January 1993: In a remote woodland in Berkshire two men meet to seal a drugs deal. The buyer is carrying around £6,000 in cash. The seller claims to have three kilos of cannabis. But he’s lying. After driving the buyer to a deserted spot to complete the supposed handover, he orders him out of the car, forces him on to his knees and fires a single shotgun bullet into his head from 6 inches. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s5e5: Andrew Everson
The victim was 31-year-old David Watkins from Reading. ibid.
Everson stood trial at Reading Crown Court. That verdict [Not Guilty] came after doubts about the scientific evidence … It would be another quarter century before the wheels of justice finally caught up with him … Fibre analysis had moved on, and scientists were able to look again at whether Watkins had been inside the vehicle on the night he was shot. ibid.
* Cliff: Micro shoulder gesture with affirmative statement
* Dawn: Anxiety, no explanation for evidence, minimising language e.g. ‘sell him a bit of drugs’ & ‘I did not kill this man’ (convince mode)
* C: Anxiety lips press, little bite, upper chest breathing, fear on face (corner of mouth pulled back & eye closure & hand turn & little head shake no = you weren’t shocked; you were there when you did this
When a mum [Anna] and her daughter are declared missing, her husband [John Sharpe] breaks down in public. Is his distress genuine? Or is he hiding a terrible secret? Faking It: Tears of a Crime s5e6: John Sharpe
So this is a very very poor attempt at portraying concern and sadness. ibid. Cliff
Melbourne on Australia’s south coast. 40 miles from the centre stands the sun-drenched suburb of Mornington. At the centre of that horror – 41 year old Anna Kemp, devoted mother of a 20-month-old daughter, and with another baby on the way. ibid.
Despite his protests of innocence, the questions wouldn’t go away. ibid.
‘Anna’s family were suspicious right from the start.’ ibid. journalist
‘He knew the game was up.’ ibid. journalist
Sharpe shot Gracie [daughter] with the gun four times. He then dumped her at a municipal tip along with Anna’s dismembered body parts. It took a police team three weeks to comb throught he refuse and find them. ibid.
* Cliff: Fake sadness & prolonged eyeblink & squirming with his brows (unusual) & mouth raised into a growl = face contortions
* Dawn: He’s trying too hard & ‘either of them’ is distancing & volume drops, words are painful = he is struggling, no confidence in what he is saying
* C: Multiple indicators of deception: Prop of tissue, no tears, pained expression, mouth raised upwards, he says ‘I haven’t harmed either of them’ & prolonged headshakes after the words (convincing) & asymmetric brows & nothing from lower face, so we know this is a pose
A wealthy city banker suspected of murder. Does his account add up? Or is he faking it? Faking It: Tears of a Crime s5e6: Zahid Naseem
26th May 2018: Police mount an urgent search for a 29-year-old woman. Hours earlier, Christina Abbots had missed a long-awaited get-together leaving her family to fear the worst. ibid.
2.20 a.m. Officers forced their way inside. There, they found her battered and blood-stained body in the bedroom. But she wasn’t alone. In an adjoining room and apparently unconscious a middle-aged man [Zahid Naseem] wearing only a dressing-gown. ibid.
He’s half-naked and he’s locked in a flat from the inside that doesn’t belong to him, and Christina’s body is in the bedroom next door. So he’s got some pretty big eplaining to do, hasn’t he? ibid. Kerry
The man was Zahid Naseem, a 47-year-old father of two, who lived 60 miles away in Buckinghamshire. ibid.
He had no explanation for why Christina is dead. ibid.
She’d been strangled with bare hands and bludgeoned thirteen times with the kitchen pestle. ibid.
* Cliff: He says I did, body says no, slight head shake
* C: I need to get out of here because I can’t face these questions
* C: Rapid blinks, single-sided shoulder shrug, multiple head shakes no
Natheravon in Wiltshire. Military country and home of the UK’s largest parachute drop zone. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s6e1: Emile Cilliers
Victoria had met Army PT instructor Emile Cilliers while working as a military physio. Drawn together by their love of adrenalin sports they soon became close. ibid.
‘She’s the last one out of the plane. She jumps and her main chute fails to deploy. So she goes to pull the reserve chute: that also fails to deploy.’ ibid. man
Whoever was responsible had done a thorough job. ibid.
When police arrested him at his Army barracks, they knew the marriage had been in trouble for some time, but they weren’t prepared for his brutal frankness. ibid.
As well as the gas valve evidence, police had gathered more incriminating information on their subject. ibid.
‘He was funding a separate lifestyle, a secret lifestyle of affairs; and he also had debts.’ ibid. reporter
In October 2017 Cilliers appeared at Winchester Crown Court on two counts of attempted murder. ibid.
* Cliff: 3 indicators of anxiety: hand clamping, leaning back, breathing from chest = suspect deception & arrogance & sticks thumbs in eyes to make himself cry
* Dawn: Omission of ‘I’ & evasion
* C: single-sided hang shrug, micro headshake no
* D: Speed slows, low volume
Port Talbot, south Wales, adoptive home of Bristol-born Terrie-Anne Jones, daughter, sister, and loving mum. But on January 5th 2018 the woman known to everyone as Tan was found dead. The victim of an horrific attack. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s6e1: John Lewis
A 911 call and a startling admission. The caller was John Lewis, a local handyman, who started dating Terrie-Ann 8 months earlier. ibid.
He sought to portray her in the worst possible light. ibid.
Despite the ferocity of the attack, Lewis continued to downplay it. ibid.
* Dawn: She x6 rather than name … ‘I’ve killed somebody’
* Cliff: Micro headshake no & eyes closing & repeated head moves to side
October 2016: Police are called to an emergency at a house in Gateshead, near Newcastle. When police arrived they found 24-year-old Alice Ruggles had been murdered in her own home. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s6e2: Trimaan Dhillon
She met a soldier on active service. His name, Trimaan Dhillon. ibid.
‘He would bombard her with messages on her answer machine.’ ibid. journalist
We know that four indicators that when you put those together his denial here is a confession. ibid. Cliff
‘A previous girlfriend had been forced to take out a restraining order against him.’ ibid. journalist
* Dawn: Language is about his needs and wants & convince mode
* Cliff: Closed body, leans forward, clamped up, gestural retreat
April 2018, a small village in mid-Wales, home to Hollie Kerrell. Originally from Devon, Hollie moved to the village of Knucklas with husband Christopher, whose family owned a nearby farm. But on Sunday, April 22nd 2018 all of Hollie’s social media accounts suddenly went quiet. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s6e2: Christopher Kerrell
The first person they spoke to her husband Christopher. ibid.
He was extremely possessive. He monitored where she went. She wasn’t allowed to go very far, she said. And also he was on occasions violent. He was incredibly manipulative, so when he couldn’t control Hollie through threats or violence, he would threaten to harm himself, or he would threaten to take his own life. So emotional blackmail often in front of the children. This is textbook, textbook abusive behaviour. ibid. Kerry
Officers soon heard worrying stories from neighbours. ibid.
After striking Hollie on the back of the head, he strangled her. ibid.
* Cliff: Micro headshake no
* Dawn: You hear in his voice laughter & evasion & avoids her name & repetition
* C: Eye closure, body tension … flapping legs, leans back, clamps arms