of Tilford Puppy Farm Double Murder Victims Convicted of Defrauding Dying Partner”
The Daily Telegraph, 26 April, 2017 – “Woman Set to Sue Police Over Gun License”
Surrey Advertiser, 26 April, 2017 – “John Lowe Double Murders”
The Times, 2 May, 2017 – “Puppy Farm Killer Put Both Partners Through Hell”
Surrey Advertiser, 19 January, 2018 – “Family of Double Murder Victims Demands Full Inquest”
The Sun, 13 August, 2018 – “Murderer Jail Death”
Express & Star, 18 May, 2019 – “Probe on Dog Farm Murder Victim Starts”
The Scotsman, 23 May, 2019 – “OAP Who Shot Partner and Her Daughter Had Guns Returned by Police”
Birmingham Mail, 28 May, 2019 – “Woman Sobs as she Heartbreakingly Reveals She Loved Man Who Murdered Mum and Sister”
Birmingham Mail, 29 May, 2019 – “Heartbroken Stacy Banner Warned Police”
Birmingham Mail, 21 June, 2019 – “Numerous Police Failures Contributed to Murder of Mum and Daughter”
Audio Sources
“Lucy Lee’s 999 call after her mother had been shot by Lowe”
“John Lowe talks about dogs as he is admitted to police custody”
“John Lowe: The Police Failure That Led To Murder”
“Failures by Surrey Police led to the murder of a mother and daughter”
“Puppy Farm Murder: John Lowe”
