Martin Johnstone (Peter O'Brien) was a New Zealand drug dealer based in Singapore. He was known as Mr Asia because an investigative journalist in New Zealand, who had tracked his criminality. Was not allowed to use Johnstone's real name in the newspapers.
In 1979, Johnstone was lured to Britain by his underling Terry Clark, another New Zealander. He was in effect Johnstone's deputy in the criminal empire.
Clark feared that Johnstone would be arrested in New Zealand and might give Clark up as part of the deal. So Clark planned to silence his boss and take over his operations.
Martin Johnstone went missing and later his mutilated body was found in Eccleston Delph in Lancashire.
This dramatisation made for Granada's Crime Story series takes a heavily fictionalised approach. It is not even a very good one.
It was made as some kind of bizarre love story. Julie Hue an air hostess fell for the charismatic Martin Johnstone who traded in goods and traffics in drugs on the side from the far east.
Only he fell foul of his boss Terry Clark, as a drug deal in the far east went wrong. Now Clark wants him dead and orders Johnstone to be killed.
Of course these things always have dramatic licence. This was fairly dull and pedestrian.
In 1979, Johnstone was lured to Britain by his underling Terry Clark, another New Zealander. He was in effect Johnstone's deputy in the criminal empire.
Clark feared that Johnstone would be arrested in New Zealand and might give Clark up as part of the deal. So Clark planned to silence his boss and take over his operations.
Martin Johnstone went missing and later his mutilated body was found in Eccleston Delph in Lancashire.
This dramatisation made for Granada's Crime Story series takes a heavily fictionalised approach. It is not even a very good one.
It was made as some kind of bizarre love story. Julie Hue an air hostess fell for the charismatic Martin Johnstone who traded in goods and traffics in drugs on the side from the far east.
Only he fell foul of his boss Terry Clark, as a drug deal in the far east went wrong. Now Clark wants him dead and orders Johnstone to be killed.
Of course these things always have dramatic licence. This was fairly dull and pedestrian.
