By 2003 Levi Bellfield had committed a series of rapes and murders. But by fear and cunning he kept under the police radar. Already acquitted of one brutal attack on a woman at a bus stop, Bellfield was free to execute his hatred towards women whenever the urge took him. But in 2004 he was to be interviewed again for the murder of Amelie Delagrange. ibid.
He chooses not to speak but his body gives an affirmative nod. ibid. Cliff
Levi Bellfield’s body language once again spoke volumes. ibid.
* Cliff: Micro headshake no, single-sided shoulder shrug; exaggerated hands (convince mode) = fake story
* Sole comfort is to recline in chair
* Picks teeth (disdain0 & low volume = two indicators
A young mother missing. And remarkably, her husband agrees to face the press. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s3e1: Nicholas Kay
Newbury in Berkshire, home to 40,000 people. And in the 1990s home to Nicholas and Rhonda Kay, husband, wife and business partners. Late in 1992 Nicholas Kay began an affair with the women who’d been renting one of their rooms. For Rhonda it would set off a catastrophic chain of events. In November 1992 Rhonda did make an appointment with her lawyer. But just a few days later she was reported missing by her friend, not by her husband. ibid.
He never mentions her name. ibid. Dawn
With no body and no explanation as to how Rhonda died, the jury at Reading Crown Court ruled Nicholas Kay not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter. He was jailed for six years and is now free. Rhonda Kay’s body has never been found. ibid.
* Cliff: Chest breathing, closes eyes, micro shoulder shrug, slight head shake no contradicts positive statement
* Have you killed your wife? Slight nod
Manchester Arena, May 2017: A terror attack and a homeless man … The night terrorism came home. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s3e2: Chris Parker
All of that carnage and for what? ibid. Kerry
‘I’ve seen people running that way and I’ve gone back in to try and help people …’ ibid. Chris Parker to TV crew
Amid the horror, for the media there was a hero, Chris Parker, the homeless man who had gone back into the arena to help the injured and dying. ibid.
The CCTV showed Chris Parker stealing a credit card from a badly wounded woman and a mobile phone from an injured 14-year-old girl. He ignored incoming calls from her relatives desperate to find out if she was still alive. ibid.
* Chris: I’m fine, he says, but shakes his head (wild shake, no problem) but eyes closing (distancing), lips tightening, brows coming down, eyes glaring, twitching right to colleague
* When we see a disconnect between the words and gestures, suspect lie
A missing wife. The husband says it’s self-defence. But is he faking it? Faking It: Tears of a Crime s3e2: Peter Wallner
A quiet road in Cobham, Surrey, the commuter belt just south of London. It’s a Friday morning – time for the fortnightly emptying of wheelie bins. But this Friday in June 2009 was different because at this house the wheelie bin was different. ibid.
‘The bin was too heavy. The rubbishmen refused to remove it, then the landlords turned up, and on his way out he looked at the bin and he saw a foot sticking out the top.’ ibid. reporter
As word spread of the discovery, police asked if anyone could remember the young woman who lived at the house. Melanie Wallner, aged 30. It was while working at this exclusive hotel in Surrey she met the chef – Peter Wallner recently arrived from Germany. ibid.
His solution is to put her out with the rubbish. And he thinks that because the rubbish is collected mechanically that she will be tipped into the garbage disposal, probably crushed, end up on a landfill and no-one would be any the wiser. And actually that so nearly could have happened. ibid. Kerry
* Cliff: Brows down (Darwin’s muscle of difficulty), flip of hand with thumb out (shrug)
* Cliff: Says no, heads says yes
In March 2015 a new name was added to the list of shamed TV personalities guilty of sexual abuse. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s3e3: Fred Talbot
‘The former TV weatherman Fred Talbot has been convicted at Lanark Sheriff Court of a string of historical sex offences against boys.’ ibid. BBC news
Fred Talbot, Fred the weatherman, famous for leaping around a floating map on ITV’s This Morning, was jailed for five years. It was the result of a huge police investigation. ibid.
An incredible interview tape with Fred Talbot was released. ibid.
These over-exaggerated hand movements or hand gestures are when you want to convince someone … If you’re telling the truth you don’t need that exaggeration. ibid. Cliff
Jailed for 5 years in 2017, Fred Talbot faced 9 more charges. Scotland had been the destination for many of his school trips. Its separate legal system meant a separate trial. With a new star witness for the prosecution. Convicted of 7 offences and jailed for 4 years, Talbot then faced a third trial. ibid.
Fred Talbot finally and for the first time pleaded guilty. ibid.
*Dawn: Syllable lengthening & pauses = thinking on feet
* Cliff: Clamping across stomach
Carlisle, June 2015: At midnight a teenager lies amongst the gravestones. He screamed out for help before being murdered. But it would not be until the following morning that his body would be discovered. The victim was Jordan Watson aged 14. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s3e3: Thomson
Very soon the police had a suspect: George Thomson, 18, 4 years older than Jordan Watson. … Police found traces of blood on one of the knives in his bedroom, and the glove at the cemetery contained Watson’s DNA. ibid.
He starts to wriggle, manoeuvre, manipulate, the legs are vibrating, his head’s moving, he’s touching his face … ibid. Cliff
Jordan had been coming under the influence of George Thomson. But Thomson had another reason for getting close to the schoolboy. ibid.
‘George had developed an infatuation with Jordan’s girlfriend.’ ibid. dude
Police found traces of Jordan’s blood on one of the knives in his [Thomson’s] bedroom. ibid.
* Cliff: Heads shakes no, then the words come out, not synchronised, likely to be deception.
* Dawn: Drop in volume lacks certainty
* C: clamps hands, legs move, arms move = high anxiety
* ‘I’ omission is a potential sign of distancing
For the first time ever, analysing the words and actions of Britain’s most prolific serial killer: the moment Harold Shipman appeared paralysed by fear. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s3e4: Harold Shipman
For the leading QC who put him behind bars extensive questioning produced no explanation: ‘At no stage in those six days of cross-examination did I detect any sense at all of regret on his part or for anything that he had done.’ ibid.
The biggest mass murder in British criminal history. Hundreds killed by one man, a local GP Harold Shipman. A position he believed gave him power over life and death. ibid.
Observing the doctor’s power as he eased his mother towards her death appears to have exerted a lasting influence on Harold Shipman. ibid.
But his power was draining away. Linking Mrs Grundy to local drug dealers was wrong and desperate. ibid.
January 2016: In North London a man is questioned by police. A murder [Yiannoulla Yianni] that had happened 33 years earlier. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s3e4: James Warnock
‘With the advances in DNA there was a match.’ ibid. woman
‘The girl. I knew her. The poor girl that got murdered, I knew her. We just got on really well. And it ended up in like sexual, you know. And it was. You know. But I was, I was only young and she was, she was …’ ibid. Warnock to rozzer
We have a change in skin colour here, where his cheeks and his nose are increasing in redness. ibid. Cliff
His DNA is an exact match for DNA retrieved from the crime scene. ibid.
* Chris: Affirmative positive statement contradicted with hand shrug = no confidence & slight headshake no & shoulder shrugs & eye closure = big porkies