London ¢ Evening Standard At about 8:15 a.m. on Wednesday 13 March 1996, Thomas Hamilton, -d 43, was seen aping ice off his van outside his home at Kent Road in Stirling. He left soon afterwards and drove about 5 miles (8 km) north to Dunblane. a sci Hamilton cut the cables at the bottom of the telegraph pole, which served nearby houses, with a set of pliers before making his way across the car park towards the school buildings. ‘The scots, got shots!’ He arrived on the grounds of Dunblane Primary School at around 9:30 a.m and parked his van near a telegraph pole in the car park of the school.