The Essex Murders
Discussion
I watched the first episode of this on Sky Doucmentaries last night about the Retendon murders. They’ve got some decent people involved, including Dave McKelvey, who I became aware of from Michael Gillard’s book, Legacy, and then they went and spoiled it all by interviewing everyone’s favourite plastic gangster, Dave Courtney.
Two more episodes to go and it does seem quite interesting. There’s certainly the suggestion that the wrong people were convicted.
Two more episodes to go and it does seem quite interesting. There’s certainly the suggestion that the wrong people were convicted.
I watched the first 2 eps last night as well, it was very interesting indeed.
The 90’s was an odd time, plenty of naughty stuff around, easily available and a lot of money being made in the darker circles.
I find it perplexing that the police had zero to go on for a fair while, then took the word of (as implied by the doco) a fairly dodgy witness with a very plausible agenda to serve himself with.
The guys who were convicted live fairly locally to me (stowmarket I think, or thereabouts) and the general feeling among the families is that it is a wrong conviction, however that’s only from what I’ve read in the local news etc.
I’ve still got ep3 to watch. Fascinating stuff albeit quite a rabbit hole when you start reading stuff about it on the web.
The 90’s was an odd time, plenty of naughty stuff around, easily available and a lot of money being made in the darker circles.
I find it perplexing that the police had zero to go on for a fair while, then took the word of (as implied by the doco) a fairly dodgy witness with a very plausible agenda to serve himself with.
The guys who were convicted live fairly locally to me (stowmarket I think, or thereabouts) and the general feeling among the families is that it is a wrong conviction, however that’s only from what I’ve read in the local news etc.
I’ve still got ep3 to watch. Fascinating stuff albeit quite a rabbit hole when you start reading stuff about it on the web.
Edited by texaxile on Sunday 16th April 16:08
It’s amazing how much of a following the case still has after 30 years.
The third ep is interesting - the interview with Nipper is emotional but his dad never did it.
Series is slightly discredited with the use of “expert witness” Dave Courtney.
I don’t think those convictions are sound - there’s a lot more to the story than anyone in the general public knows.
The third ep is interesting - the interview with Nipper is emotional but his dad never did it.
Series is slightly discredited with the use of “expert witness” Dave Courtney.
I don’t think those convictions are sound - there’s a lot more to the story than anyone in the general public knows.
poo at Paul's said:
It’s a weird case that’s for sure.
I remember it from back at the time as mate’s garage sold the Range Rover they were found in.
Police interviewed them all at the time.
I'm also pretty sure that the bodies were left in it when it was taken away after it had happened. When it's on the back of the truck with the green tarpaulin over it they're apparently still in it. I remember it from back at the time as mate’s garage sold the Range Rover they were found in.
Police interviewed them all at the time.
LARK F1 GTR said:
poo at Paul's said:
It’s a weird case that’s for sure.
I remember it from back at the time as mate’s garage sold the Range Rover they were found in.
Police interviewed them all at the time.
I'm also pretty sure that the bodies were left in it when it was taken away after it had happened. When it's on the back of the truck with the green tarpaulin over it they're apparently still in it. I remember it from back at the time as mate’s garage sold the Range Rover they were found in.
Police interviewed them all at the time.
CooperD said:
It was mentioned on the programme that the bodies were still in the Range Rover when it was moved from Rettendon. Watched the first two episodes. Will try to watch the third in the next few days.
Ah, I remembered it correctly.I will try to get this, do you know if it's available on Virgin Media?
Watched the first 2. The private investigators seem to be making a story out of nothing at times (a bit like lots of media bs). They did the drive and felt there was not enough time to get there etc….but I am sure that some speeding crims on god knows what could have gotten there a few mins earlier.
Caddyshack said:
Watched the first 2. The private investigators seem to be making a story out of nothing at times (a bit like lots of media bs). They did the drive and felt there was not enough time to get there etc….but I am sure that some speeding crims on god knows what could have gotten there a few mins earlier.
Exactly. I can't imagine they were hanging round. Gassing Station | TV, Film, Streaming & Radio | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff