Living with Murder - looking back at Yeovil student's tragic death (From This is The West Country)

Living with Murder - looking back at Yeovil student's tragic death

8:00pm Thursday 16th July 2009

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A DOCUMENTARY about the murder of former Yeovil College student Alan Kneebone back in 2001 is to be screened on TV later this year.

Alan, 22, was found lying outside a nightclub in Wakefield, Yorkshire, in the early hours of a November morning in 2001 suffering from knife wounds. He was taken to hospital, but later died, as a result of the unprovoked attack.

The pain of losing both his son and his best friend still hasn't eased for Alan's father

A spokesman for the Crime and Investigation Network

He was a talented musician – having discovered his love of playing the guitar while at Yeovil College studying for his A-levels – and he had only just started a two-year national diploma in music at Wakefield College when his tragic death occurred.

His death devastated his family and now they will be telling their story in the Living with Murder series to be screened on the Crime and Investigation Network from September 14.

Living with Murder is a documentary series that tells the stories of the victims of murder. This unique glimpse behind the headlines reveals what life is lie for the families left behind.

The episode focussing on Alan’s death is likely to be screened on September 21 and will feature his parents – David and Maureen.

A programme spokesman said: “Alan Kneebone was the perfect son in the perfect family - his friends even teased the young musician about how well the family all got on together.

“When he was murdered in 2001, his parents were completely devastated. David turned to alcohol to cope and dropped out of work, while Maureen found it difficult to function.

“David sees the loss of Alan's potential as a sentence worse than any possible criminal conviction and eight years on, the pain of losing both his son and his best friend still hasn't eased.”

While at Yeovil College, Alan formed his first band Midriff in which he was the front man and a born entertainer.

Midriff later disbanded and Alan went solo, writing songs and performing at a variety of venues in and around Yeovil.

After writing music for a couple of years he decided to take his music education further and enrolled at Wakefield College where he studied for a music production course – but then the tragedy of that November night in 2001 brought a sudden end to his life.

A family website has been set-up in memory of Alan and you can listen to some of his music by clicking on the link in our “related articles” section on this page of our website.

A family spokesman said: “Alan was a loving son, brother and friend and a very caring person.

“His personality shone through and everyone who met him could certainly not forget him and he had the ability to write songs at the drop of a hat to put smiles on peoples faces.”

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