DERRICK BIRD’S killing spree began when he shot several colleagues in Whitehaven in Cumbria, then drove his cab through the countryside of the Lake District blasting other victims, apparently at random.

WITNESSES described their horror as they fled the path of taxi driver Derrick Bird, whose shooting rampage has left 12 people dead and 25 injured.

Gardai are investigating the discovery of a body on a roadway close to Dublin airport.