POLKINGHORNE, PHILIP: Polk: The Trial of Philip Polkinghorne TV -
My wife’s dead. She’s hung herself. Polk: The Trial of Philip Polkinghorne I, Sky 2025
She [wife] never called back. ibid. private investigator Julia Moore
Pauline is survived by prominent eye surgeon, Philip Polkinghorne. ibid. news
There were only two people in that house. So he has to be a person of interest. ibid. Julia
Today her husband, 69-year-old Philip Polkinghorne, appeared in court charged with her murder. ibid. news
I have a story to tell, and I want to tell it. ibid. Polkinghorne to Julia
She was working 24/7. She took medication to help her sleep. ibid.
I wasn’t given my rights. Any of that stuff. ibid.
Drugs Discovered In Polkinghorne Property: In total, police found 37.7g of meth and another glass pipe in his multi-million-dollar home as they investigated how Pauline Hanna had died. ibid. newspaper article
I did know she’d used it on ocassions … I didn’t smoke it. ibid. Polkinghorne
And she said, I’m Philip Polkinghorne’s mistress. ibid. Julia
Nothing added up. I thought, what’s he up to? Polk: The Trial of Philip Polkinghorne II, brother
I am never good enough despite my efforts. ibid. Pauline’s note
He said he wanted to be my partner. ibid. mistress
He was way more interested in drugs. ibid.
High levels of methamphetamine contamination found at accused’s workplace. ibid. news headline
So did Pauline find something? And he killed her. ibid. Julia
I think his behaviour was changing. ibid. brother
There were also various other things that were at odds with Pauline Hanna taking her own life … The top sheet was entirely unexplained. ibid. prosecutor
He just transitioned into effortless lying. ibid. mistress
My stomach was just mashing itself into a knot. And I knew he’d done it [poisoned me]. Because I was thinking about his story kept changing. He couldn’t work out how he’d found Pauline. ibid.
Now I think he’s actually a guilty man pretending to be an innocent man. ibid.
Clearly, the whole thing is getting out of control. Polk: The Trial of Philip Polkinghorne III, deceased’s bother
I believe Pauline was in a relationship defined by coersive control. ibid. Julia
He thinks he’s the smartest man in the room. ibid. deceased’s brother
Friend of Pauline Hanna’s dramatic strangulation re-enactment. ibid. news headline
The pathology certainly favours suicidal hanging. ibid. pathologist
She had bruising on her back, on her shoulders and face. ibid. Julia
Not guilty. ibid. jury
POMPHRET, DAVID: Faking It: Tears of a Crime TV -
A mother murdered found by her husband. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s4e1: David Pomphret
Warrington, Cheshire, November 2018: The victim – his wife: Ann Marie Pomphret. The scene – the secluded stables where they kept horses, 2 miles from their £500,000 home. ibid.
The first clue – his reluctance to mention Ann-Marie’s name in the 999 call. ibid.
If this was genuine sadness, you would expect to see tears. ibid. Cliff
After murdering his wife, Pomphret moved quickly to cover his tracks. ibid.
POOLE, JOE murder: When Missing Turns to Murder TV -
A teenager has vanished. For detectives and social workers there are serious concerns for him. When Missing Turns to Murder s2e7, Netflix 2023
‘Joe suffered with a range of learning difficulties.’ ibid. professor
‘Somebody walking along the river path in London Road in Ipswich saw what they believed was a body floating in the river. ibid. rozzer
Some of those friends are Sean Palmer, Becki West Davidson and Luke Greenland. ibid.
POPE JEAN PAUL I murder: viz Assassinations: POPE JEAN PAUL I
POPE JEAN PAUL II murder: viz Assassinations: POPE JEAN PAUL II
PORCO, CHRISTOPHER: Killer Trials TV - Mail online - True Crime Recaps 2022 -
The son who lived a double life, and a mother who stood by him. Killer Trials s1e3: Upstate Ax Man
The case gained national attention after emails between the 21-year-old University of Rochester student and his parents revealed that Mr and Mrs Porco were angry with their son’s poor grades and free-spending ways.
Coverage of the case reached a fever pitch when it was revealed the Joan Porco refused to testify against her son and claimed she and her husband were attacked by someone else.
Chris Porco was eventually convicted of murder and attempted murder and sentenced to 50 years to life in prison. Mail online article 21st March 2013
This family of four was just a regular family … Greed hacked apart their love and didn’t stop until their family was in pieces. True Crime Recaps: Mother Supports Son Who Axed Her?! Youtube 14.09, 2022
November 15th 2004: His [Peter, father] skull had been partially hacked apart with an axe … They found him at the bottom of the stairs, his blood congealed around him dead … Another victim, Joan Porco [mother] was in bed covered in blood barely clinging to life … He [rozzer] asked if it was Christopher [son]: Joan nods yes. ibid.
Peter Porco’s uncle was Frank Porco: he’s a bigwig in the Bonanno Crime Family in New York City … It didn’t look much like a goodfella’s style attack. ibid.
There was no forced entry … The home alarm was turned off using the master code. ibid.
PORDAGE, JOHN murder: see BLUNDELL, BRADLEY
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In the summer of 2014 this church graveyard in East London became the dumping-ground for the victims for gay and date-rape serial killer Stephen Port. How Police Missed the Grindr Killer, BBC 2017
Police repeatedly let the killer slip through their fingers. ibid.
‘They’re no better than the keystone cops.’ ibid. woman walking dog in churchyard finds another body
‘Three young men turning up dead in the same area in Barking. Something very wrong here.’ ibid. friend of Gabriel
Stephen Port was finally arrested for the murders of four young men. ibid.
On 28th August 2014 the body of a young gay man was found in this East London churchyard. Gabriel Kavari was just 22. Grindr Killer: How I Discovered a Serial Murderer, BBC 2016
On 23rd November Stephen Port was convicted of drugging and murdering Gabriel and three other young gay men. ibid.
‘In most cases of serial killing, the victims are from marginalized or minority communities.’ Crimes that Shook Britain s8e6: The Grindr Killer, David Wilson, CI 2017
The murders committed by Stephen Port are crimes that shook Britain. ibid.
The man who revealed he’d moved Anthony’s body is 40-year-old Barking resident Stephen Port. ibid.
A serial murderer is on the loose in Barking targeting gay men. ibid.
The result is a whole life sentence. ibid.
On September 14th 2015, 25-year-old Jack Taylor was found dead in the graveyard of St Margaret’s Church in east London … An active serial killer was on the loose in London. The killer was a 40-year-old loner named Stephen Port. He lured four young men to their deaths using online dating sites and went to great lengths to cover up his crimes. Britain’s Most Evil Killers s2e3: The Grindr Killer, Sky Living 2018
Port had become immersed in a world of drug-fuelled sex parties. ibid.
14th September 2015: the body of a 25-year-old truck driver is found in the grounds of St Margaret’s church in Barking, east London. However, he wasn’t the first body found there. Uncovering the Date Rape Killer, CBS Reality 2019
‘So by day he’s working as a bald sad lonely old git who lives in the East End on his own, but at night he becomes someone else.’ ibid. Mike Sullivan, Sun crime editor
And it was in this drug-fuelled state that Port began another addiction, one that was to have disastrous consequences … drug rape … ‘raping young gay men he had rendered unconscious.’ ibid.
‘Other deaths in the area … three other young men had seemingly died from GBL.’ ibid. Sullivan
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.