Palmer was killed by the establishment, he was about to stand trial and for the first time had no way out, his only bargaining chip left was the amount of bent coppers and people in authority he had been paying, so he had to go before he opened his mouth, new a few lads involved in the timeshare scam and a few involved in the laundering of the gold from brinks, i plastered out the gold shop that took all the gold after he smelted it down it belonged to a mates auntie, they all had there gardens dug for them at the time ?