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title: "The Man in the Mask: An Orkney Murder"
description: Full of jaw-dropping twists, the extraordinary story of the first murder in Orkney for 25 years, when the police suspect a schoolboy of shooting dead a waiter in a restaurant.
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# [The Man in the Mask: An Orkney Murder](https://www.roganproductions.co.uk/films/the-man-in-the-mask-an-orkney-murder)

 Written by [Rogan Scotland](https://www.roganproductions.co.uk/films/author/rogan-scotland) | Nov 1, 2025

Full of jaw-dropping twists, the extraordinary story of the first murder in Orkney for 25 years, when the police suspect a schoolboy of shooting dead a waiter in a restaurant.

Ep 1 – Witnesses, Woods and Bullets  
Bangladeshi waiter Shamsuddin Mahmood is shot dead in a shocking killing in the Orkney Isles.   It is the first murder there for a generation. 15-year-old schoolboy Michael Ross becomes the police’s prime suspect. Journalist Hazel Martin begins her investigation into a case full of twists and turns.

Ep 2 – The Schoolboy and the Waiter  
Hazel investigates the character of convicted murderer Michael Ross.   Would he have been capable as a 15-year old schoolboy of such a brutal and cold-blooded act?   She explores the background of victim Shamsuddin Mahmood, and uncovers a story of two hitmen who used to live near him before he came to Orkney. Could they have committed the murder instead?

Ep 3 – The Sniper and the Witness  
12 years after the murder an eyewitness dramatically comes forward saying he saw Michael Ross in a balaclava with a gun near the restaurant just before the murder.  Hazel investigates his story:  does it hold up?   She then tests Michael Ross’s alibi, and hears a new revelation about the case.

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