Well, I was coming back from a netball match last night, and then um there was this man standing by his car with his boot open. And then he came up to me and um pulled back his hands … and then I saw the knife … Cold Case Investigators: Solving Britain’s Sex Crimes I, victim, BBC 2024
Hundreds of thousands of unsolved rape and sexual assault cases are lying dormant in police archives across the UK. One major crime unit has launched a pioneering and investigative project. They are reviewing more than 5,400 unsolved sexual offences from the last 50 years. ibid. captions
2 sexual assaults from 2002 … by the same man … The offender in Operation Reactivate is not on the National DNA database, but it is still possible to search the database for his close relatives. The team has narrowed down the list to the 21 most likely family members. ibid.
The defendant received 8 years for each offence [concurrent]. ibid.
Alec Housden, Harpenden: 3 offences between 2002-2004 involving 3 teenage girls. Cold Case Investigators: Solving Britain’s Sex Crimes II
The DNA match connects Alex Housden to the first two attacks. But there is no DNA evidence connecting him to Georgia’s attack. ibid.
Alex Housden is responsible for all three attacks. ibid.
Kiewarra, Regional Australia: 324 Days Since Rain. The Dry 2020 starring Eric Bana & Joe Klocek & Genevieve O’Reilly & Claude Scott-Mitchell & Keir O’Donnell & John Polson & Bebe Bettencourt & Martin Dingle-Wall & Sam Corlett & Julia Blake & Bruce Spence et al, director Robert Connolly, caption
You lied back then, Aaron. Luke lied as well. I’ve always known. ibid. Gerie Hadler
Detectives say Luke drove to his house at 4:30, killed his family, then headed here to kill himself. Wouldn’t be my choice for a final resting place. ibid. rozzer to Aaron
Young people are three times more likely to die in a car crash than from guns, knives and alcohol [Brake 2017]. Car Crash: Who’s Lying? Netflix 2018
1992: The police have stepped up their search for a housewife [Patricia Hall] who’s been missing from home for 18 days … The Confession I, news, Amazon 2022
She got in the car, took off. I just thought she’d be coming back soon. She didn’t. ibid. Keith
There was tension in the whole household. ibid. rozzer
She was adamant she wanted to leave the relationship. ibid. confidant
We suspected Keith Hall had killed her but we couldn’t prove it … A plan formulated in my mind to run an undercover operation. The Confession II, rozzer
What was said in the car: he’s killed her, the bastard. ibid.
I didn’t expect to spend twelve months in prison on remand … I said anything to please her [undercover rozzer]. ibid. Keith
I strangled her. But it wasn’t that easy. ibid. Keith on tape to undercover Liz
His rights have been trashed. A classic case of entrapment. ibid. defence dude
50 years ago, the British aristocrat Lord Lucan disappeared on the night that his children’s nanny was murdered. Since Lucan went on the run, British police and journalists have scoured the world looking for the fugitive Lord. Now a builder called Neil believes he’s found him. Lucan I, BBC 2024
Lucy died 50 years ago on that night. ibid. friend
In 1979 I was asked to be involved in arranging for Lord Lucan’s children to go to visit him in Africa. ibid. friend
He [Aspinal] had arranged for him [Lucan] to go to Africa. ibid.
Scotland Yard had drawn up their own intelligence report. Written in 2002 it drew together credible intelligence that Lucan had got away to Africa. ibid. reporter Glen
This is the story of a son’s 17-year search for the truth. Lucan II
In October 2012, Neil’s collaborator, journalist Glen Campbell, went looking for John Crawford in Mozambique. And he brought in help. ibid.
On my birth certificate it is advertised as Derek Crowther. Lucan III ***** Lucan suspect
And the last image 88.5% match. ibid. Neil
Professor Hassan Ugail’s cutting-edge algorithm comes to the conclusion with high statistical probability that the man in Australia with five names IS Lord Lucan. ibid.
I’ve tracked him down again to a place near Bundaberg. ibid.
I looked straight at this bloke, and I knew straightaway – that’s Lord Lucan. I swear on my mother’s grave – that is Lord Lucan. ibid. John, with Neil
Five years before the murder: if he was on stage in Canada in 1969, how could he be Lord Lucan? ibid. Glen
We’ve got three facial recognition companies saying it’s Lucan. ibid. Neil
Tresco, Isles of Scilly, 28 miles from Lands End: 10 years ago my brother Josh died on this island. The police said it was an accident. We’e never accepted that. The Last Party: Death on Tresco s1e1: The Millionaire’s Playground, brother Ash
How do you go to a rich kid’s party and end up dead? ibid.
