Taxi driver friend of Bird’s was first victim of rampage

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.

Following a frantic manhunt, police found his body 20 miles away in woods near the hamlet of Boot three- and-a-half hours later.

Police said there were 30 separate crime scenes.