BBC News - Author Peter Robinson writes back over scandal emails
Peter Robinson has asked people to stop emailing himA best selling crime writer has appealed for people to stop emailing him about the Northern Ireland Robinson scandal.
Last week it emerged that Iris Robinson, the wife of First Minister Peter Robinson, and an MP herself, had cheated on him and tried to take her own life.
She also obtained £50,000 from two developers so he could set himself up in business, which she failed to declare to a planning meeting.
There has been phenomenal interest in the story, which Yorkshire author Peter Robinson has found himself distantly connected to.
More used to writing about the adventures of Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks on the streets of the fictional town of Eastvale, Mr Robinson has been sent condolences about his wife's behaviour.
Writing on his website Mr Robinson, the pen behind the Inspector Banks novels, thanked people for the offers of sympathy, before stating the obvious.
"I must stress that I AM NOT Peter Robinson the politician, Northern Ireland's First Minister," he wrote.
"I would have thought InspectorBanks.com would be the first clue, as would even the most cursory glance at the site, but I guess people who send rude and insulting emails or push religion at the vulnerable were not, alas, at the front of the queue when the brains were handed out.
"Please, cease and desist!"
Mr Robinson is not a stranger to Northern Ireland and has appeared at the Belfast crime bookshop No Alibis.
Owner David Torrans said that there had been confusion among some clientele when he visited then.
"He was here 18 months ago and he is the only crime author we have had to include a photograph of on the flyer.
"People were phoning to ask if Big Ian (Reverend Ian Paisley) was appearing as well."
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