By Robert Charles Alexander is the Senior Crime and Court Reporter for Newsweek based in London. He formerly worked as a Political Correspondent for the Local Democracy Service of the BBC, and is a lawyer. He is also the acclaimed author of seven published books, ranging from biographies to mountaineering and architectural history. His first book, The Inventor of Stereo – The Life and Works of Alan Dower Blumlein was dramatized for BBC Radio 4 in August 2008, and is now being turned into a major...