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12/12/2021

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Sally Anne Bowman was an English singer, hairdresser and model who was murdered in the early hours of 25 September 2005 ...
09/12/2021

Sally Anne Bowman was an English singer, hairdresser and model who was murdered in the early hours of 25 September 2005 in Croydon, South London. Bowman, aged eighteen years at the time of her death, had been robbed, r***d and repeatedly stabbed. Mark Dixie, who had a history of robbery and s*xual offences, was convicted of the murder and sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommended minimum of 34 years.

I’ll be highlighting TV Docuseries that are currently streaming on Netflix UK, this week I’m highlighting “Killer Inside...
08/12/2021

I’ll be highlighting TV Docuseries that are currently streaming on Netflix UK, this week I’m highlighting “Killer Inside - The Mind of Aaron Hernandez”

Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez is a three-part series that delves into the life of American footballer and father of one, Aaron Hernandez. The young NFL player was about to sign a $40M contract before he was arrested on suspicion of murdering his fiancee's sister's boyfriend.

What are your favourite TV Docuseries? Let me know in the comments 👇🏼

Convicted ra**st and kidnapper John Cannan is believed to be launching a bid for parole. Canaan was jailed for the murde...
07/12/2021

Convicted ra**st and kidnapper John Cannan is believed to be launching a bid for parole. Canaan was jailed for the murder of Shirley Banks in Brisol in 1987, as well as the attempted kidnap of a businesswoman and the r**e of a Reading woman a year earlier. He is also thought by many to be behind the 1986 disappearance of estate agent Suzy Lamplugh.

He was never charged in relation to the presumed murder of Suzy, but investigators believe there is credible evidence linking him to the crime.

Crime Documentary Recommendation 📺 American Murder: The Family Next Door tells the story of the 2018 Watts family murder...
06/12/2021

Crime Documentary Recommendation 📺

American Murder: The Family Next Door tells the story of the 2018 Watts family murders, which took place in Frederick, Colorado. It uses archival footage including social media posts, law enforcement recordings, text messages and home video footage to depict the events that occurred.

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05/12/2021

Pure joy 💪🏽

Stephen Lawrence was a black British teenager from southeast London, who was murdered in a racially motivated attack whi...
02/12/2021

Stephen Lawrence was a black British teenager from southeast London, who was murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Eltham on the evening of 22 April 1993. The case aroused widespread controversy: its fallout included cultural changes of attitudes on racism and the police, and to the law and police practice. It also led to the partial revocation of the rule against double jeopardy. Two of the perpetrators were convicted of murder on 21 June 2012.

After the initial investigation, two suspects were arrested but not charged. It was suggested during the investigation that Lawrence was killed because he was black, and that the handling of the case by the police and Crown Prosecution Service was affected by issues of race. A 1998 public inquiry,headed by Sir William Macpherson, examined the original Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) investigation and concluded that the investigation was incompetent and that the force was institutionally racist. It also recommended that the double jeopardy rule should be repealed in murder cases to allow a retrial upon new and compelling evidence: this was effected in 2005 upon enactment of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. The publication in 1999 of the resulting Macpherson Report has been called "one of the most important moments in the modern history of criminal justice in Britain".

On 18 May 2011, after a further review, it was announced that two of the original suspects, Gary Dobson and David Norris, were to stand trial for the murder in the light of new evidence. At the same time it was disclosed that Dobson's original acquittal had been quashed by the Court of Appeal, allowing a retrial to take place. Such an appeal had only become possible following the 2005 change in the law, although Dobson was not the first person to be retried for murder as a result. On 3 January 2012, Dobson and Norris were found guilty of Lawrence's murder; the pair were juveniles at the time of the crime and were sentenced to detention at Her Majesty's pleasure, equivalent to a life sentence for an adult, with minimum terms of 15 years 2 months and 14 years 3 months respectively for what the judge described as a "terrible and evil crime".

In the years after Dobson and Norris were sentenced, the case regained prominence when concerns of corrupt police conduct during the original case handling surfaced in the media. Such claims had surfaced before, and been investigated in 2006, but were reignited in 2013 when a former undercover police officer stated in an interview that, at the time, he had been pressured to find ways to "smear" and discredit the victim's family, in order to mute and deter public campaigning for better police responses to the case. Although further inquiries in 2012 by both Scotland Yard and the Independent Police Complaints Commission had ruled that there was no basis for further investigation, Home Secretary Theresa May ordered an independent inquiry by a prominent QC into undercover policing and corruption, which was described as "devastating" when published in 2014. An inquiry into whether members of the police force shielded the alleged killers was set up in October 2015.

I’ll be highlighting TV Docuseries that are currently streaming on Netflix UK, this week I’m highlighting “The Keepers”T...
01/12/2021

I’ll be highlighting TV Docuseries that are currently streaming on Netflix UK, this week I’m highlighting “The Keepers”

The Keepers tells the story of Sister Catherine Cesnik, a 26-year-old nun living in Baltimore who was abducted and murdered back in the 1960s. The case was never solved, but was linked to a horrific history of s*xual abuse by a chaplain called Father Joseph Maskell.

