A year after his release, Lane had left door work and was making a good living through a range of business ventures ranging from organising raves to selling vacuum cleaners. But his life was about to change again.

Archaeology in the Andean countries is a living science which has to do not only with the past, but also with the present and with the future.—Philip A. Means, Ancient Civilizations of the AndesA total of 2,941 threat-to-life warning notices were issued by police between 2018 and November 2022, according to data provided by 12 UK forces. The justice secretary has said the warnings have "added considerable complexity and expense to ongoing policing operations" and people involved in serious crime are disproportionately more likely to receive them.

Lane never denied driving the car - his sons' fingerprints were all over the dashboard. "But I didn't have it the day Magill died. I used it once, that's all." Lane didn’t have to join a gang; he has respect in the anarchic hinterlands of organised crime, a respect earned in a manner he now regrets. At school in Harefield, Middlesex, found himself defending his older brother, Sean, who was getting teased by friends because of a head brace he had to wear after a serious accident. Lane, it turned out, could throw a punch. Several of them, in fact, at high speed. It is a gift that has got him into trouble – and out of it – throughout his life.

I knew I was going to be arrested over Magill because someone called me to warn me. I was told: ‘There may be a problem with the car … you will probably get a tug. It’s got nothing to do with you and will blow over. Keep your mouth shut and sit tight.’ I knew something was wrong. I remember telling Kim (his ex-partner): ‘This doesn’t feel right. I’m being set up.’” The case against Lane, who was arrested three months after the murder, was based on one piece of forensic evidence found in the car, and several coincidences. In this book, then, we explore the development of Inca culture, society and economy within the ecological and geographical context of South America, and how by the fifteenth century their empire rose to dominate western South America. We focus on their myths, history and beliefs, and how, even after collapse, their memory inspired generations from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first century. Finally, we reflect on their continued influence: an influence that still matters for many across the Andean region.

Lane has always proclaimed his innocence despite the fact that this inevitably slows down the possibility of release as a prisoner is deemed not to have come to terms with his offence. His case was initially covered in the Guardian in 2001 and was later the subject of a short film as part of the Guardian’s Justice on Trial series. In their heyday, the Inca ruled over the largest land empire in the Americas, reaching the pinnacle of South American civilization. Known as the “Romans of the Americas,” these fabulous engineers converted the vertiginous, challenging landscapes of the Andes into a fertile region able to feed millions, alongside building royal estates such as Machu Picchu and a 40,000-kilometer-long road network crisscrossed by elegant braided-rope suspension bridges. After his conviction, stories appeared in the tabloids saying Lane was a contract killer who detectives called "the executioner". Lane notes that at his own trialone of the detectives told the court that “he is an extremely dangerous man who has undoubtedly committed other murders” although he had never been charged with any others. In among all the fragments of new evidence and the coincidences, and within documents that they believe are being withheld, Lane believes the truth about Magill's murder can be found. He insists he will not admit to a crime he did not commit, even though that may affect his chances of getting out now he is approaching the end of the minimum 18-year prison term set by the court.He has told the Guardian that there are people inside jail who are trying to shut him up – permanently. But he won't be deterred.