# #364 - Soft Targets (Lichfield, Private William Robert Davies)

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Podcast: [Murder Mile UK True Crime](https://stenobird.com/podcast/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-635698)
Published: 2026-09-03T03:00:00+00:00
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Friday 1st of June 1990, at 5:52pm, three off-duty Army recruits were shot at Lichfield City train station by two members of the Provisional IRA; Privates Robert Parkin & Neil Evans were injured, but being shot twice in the head in an execution style killing, Private William Robert Davies died. But who were his killers, and why were they never tried and convicted? Location: Lichfield City train station, Lichfield, Staffordshire Date: Friday 1st of June 1990, at 5:52pm (murder) Victims: Privates Robert Parkin, Neil Evans & William Robert Davies Culprit: Nessan Quinlivan & Pearse McAuley Seven time nominated at the True Crime Awards, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards, Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer . Follow me on SOCIAL MEDIA ·           Instagram ·           FaceBook ·           Threads ·           TokTok ·           YouTube SUBSCRIBE via Patreon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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