Relatives of gun spree killer Derrick Bird would apologise to his victims' families "if they had the strength", a close friend said today as memorial services were held to remember the dead.

A grudge held by crazed killer Derrick Bird against his twin brother over his father’s will may have sparked a massacre which left 12 people dead.

INVESTIGATORS were focusing on gun killer Derrick Bird’s money troubles yesterday after it emerged that he feared being jailed for tax evasion.

Gunman Derrick Bird was embroiled in a major tax investigation into a mystery £60,000 deposited in his bank account, according to a friend.

THE family of gunman Derrick Bird were last night struggling to understand what turned the quiet taxi driver into a mass killer.

TWELVE people were killed and 11 were wounded when taxi driver Derrick Bird went on a gun rampage.

The family of gunman Derrick Bird were tonight struggling to understand what turned the quiet taxi driver into a mass killer.

Derrick Bird was licensed to own the two guns he used to murder 12 people in a three-hour rampage apparently sparked by a family feud, it was revealed today.

British police were today investigating what sparked gunman Derrick Bird's killing spree amid reports he was involved in a bitter family feud.