Murder and mayhem ensued at the finale of the Golden Gun awards as one by one, the members of the Stallonio family were bumped off by Irish and Italian gunmen.

It was in the Mafioso restaurant and it all started with the discovery of the body of Silvio Stallonio who was that very night to be presented with the Golden Gun award for being Hitman of the Year for 1920. Not only was he murdered but he had been shot in the back! And to add insult to injury the weapon used was the Golden Gun.

Thankfully nobody was seriously hurt because it was just some of the members of Abergavenny Theatre Group performing in a Murder Mystery evening to raise funds for the NSPCC.

“Over the years we have put on a number of these evenings to raise money for charity”, said Don Balkwill writer and producer of the shows.

“Good causes such as Cancer Research, Crossroads, Soroptimists, Hearing Concern and the Leonard Cheshire Foundation have all profited from having us along for fund raising events.”

He added: “We get asked to go back time and time again. In fact this is the third time we have put on a show for the NSPCC.

“All the players give their time freely so that the charity is able to use all the funds raised. All the players know their characters but the questioning by the audience is totally unscripted which can lead to hilarious results. All those who attended thoroughly enjoy themselves as did the performers, so everybody was a winner. This event raised more than £570. If other charities would like us to do something similar for them contact me by email donsvery@happyhome. plus.com”