ABOUT THE AUTHOR

The career of Michael Hughes reads like something out of a Boy’s Own

Adventure Story.

Enlisting in the Royal Marines’ elite 40 Commando, RM, Hughes saw active

service in the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus during the EOKA conflict and,

after 7 years service, joined the Essex Constabulary. 

Another 7 years service in some of the toughest dockside areas of the County were to

pass before he transferred to the Metropolitan Police.

There he rose to the rank of detective sergeant and helped investigate a

multi-million pounds fraud against the Ford Motor Company, as well as

several headline-hitting murder investigations, including the sensational

gangland executions of Billy Moseley and Michael Cornwall, a case which

would attract controversy for almost 30 years.

After his police service, during which time Hughes was commended on

many occasions by the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Deputy

Assistant Commissioners, the Chief Constable of Essex Constabulary,

Crown Court Judges and Magistrates Courts Benches, he retired to be

employed both as a private investigator and then at one of HM Young

Offenders Institutions.

It is difficult to imagine a tougher slice of down-to-earth experience of the

British criminal justice system and Hughes provides a wealth of inside

information to pass on to the readership of Judgement Impaired.

Hughes lives in the Oxfordshire area and spends his time walking, river

cruising, attending military and police functions, appreciating the music of

HM Royal Marines Band Service, and writing. 

HM ROYAL MARINES MONTAGE