Belmont and Campbell. Dryden was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder, life imprisonment for the attempted murder and two terms of seven years for the woundings, all to be served concurrently. Mrs Justice Ebsworth, sentencing, said: "The state of your mind on June 20 was abnormal, but not abnormal to the extent of diminishing your responsibility for what you did... You are a dangerous man." Dryden's appeal against his conviction was dismissed in February 1994. He also made four applications for parole, all of which were rejected as he showed no remorse for his crimes. While incarcerated, Dryden maintained that he had been the victim of a high-level Masonic conspiracy, and that Collinson had been a golfing partner of the Chief Constable of Durham Constabulary—despite Collinson being neither a Freemason nor a golfer. Described as "increasingly divorced from reality", Dryden also claimed that the prison authorities were attempting to poison him. Dryden released from prison In 2017, Dryden suffered a severe stroke and was released from prison on compassionate grounds, to be cared for in a residential care home. Collinson's brother said: "Personally, I couldn’t bloody care less what happens to Albert Dryden. If he dies slowly, that's good. I'll be very happy about that. He never showed one bit of remorse in all the 26 years he has been in prison. He still tried to justify his actions. If the police had done their job properly, my brother wouldn't have been killed and Albert Dryden wouldn't have spent all this time in prison." Dryden died on 15 September 2018 aged 78 in a care home following his prison release. References Footnotes Bibliography Filmed killings 1991 in England June 1991 events in the United Kingdom Murder in England 1991 murders in the United Kingdom Deaths by firearm in England Deaths by person in England Murder in County Durham Town and country planning in the United Kingdom Lanchester, County Durham