Tresco is the only privately owned island in the Isles of Scilly. The island belongs to the Duchy of Cornwall, the Prince of Wales’ royal estate. For almost 200 years, Tresco has been leased to the artistocratic Dorrien-Smith family. The family have transformed Tresco into an island retreat which has become a favourite destination of the super-rich. The visiting elite are served by a large team of seasonal workers. ibid. captions
March 2015: Josh Clayton arrives on Tresco for the summer season. ibid.
Josh’s phone disconnects from the network at 01.36. It is never found. ibid.
Soon after Josh’s family arrive on Tresco they begin to ask questions. They discover that the morning Josh disappeared another worker was also missing. ibid.
‘There are loads of conflicting statements.’ The Last Party: Death on Tresco s1e2: The Disappearance, investigator on behalf of family
‘This is where the cigarettes, the battery charger, were found here. So that’s what? 150 yards away from The Shed [party shed] … The bicyle was found thrown in the hedge here … A decoy? A distraction?’ ibid. brother
01.45: Witnesses say the estate worker is asked to leave multiple times. ibid. caption
01.50: Josh is seen outside The Shed. This is the last sighting of him. ibid.
‘The whole thing is a shambles. Total shambles.’ ibid. investigator
‘They [rozzers] didn’t want to have forensics.’ ibid. brother
The estate worker is sacked due to unreliable behaviour and suspicions that he is responsible for damage to the van. The estate worker is told to leave the island. ibid.
‘Some days after his disappearance a body was found on the beach.’ The Last Party: Death on Tresco s1e3: The Fallout, investigator
‘I have reviewed many of the documents pertaining to this case. There were elements of the police investigation and the medical investigation that left me speechless …. Professionally unacceptable.’ ibid. Professor Lemos, forensic pathologist
‘They [rozzers] keep trying to get a non-forensic post-mortem investigation undertaken.’ ibid. Lemos
‘Some days after his disappearance a body was found on the beach.’ The Last Party: Death on Tresco s1e3: The Fallout ***** investigator
‘I have reviewed many of the documents pertaining to this case. There were elements of the police investigation and the medical investigation that left me speechless …. Professionally unacceptable.’ ibid. Professor Lemos, forensic pathologist
‘They [rozzers] keep trying to get a non-forensic post-mortem investigation undertaken.’ ibid. Lemos
‘The police decide to burn Josh’s clothes.’ ibid. Josh’s mum
The toxicology report returned no trace of any controlled substance. ibid. caption
‘All the effort went into satisfying a narrative.’ ibid. brother
9th January 2017: An inquest into Josh’s death begins. Two days into the hearing, the estate worker takes the stand. He testifies that Josh had an altercation and said he was going to kill himself. ibid.
‘Nobody had mentioned this altercation before.’ ibid. news
‘Who goes to an inquest and changes his story?’ ibid. brother
Two years after Josh’s disappearance a new investigation begins. ibid. caption
The estate worker is reinterviewed by police. ibid.
‘How is this guy not a suspect?’ ibid. brother
2 years, 1 month and 6 days after Josh went missing, police conduct forensic tests on the van, on Josh’s accomodation, and the artists’ chalet where the estate worker stayed. ibid. caption
‘In my opinion is worthless.’ ibid. Lemos
‘Just don’t die in Devon and Cornwall.’ ibid. Josh’s mum
Police officer who found fame with funny Facebook posts from ‘Britain’s cushiest beat’ is slammed for bungling Scilly Isles’ first murder case in 40 years after suggesting using a water diviner fo find the body. ibid. article
‘If I’d had that level of skills and had that guidance then I think potentially I wouldn’t have let the family down as I did.’ ibid. under-qualified and under-resourced investigating rozzer
Tracey [Josh’s mum] texts the estate worker over the course of two years. In 2018 he stops responding. ibid. caption
‘We were left to find answers on our own.’ ibid. Josh’s mum
‘That combination – you had the highest tides of the year, and that would have made that coastline more treacherous than normal … Perhaps he thought he could get round the headland … That I think is one scenario … Did the police do enough investigation of potential suspects? …’ ibid. oceanographic specialist investigator
‘I think it was an accident … He took the wrong way home.’ ibid. friend
‘I still can’t quite picture how he could have got into the sea from where we found his bike. It’s a mystery.’ ibid. friend