He killed their child then moved in on the family. The bus driver who hijacked the search for an eight-year-old boy … The judge described his actions as truly wicked. He killed their son, now he was manipulating the family. The leader and incredibly the lodger. On a May bank holiday in 1997 passengers on a Manchester bus noticed something unusual – a small boy alone being allowed by the driver to do anything he liked. The boy is Jamie Lavis, eight years old; the driver, Darren Vickers. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s3e5: Darren Vickers
How does he [Vickers] know that he’s the last person to see Jamie alive? ibid.
Here we have a viper in the nest. The perpetrator has implanted himself into the family. ibid. Cliff
But it was his TV appearances that would seal his fate. ibid.
* Cliff: Slight shoulder shrug & head shake no x2 = contradicts
* Dawn: Missing “I” (distancing) & can’t say name
* Cliff ‘Someone out there has got to be sick!’ & micro headshake no
Cardiff Bay Police Station, south Wales, August 2016: Detectives are investigating the death of a young woman, a foreign student named XiXi Bi, aged 24. The prime suspect her partner, Jordan Matthews, also 24. In the next 98 seconds Jordan Matthews revealed a series of assaults he’d made on his girlfriend. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s3e5: Jordan Matthews
‘I punched her in the stomach. I just lost it …’ ibid.
We see no remorse. We don’t see any anger, and there’s no indication of emotion here. Is he a psychopath? ibid. Cliff
Matthews, a pub chef, lived off Xixi’s generosity. ibid.
His lies began in the interview room. ibid.
He is consciously trying to minimize his actions … She was found with bruising over a third of her body. ibid.
* Dawn: a belief, ‘I think I’m half responsible …’ instead of telling us
* Chris: Head nods after the statement = convince modern
* C: Single-sided shoulder shrug = gives whole thing away
* C: ‘I promise you’ used when truth not on side
He had stalked Shana Grice for months. A murder investigation with only one suspect: Michael Lane … Aged 19, Shana Grice had been discovered dead in her bedroom. What had happened would lead to a major investigation into the conduct of one of Britain’s most prominent police forces and a revision of the nation’s laws on stalking. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s3e6: Michael Lane
Shana finished the relationship and returned to her long-term boyfriend. Michael Lane reacted. ibid.
At dawn he used a stolen key to enter the house that Shana shared with two female housemates. ibid.
‘I’m just not right in the head.’ ibid. Lane
Brighton, Sussex, 2016: Shana Grice, aged 19, has been stalked by a former boyfriend, Michael Lane, 26, for months. She’d reported that he’d assaulted her in the street. Lane misled officers into believing he and Shana were still in a relationship. Shana received a fixed penalty fine for wasting police time. Her family say she was fined £90. ibid.
‘Shana’s blood was on those trainers.’ ibid. rozzer
Sussex referred its handling of the case to independent investigation and has cooperated with the Inquiry. ibid.
* Cliff: Blinking before and after is a blink sandwich = thinking hard = probable lie & headshake no & hand shrug = deception
* C: 12 x lip presses = he’s struggling, keeping check
* C: He stares at interviewer to check if he’s believed
* C: No emotion, careful presentation of story
An emergency dash to hospital. An infant death. Under questioning, what the suspect says and what the suspect doesn’t say. In April 2016 in a seaside town a call was made to the emergency services. A 5month-old baby had stopped breathing. His name was Eli Cox. Neighbours heard screams and rushed to help. Inside the house were Eli’s mother Catherine Cox and her partner, Danny Shepherd … Shepherd had shaken him violently and hurled him into his cot. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s3e6: Danny Shepherd
The TV actress, the partner and the cover up. London October 2013: at 12.46 a working mother is messaged from home. Then her mobile phone rang … It was the tragic end to the story of Ellie Butler, a little girl who had endured abuse at the hands of a violent, unstable father; her weak and terrified mother let it happen. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s3e7: Ben Butler
Pembrokeshire, south Wales: For more than a decade its people lived in fear terrorised by a violent armed robber and serial killer who lived among them. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s3e7: John Cooper
The best form of defence is attack. That in itself is an indicator of deception. ibid. Cliff
December 1985: A fire destroys a manor house near Milford Haven. Inside were Richard Thomas and his sister Helen. Both had been murdered. The police believed an armed intruder targeted the house thinking Helen was alone. When her brother came home, the gunman, fearing he’d be recognised, panicked and fired. ibid.
‘He is violent, he is sadistic, far far removed from the person that you see in public.’ ibid. Kerry
Weeks later in June 1989 Cooper continued to believe he would get away with his crime by striking again, and once again striking close to home. This time the victims were Oxfordshire couple Gwenda & Peter Dixon. ibid.
‘We recovered vast amounts of stolen property. Property from these previous burglaries, some dating back 15 years or more … We found in the cesspit five-hundred keys.’ ibid. rozzer
Then came the first damning forensic evidence. ibid.
* Cliff: Slight head nod yes to their names x2
Murder in the family: one teenage victim [Becky Watts], two prime suspects. The dark secret that points to guilt. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s3e8: Nathan Matthews & Shauna Hoare
Becky lived here in the St George area of Bristol with her father and stepmother. When she disappeared, her tablet, laptop and mobile phone were missing too. And at the same time all her online activity ceased. In a massive search that quickly went global, detectives were immediately suspicious about what was happening close to home. ibid.
The fingerprint in Becky’s blood belonged to Nathan Matthews. ibid.
Now in her third interview, Shauna Hoare was under pressure and struggling. ibid.
His desperate attempts to get his partner off the hook. But was she more complicit than anyone had imagined? ibid.
They find CCTV of Matthews buring gloves, a face mask and a circular saw. It’s now a murder inquiry. ibid.
He confessed in an extraordinary written statement. ibid.
* Cliff: She’s over-egging it & single-sided shoulder shrug & flash of wide-eyed fear & uses past tense
* Dawn: This volume is down
Four men dead on the streets of London. A prime suspect the police knew all about. And how body language betrayed his guilty. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s3e8: Stephen Port
They [rozzers] were even more incompetent than he was. ibid. Kerry
Late at night a caller says he’s discovered a young man in the street needing help. ibid.
In behavioural terms this is a poor performance. ibid. Cliff
* Cliff: 6 sings of anxiety and stress: closing lips, armed locked, low volume, right fist clench and hand squeeze up, vibration from leg, nose itchy and red
* Dawn: Over-multiple use of negation, no & volume drop
Death on the beach. A young wife killed, her husband wounded but is he faking it? Faking It: Tears of a Crime s3e9: Justin Barber
A $2 million insurance policy could be the solution to all his problems. ibid. Kerry
Jacksonville, Florida: It was here in August 2002 that a young married couple went on a late-night walk … Their names: April and Justin Barber. Romantic and also remote. But it was in this quietest of spots that a shocking crime unfolded. A crime that according to Justin Barber robbed him of the wife he adored. ibid.
Right from the start Barber’s story was suspicious. He claimed he’d tried but failed to flag down passing vehicles. In desperation, though shot, he climbed into his own car and drove off in search of help. But it would be another ten miles before he stopped. ibid.
They found that the husband had plenty of reasons for wanting his wife dead. ibid.
* Cliff: Brows being brought together & chin boss up = fake sadness expression & squeezing eyeballs with thumb and forefinger
Dawn: Truthful speakers are more willing to use contracted forms … I didn’t kill my wife
C: Head shakes beyond speech = not synchronised = convincing tactic