‘The girl. I knew her. The poor girl that got murdered, I knew her … We hit it off really big time …’ ibid. Warnock
Warnock’s face and ears start to give him away … ‘His cheeks and nose are increasing in redness’ … Then, arms and shoulders betray him too.’ ibid. Cliff Lansley
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 & Jordan Matthews
‘How does he know that he was the last person to see Jamie alive?’ ibid. Kerry Daynes, psychologist
It was his TV experiences that would seal his fate. ibid.
Cardiff, August 2016: Detectives are investigating the death of a young woman, a foreigner named XiXi Bi, aged 24. The prime suspect her partner, Jordan Matthews, also 24. 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 Lansley, body language expert
He had stalked Shana Rice for months. A murder investigation with only one suspect … 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. At work she met Michael Lane, a mechanic aged 26. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s3e6: Michael Lane & Danny Shepherd
‘Michael Lane had something of a track record of obsessive behaviour towards women, particularly younger women.’ ibid.
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 five-month-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. ibid.
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 & John Cooper
September 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 [Cooper] is violent, he is sadistic, far far removed from the person you see in public.’ ibid. Kerry Daynes
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 had 45 officers on that initial investigation and immediately we recovered vast amounts of stolen property. Property from these previous burglaries, some dating back 15 years or more. ibid. rozzer
Murder in the family [Beck Watts] : one teenage victim, two prime suspects. The dark secret that points to guilt … 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 deeply suspicious about what was happening close to home. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s3e8: Nathan Matthews & Shauna Hoare
The fingerprint in Becky’s blood belonged to Nathan Matthews … His bizarre confession and his desperate attempts to get his partner off the hook … They found CCTV of Matthews buying gloves, a facemask and a circular saw. ibid.
Now in her third interview, Shauna Hoare was under pressure and struggling … ‘She’s pointing the finger severely at her partner.’ ibid. Cliff Lansley
‘I am convinced that Hoare is the architect of the act of killing Becky Watts.’ ibid.
Four deaths all very similar. The killer who remarkably went undetected for months. And the body language that proved his lies. A serial murder case that would rock Britain’s police force. Four men dead on the streets of London. A prime suspect the police knew all about. And how body language betrayed his guilt. ibid.
‘The police were more incompetent than he was.’ ibid. Kerry Daynes, psychologist
Death on the beach. A young wife killed, her husband wounded but is he faking it? … August 2002 a young married couple went on a late-night walk … April and Justin Barber … Right from the start Barber’s story was suspicious. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s3e9: Justin Barber
‘A two-million-dollar insurance policy might be the solution to all his problems.’ ibid. Kerry Daynes, psychology
Justin Barber claimed he’d tried and failed to stop the mystery gunman from shooting April. In the struggle he said he’d only just escaped with his life. ibid.
Police recreate the last moments of two little brothers. Their mother’s story. It would take six minutes for the car to sink with the boys inside: Michael & Alexander. It was a story that gripped the world. Michael Smith, aged 3, and his brother Alexander, 18 months, had disappeared both reportedly in the backseat of a hijacked car. ibid.
Expecting her first child but then Laci Peterson disappears. Her husband said he’d gone fishing. But is he faking it? Secret phone calls, a secret lover. The missing person: Laci Peterson, aged 27. Laci’s husband, Scott Peterson, aged 30. The 911 call was made not by Laci’s husband but by her step-dad. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s3e10: Scott Peterson & Stephanie Lazarus
‘He just seems altogether too casual, too unconcerned.’ ibid. Kerry Daynes, psychologist
The policewoman suspected of murder … Los Angeles, June 2009: the moment a murder mystery is about to be solved. For the next seventy minutes detectives would interrogate Stephanie Lazarus about a cold-blooded murder committed more than twenty years earlier. ibid.
He said he lost his family in the Grenfell fire … It was Britain’s worst residential fire since the Second World War … More than £1 million was raised in the first 24 hours: in total £26 million was donated … He received £360 in cash, fresh food and clothing and temporary hotel accommodation … Now he was applying for a further £5,000 from the Grenfell fund … ‘He never lived there and nobody had ever heard of him’ … A man with 17 different aliases … 20 people in total have been convicted of Grenfell-related fraud. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s4e1: The Grenfell Conman, Kerry Daynes, Discovery 2020
Warrington, Cheshire, November 2018: ‘She’s very dead. She’s lying in a pool of blood. It’s my wife. David Pomphret.’ ibid. 999 call
The victim his wife: Ann Marie Pomphret. The scene the secluded stables where they kept horses … Were clear pointers there from the start? The first clue his reluctance to mention Ann-Marie’s name in the 999 call. ibid.
‘He’s making some noises as if he’s crying but there’s nothing coming from his eyes at all.’ ibid. Cliff Lansley
Jeremy Bamber: charged with killing five members of his family … It was in the early hours of August 7th 1985 that a report came in that would shatter for ever the peaceful image of White House Farm. Faking It s4e2: Jeremy Bamber & Sabah Khan
Bamber said straight from the outset, My sister’s a nutter. And because they believed she was ‘a nutter’, it was easy for them to believe she could have been the killer. ibid.
‘I’m very confident he’s not sad. This is a fake pose.’ ibid. Cliff Lansley
Luton, Bedfordshire, May 23rd 2016: Just before midnight paramedics call police to a house three miles west of the town centre. They had been trying to save a woman stabbed in her own home but it’s too late. The victim was Salma Khan, a 34-year-old careworker. ibid.
When they looked at Hafeez’s phone, police found desperate messages to him from his sister-in-law Sabah. ibid.
He threatened some of Britain’s most powerful figures falsely claiming they were paedophiles and child-killers. But what clues were there about the man known as Nick … He convinced the Metropolitan Police … He claims that as a child he and others had been sexually abused by a group of powerful men: a VIP paedophile ring that went to the top of the British establishment. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s4e3: Carl Beech & Barry Rogers
Parts of his original police interviews have been released … Beech says he witnessed a murder … ‘The emotions and the behaviour he’s exhibiting don’t fit with the account he’s relating.’ ibid. Cliff Lansley
A grandmother’s death. Secretly recording the grandson. Pembrokeshire, west Wales, 2011: Police receive a heartbreaking phone call. Four days later Betty Guy was cremated. Four years later a murder investigation began: a woman approached police claiming Betty Guy had been murdered: the man she accused – her former partner and Betty’s grandson, Barry Rogers. ibid.