When a pregnant mum goes missing her husband [Mark Galante] joins the search. But is he hiding vital information? Faking It s5e5: Killer at My Funeral
He had started an affair with a woman on the internet. ibid.
From the start police had suspected Jodie’s husband, Mark Galante. ibid.
‘A truly cowardly act. The killer had lured him to a remote rural location, he was robbed and he was knelt on the ground. His glasses had been removed … This was a pre-planed, cold-blooded execution.’ ibid. Richard Slee, ITV news reporter
The victim was 31-year-old David Watkins from Reading. ibid.
The case against Everson was only just beginning … Then there were the forensics … It would be another quarter century before the wheels of justice finally caught up with him. ibid.
When a mum 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: The Speargun Killer
A very very poor attempt at portraying concern and sadness. ibid. Cliff Lansley
He’s a terrible terrible actor. He’s seriously overestimated his ability to pull this one off. ibid.
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.
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. ibid. Kerry Daynes
The man was Zahid Naseem, a 47-year-old father of two, who lived 60 miles away in Buckinghamshire. ibid.
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. Faking It s6e1: Cilliers & Lewis
‘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. dude
‘We’ve got three indicators … We can suspect deception is at play here … The arrogance of the man.’ ibid. Cliff Lansley
As well as the gas valve evidence, police had gathered more incriminating information on their subject … ‘he was funding a separate lifestyle, a secret lifestyle of affairs; he also had debts.’ ibid. woman
In October 2017 Cilliers appeared at Winchester Crown Court on two counts of attempted murder. ibid.
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. ibid.
A 911 call and a startling admission. The caller was John Lewis, a local handyman, who started dating Terrie-Ann eight months earlier. ibid.
Despite the ferocity of the attack, Lewis continued to downplay it. ibid.
October 2016: Police are called to an emergency at a house in Gateshead, near Newcastle. When police arrive they found 24-year-old Alice Ruggles had been murdered in her own home. Faking It s6e2: Dhillon & Kerrell
We know that four indicators that when you put those together his denial here is a confession. ibid. Cliff Lansley
A previous girlfriend had been forced to take out a restraining order against him. ibid. journalist
Holly Kerrell was a 28-year-old mother of three young children. ibid.
He was extremely possessive. He monitored where she went. She wasn’t allowed to go very far, she says. And on occasions he was violent … The textbook homicide perpetrator. ibid. Kerry Daynes
Another woman he’d [Ben Lacomba] first met a decade earlier: 33 year old Sarah Wellgreen. Faking It s6e3: Lacomba & Garbutt
The various CCTV cameras had captured Lacomba leaving the village of New Ash Green, driving towards remote countryside, then returning home two hours later. Detectives now believe he had killed Sarah inside the house and had made this journey to dispose of her body. ibid.
The beautiful rolling countryside of north Yorkshire. Here, the quiet village of Melsonby became the unlikely location of a horrific murder. More than a decade on a murder conviction still disputed. ibid.
The Emergency Services were immediately surprised by Robin Garbutt’s behaviour. ibid.
Three weeks after the murder, Robin Garbutt was arrested and charged with killing Diana [wife]. ibid.
Seacroft, west Scotland: Home of Edward Cairney and his long-time partner Avril Jones … A new occupant moved in with them: 15 year old Margaret Fleming. Faking It s6e4: Cairney & Jones & Prout
‘Harsh inappropriate brutal behaviour that she [Fleming] is being subjected to by people who are meant to be her carers.’ ibid. Kerry Daynes
By December 1999 Margaret was 19 year old. After this photo was taken, a week before Christmas that year, she was never seen in public again. Autumn 2016: For years, Avril Jones had been collecting disability payments on Margaret’s behalf. ibid.
‘Using the past tense … is a big red flag.’ ibid. Dawn Archer
Jones and Cairney stood trial for her murder in 2018 … Both were convicted of murder. ibid.
In November 2007 Adrian and Kate Prout prepared to host a shoot on their 276 acres of land. But by the time it got underway, she was dead. ibid.
If the police were taken about by Prout’s apparent lack of concern, they were even more surprised to learn why he’d called 999 [other people’s concern]. ibid.
Prout finally stood trial for murder at Bristol Crown Court. Despite the absence of Kate’s body, he was found guilty and jailed for Life with a minimum of 18 years. ibid
Two outgoing women, one manipulative man [Ian Stewart]. The visual clues. The verbal slips. And a medical breakthrough that finally trapped the two-time killer. Faking It s6e5: Stewart
When Helen Bailey lost her partner of 20 years she sought comfort by sharing her grief with others … ‘Ian Stewart came to meet Helen Bailey because he was also bereaved.’ ibid. Kerry Daynes
Ian Stewart moved in together using her money to buy a £1.2 million home in Hertfordshire. Just four miles from the house where Stewart had killed his wife four years earlier … ‘Then all of a sudden Hell disappears.’ ibid.
‘Eight blinks within a second … Manipulation increasing by playing with the glasses … He’s suffering cognitive load … then gives a head-shake ‘no’ … A single-sided shoulder shrug … Five indicators of deception. ibid. Cliff Lansley
Kidnapped, raped and murdered … Her abductor and killer a serving policeman. Could he have been stopped before he struck? Faking It: Tears of a Crime Special, Discovery+ 2023
One of the most appalling liars. ibid. Daynes
Wayne Couzens was 48 and married with two children. But what of his life before his arrest? ibid.
Somebody known as The Rapist has been entrusted with a gun … He was a ticking time bomb. ibid. Daynes
Immediately, Natalie’s mother knew that there was something very very wrong here. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s7e1: The Impossible Murder, Kerry, DiscoveryPlus 2023
He’s [Paul] having a lot of trouble here … gestural retreat … a fake expression … there’s no tears … ibid. Cliff
We don’t see evidence of him showing concern for Natalie. ibid. Dawn
Paul Hemming was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life. ibid.
Martin Corns: He’s like the Grim Reaper … This is covert stalking. ibid.
Heather Jordan leaves home for her early-morning cleaning shift at a nearby shop. Here route takes her through the local park … ‘She was overpowered and strangled.’ ibid. captions & rozzer
Martin Corns was 52, so 18 years older than Heather, and he was divorced and he also rented out a room to Heather’s father … He sent her over 2,000 text messages. ibid. Kerry
A reliable cluster for deception. ibid. Cliff