What are your favourite TV Docuseries? Let me know in the comments 👇🏼

Nikolas Cruz has pleaded guilty to murdering 17 people in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School...
30/11/2021

Nikolas Cruz has pleaded guilty to murdering 17 people in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Cruz was 19 when he opened fire at the school with a legally bought semiautomatic weapon on 14 February. During the rampage he was filmed telling terrified teenagers “You’re all going to die”. It’s thought he admitted to guilt to avoid the death penalty, but will need to wait for sentencing to find out his fate.

Cruz was the subject of a video by YouTuber JCS - Criminal Psychology titled “What pretending to be crazy looks like”, which has since been viewed over 53 million times. The premise of which is the analysis of Cruz’s behaviour during his initial Police interrogation shortly after being apprehended. Cruz makes multiple claims attempting to divert the blame away from himself and seemingly to set the foundations for an insanity plea, claiming that a demon made him buy the gun and shoot his peers at the school. The interrogating officer however saw these transparent claims for what they were and didn’t entertain the attempts at manipulation by Cruz.

I’ll be highlighting TV Docuseries that are currently streaming on Netflix UK, this week I’m highlighting “Don't F**K wi...
29/11/2021

I’ll be highlighting TV Docuseries that are currently streaming on Netflix UK, this week I’m highlighting “Don't F**K with Cats: Hunting An Internet Killer”

The series chronicles events following a crowd-sourced amateur investigation into a series of animal cruelty acts committed by Canadian pornographic actor Luka Magnotta, culminating in his murder of Chinese international student Jun Lin.

What are your favourite TV Docuseries? Let me know in the comments 👇🏼

Don’t waste your time recommending non true crime related podcasts 💁🏼‍♀️
28/11/2021

Don’t waste your time recommending non true crime related podcasts 💁🏼‍♀️

Steven Gerald James Wright, also known as the Suffolk Strangler and the Ipswich Ripper. He is serving life imprisonment ...
27/11/2021

Steven Gerald James Wright, also known as the Suffolk Strangler and the Ipswich Ripper. He is serving life imprisonment for the murder of five women who worked as s*x workers in Ipswich, Suffolk. The killings took place during the final months of 2006, and Wright was found guilty in February 2008.

Crime Documentary Recommendation 📺 Long Shot is a 2017 short documentary film about how Juan Catalan was arrested for a ...
26/11/2021

Crime Documentary Recommendation 📺

Long Shot is a 2017 short documentary film about how Juan Catalan was arrested for a murder he did not commit. A TV show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, contains raw footage that was instrumental in proving his innocence.

The prime suspect in the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann, Christian Bruecker, could soon be charged with her disa...
25/11/2021

The prime suspect in the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann, Christian Bruecker, could soon be charged with her disappearance by this Christmas - German prosecutors hint. “We have strong new evidence against the suspect. The investigation is proceeding well and we hope to have an update soon… We are working very hard to solve this case and others where he is a suspect”

Bruecker is currently serving seven years for the r**e of an elderly woman in 2005, and is suspected of at least five other s*x crimes.

[Source: Crime Monthly]

After nearly 12 hours of deliberation, the jury found Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael and William ‘Roddie...
24/11/2021

After nearly 12 hours of deliberation, the jury found Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael and William ‘Roddie’ Bryan guilty of murder in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery on Wednesday afternoon.

What happened?
Ahmaud Arbery was out for an afternoon jog in Brunswick on 23 February 2020.
The elder McMichael, a neighbourhood resident, told police he believed Mr Arbery resembled the suspect in a series of local break-ins. Police have said no reports were filed regarding these alleged break-ins.
The McMichaels armed themselves with a pistol and a shotgun and pursued Mr Arbery in a pickup truck through the neighbourhood. Mr Bryan later joined the pursuit.
Mr Arbery was unarmed.
The younger McMichael testified during the trial that he tried to talk to Mr Arbery while the two were still in their truck and that Mr Arbery never threatened the trio, brandished a weapon, reached into his pockets or yelled after being confronted.
After getting out of his truck, Mr McMichael fired his shotgun at Mr Arbery during a struggle. He claimed self-defence, saying that Mr Arbery grabbed at his gun.
Three shots were fired.
A post-mortem examination showed Mr Arbery had two gunshot wounds in his chest, and a gunshot graze wound on the inside of one of his wrists.

[ Sources: https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/glynn-county/watch-live-jury-finds-3-men-guilty-murder-ahmaud-arbery/LJ6NXNET6ZAWJHAJVDTKUD72JU/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52623151 ]

Brian Laundrie, the person of interest in Gabby Petitos murder, cause of death has been revealed as “a gunshot wound to ...
24/11/2021

Brian Laundrie, the person of interest in Gabby Petitos murder, cause of death has been revealed as “a gunshot wound to the head and the manner of death was suicide” his family‘s attorney Steve Bertolino said in a statement to BuzzFeed News on Tuesday 23rd November.

👀 👀 yes… serial killer fascinations are “unhealthy”...
21/11/2021

👀 👀 yes… serial killer fascinations are “unhealthy”...

Take a look at part 2 of my favourite crime TV series. Part 3 coming soon 📺What are your favourites?
19/11/2021

Take a look at part 2 of my favourite crime TV series.
Part 3 coming soon 📺

What are your favourites?

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