24 Hours in Police Custody: Ch4

[Cantaloupe]

eldar said:

The Scots prosecutor - Iain McSporran QC. Made my inner child titter.

A not uncommon surname in the west of Scotland, I have been told that the purse-holders [ sporran ] or trusted treasurers of a clan
were given this name, so a McSporran or MacSporran were highly thought of.

Gameface said:

I like that teacher. Stuck to her guns and faced down two lawyers. Good on her.

Yes, she stuck to her valid opinion, an opinion earned through decades of experience that a 16 year old with poor writing
skills is not going to be miraculously improved by the passage of a few years.

[Laurel Green]

Robertj21a said:

Those 2 letters sent from the hotel in London were very telling once it was evident that the accused stayed there at the same time.

I think they were both living in the lie until that piece of evidence came out. The look on their faces, then told the story, IMO.

[Chimune]

Seeing those two stoney faced cuts go down, made my night.
Was not expecting that result at all!

[Robertj21a]

It may well have been edited out, or just irrelevant, but I don't recall there being any comment from the neighbours (in such a small road), or any questioning as to *how* the girl is supposed to have visited frequently over many years - by train, bus, walk etc.

The QC for his defence was excellent with his deliberately timed pauses and raised eyebrows. Quite effective 1

[thetapeworm]

This is getting confusing now, clearly I'd never make the cut as a detective but are we now talking about the show that isn't "24 hours in Police Custody"?

I still have that one to watch so probably need to leave this topic until I've seen it if that's the case.

[Laurel Green]

thetapeworm said:

This is getting confusing now, clearly I'd never make the cut as a detective but are we now talking about the show that isn't "24 hours in Police Custody"?

Yep, are now discussing a two-parter that was aired Wednesday/Thursday on BBC2-The disappearance of Margret Fleming.

thetapeworm said:

I still have that one to watch so probably need to leave this topic until I've seen it if that's the case.

[Gameface]

thetapeworm said:

This is getting confusing now, clearly I'd never make the cut as a detective.

Don't worry. You'd be a star prosecutor in Scotland.

[Gameface]

This may interest some of you:-

Catching a killer on C4 at 21.00.

Looks decent.

[oobster]

Gameface said:

This may interest some of you:-

Catching a killer on C4 at 21.00.

Looks decent.

This the church warden killer?

[Gameface]

No idea. I'm avoiding any info about it until it airs.

[200Plus Club]

Church warden killer was obviously a genuine psychopath! That was a shocking watch to be Fair!

[Gameface]

Conniving little fker wasn't he! His superiority complex will not serve him well inside. Wonder if God will help him?

Surprised he got off on the charges regarding the woman.

[Robertj21a]

200Plus Club said:

Church warden killer was obviously a genuine psychopath! That was a shocking watch to be Fair!

Yes, fascinating to watch. What a terribly nasty piece of work, disguised as a best friend to a number of people. Very pleased to see such a lengthy sentence.

[CoolHands]

His mate Martin got away with it though.

[berlintaxi]

CoolHands said:

His mate Martin got away with it though.

The programme never really explained his role, whether he was an active participant or just there by circumstance, the murderer was chilling in his approach to it all.

[Slaav]

berlintaxi said:

CoolHands said:

His mate Martin got away with it though.

The programme never really explained his role, whether he was an active participant or just there by circumstance, the murderer was chilling in his approach to it all.

Martin's role was played down and obviously pretty much removed in the final edit once the verdicts were known?

There was also the possibility that he was also 'played' or manipulated by that creep of a psychopath? I called him out on that very early on due to his incredibly relaxed demeanour and obvious grooming and very long term strategy alongside his repeated behaviour and multiple 'victims'...

Glad he got a long term. Another that would surely come close to justifying a 'whole of life' order?

[Legacywr]

That was a good watch

[scenario8]

Another programme some of you may find interesting is a 3 part BBC documentary broadcast late last year entitled “Catching Britain’s Killers; The Crimes That changed Us”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00095q5

Available on the iPlayer service.

I just watched episode 1 which focused on the first use of DNA evidence in the 1980s. To see the continued impact on families of murder victims 20, 30 and 40 years after their personal tragedies was very moving.

[Chimune]

Yes I saw the dna one and it was amazing how they were flying by the seat of their pants using new science that most didn't understand - yet held firm and nailed the crim.

[Swervin_Mervin]

Also worth a watch is Catching History's Criminals: The Forensics Story which has been running on BBC4 the past few days (2 of 3 on now in fact).

Really interesting stuff