Soham: The Cambridgeshire village that became the focus of worldwide attention after the disappearance of two ten-year-old girls, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. ibid.
Humberside police knew all about him: eight times he’d been linked to allegations of sexual abuse and rape, mostly against girls as young as eleven. ibid.
And he then started to go further, by agreeing to a series of TV interviews. ibid.
It was Britain’s biggest manhunt ever. ibid.
But at odd moments Huntley’s face betrays him. ibid.
Maxine talking about Holly in the past tense … It did strike me at the time as slightly strange. ibid. Jeremy Thompson, reporter
But by choosing to speak on camera both Huntley and Carr made a crucial mistake. They helped to give themselves away. ibid.
* Chris: Posing concern and sadness with eyebrows: it’s a pose because there’s asymmetry
* C: Contradicting affirmative statement with slight headshake no and shoulder raise = deception
* C: ‘That way inclined’ & while smiling pleasurable face = psychopath
* C: Carr: Four positive statements, four one-second blinks
* C: Huntley’s police interview: Squirming, movement back in chair, clamps hands, rubbing and manipulating fingers, slight shoulder raise on right side, volume comes down, says no with head movement afterwards = indicators of deception
The crime that had the nation gripped. An alleged road rage murder with a shocking twist. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s2e2: Tracie Andrews
Worcestershire in the English Midlands, December 1996: Police investigate a murder in a quiet country lane, the result of a reported high-speed car chase. The dead man – Lee Harvey aged 25 and father of a baby daughter. Travelling alongside him – his girlfriend Tracie Andrews, 27, a single mum, barmaid and part-time model. Battered and bruised, Tracie Andrews had been interviewed by police. ibid.
I saw six indicators all within three or four seconds which totally contradict the claim she is making. ibid. Cliff
‘She had assaulted him in a public house in Birmingham. She had bitten him.’ ibid. rozzer
While some of Tracie Andrew’s story may have been true, at other times she was faking it. ibid.
Tracie Andrew’s concern was primarily about herself. ibid.
Birmingham Crown Court: Tracie Andrews was found guilty of murder. ibid.
* Cliff: Six indicators: See qualifies the statement, slight shoulder shrug from left shoulder, volume drop, swallows hard, she pauses then pitch goes up = porkie
* Dawn: Very sequential: ‘and then … and then … and then …’
A missing mum, distraught husband. Where is their mother? Winchester in the south of England: Kirsi Gifford-Hull, a 39-year-old mother of two, is reported missing from her family home. As missing stories went, this one was rare. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s2e2: Mike Hull
Her husband claimed that after an argument she had walked out on him and their children, aged 10 and 13. But there was no sign of Kirsi anywhere. Detectives started to focus on her husband who’d been the last to see her. ibid.
‘Kirsi Gifford-Hull had discovered that her husband had been having several several affairs with women he had met on the internet and with prostitutes.’ ibid. journalist
I don’t think I’ve ever seen that blink rate before. ibid. Cliff
It’s just positive impression management. ibid. Kerry
* Cliff: Blink rate!
* C: ‘I need you back’ with slight head shake no & two eye closures
The parents who asked what everyone was thinking: ‘Would we kill our own daughter?’ Now the experts analyse the tears, the lies and the video tape. A murder that shocked a community. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s2e3: Shafilea Ahmed
Everything they were describing was a lie. ibid. Cliff
Police began to investigate what Shafilea had told her friends – frequent rows she’d been having with her parents. ibid.
Drinking bleach left Shafilea leaving urgent medical attention. ibid.
They were looking only at her parents. ibid.
September 2003: 17-year-old Shafilea Ahmed had gone missing from her home in Warrington, Cheshire. Four months later her body was found. Her parents were the prime suspects. ibid.
Their lack of concern for Shafilea was creating suspicion. ibid.
‘Alesha finally said to the police she had witnessed Shafilea being murdered by her parents all those years ago.’ woman
‘The mother had actually encouraged and pushed Iftikhar on to do it.’ ibid. man
Her parents were found guilty of her murder. ibid.
* Dawn: He says ‘The daughter doesn’t want to be married …’ which is extremely distancing.
* Cliff: He says never but gives us a head nod yes
* Cliff: Eyes closed, volume dropped, head drop yes, two second pause
Robbery, kidnap and murder: but is the grief-stricken husband faking it? Faking It: Tears of a Crime s2e3: Gordon Wardell
‘A man got hold of my wife and was threatening her with a knife.’ ibid.
Nuneaton, in Warwickshire, 1994: Scene of a headline-grabbing crime. The victim: Carole Wardell, 39-years-old, married and a building society branch manager. ibid.
Gordon Wardell had claimed an armed gang had knocked him out and then undressed him. He was found wearing only his underpants. ibid.
Gordon Wardell was doing more to arouse suspicion [frail and in wheelchair]. Wardell’s sense of theatre didn’t stop there. He spoke in hushed tones. And gave colourful descriptions of the attackers. ibid.
They discovered he’d served four years in jail for attacking a women with a knife when a teenager. ibid.
He has looked at it as a theatre-goer might look at a set. ibid. Kerry
* Cliff: He describes the killers as totally evil with a headshake no!
* Cliff: No blinks, has rehearsed
What was labelled the trial of the century: Olympic and Paralympic icon Oscar Pistorius accused of deliberately murdering his girlfriend – the model and TV reality star Reeva Steenkamp. The man who had everything except self control. The man who almost got away with murder. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s2e4: Oscar Pistorius
An overwhelming amount of implausibilities, impossibilities and things that just don’t make sense. ibid. Kerry
The perfect couple’s relationship was volatile from the start. ibid.
‘You do everything to throw tantrums in front of people. I have been upset by you for two days now … I’m scared of you sometimes and how you snap at me and of how you will react to me’, ibid. Reeva’s text
Dramatic mood changes, an explosive temper and a fascination with guns. ibid.
Pistorius had fired a loaded gun in a crowded restaurant. No-one was hurt. ibid.
Are you telling me that he didn’t know that Reeva wasn’t asleep in that bed? … I think she took her phone because she was afraid of her safety. ibid. Kerry
Pistorius pleaded that it was a tragic accident and would weep, wail and pray when details of Reeva’s injuries was heard. ibid.
The verdict would be the most divisive of all. ibid.
A boyfriend’s tears but where is Joanne Nelson? A secret journey and the marks that pointed to murder. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s2e5: Paul Dyson
Hull, Humberside, February 14th 2005: Joanne Nelson aged 22. Reported missing from her home. ibid.
According to her boyfriend, he’s said goodbye to her the following morning. His name Paul Dyson. ibid.
He agreed to be interviewed on camera. ibid.
‘Behind close doors he was a violent bully who had a history of abuse against partners.’ ibid. reporter
Now I getting suspicious because the sadness is just being pulled off the face in the fraction of a second … We start to see a smile come on his face. ibid. Cliff
From the moment he contacted the police, Paul Dyson’s story started unravelling. ibid.
* Cliff: long-eye closure, second eye squeeze, attempts sadness to create tears