i grew up here on downshire hill in hampstead, north london.chappelow as the eccentric who lived four doors up the road from me. after he was killed, the house was knocked down and redeveloped. it's recently been on the market for over £14 million. i've spent the past year writing a book about this story. i want to get to the bottom of what happened to my neighbour. an author and photographer, who wrote about george bernard shaw, alan wasn't close to many people. peter tausig lived two doors down the street from him. alan chappelow was part of downshire hill. he was one of the original characters. one would always see him wandering up and down the street in his grubby raincoat with his belt tied round his waist or on his old motorbike which he kept in the garden. but he was so incredibly proud of this ramshackle house. you used to see him up on the roof repairing leaks with sellotape. i felt terribly sad when i heard about his death. police found 86—year—old alan chappelow‘s body buried under half a tonne of his own book manuscripts after being