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Police release 999 call Stephen Searle made after murdering his wife (

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JustWalkAwayRenee · 24/07/2018 11:32

He was found guilty - www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-44861508

Is this kind of thing normal in these cases - to release stuff like that? I just feel it's a bit distasteful for it to be on Twitter for people to laugh at.

Also Bill Mountford from UKIP's comments - (from the BBC article) -
*Following the verdict, former politician Bill Mountford told BBC Suffolk he still considered Searle "a friend", adding "these things happen".

Mr Mountford, who was leader of UKIP at Suffolk County Council when Searle was a councillor, said: "I still regard Steve as fundamentally a decent man who has found himself in circumstances beyond his control.

"I'm not condoning it in any way but I was very, very sad to hear of Steve's conviction.

"I'm well aware domestic disputes can get out of hand but I feel equally sorry for both Steve and his now deceased wife."*

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weddingringnamechange · 24/07/2018 12:54

@bleedingbanshee he's a vile man but I though she was having the affair with the son's girlfriend not him?

Seedso · 24/07/2018 12:52

Jaw dropping, as said upthread. Am stunned. Stunned.

bleedingbanshee · 24/07/2018 12:48

And conveniently she isn't even around to tell her side of the story. 'These things happen'?! He was shagging his son's girlfriend, the mother of his grandchild, he wan't a good man. He's a total utter fucking bastard of a cunt. Makes me sick.

HotRocker · 24/07/2018 12:42

I heard it last week on 6 music radio news. Utterly chilling, what an unfathomably awful man. That poor woman, and her family, and domestic dispute gone wrong? It has echoes of Jane Fae’s domestic violence gone wrong. As if murdering someone by your own hands could have been a thing that went wrong. What, was he only intending to hurt her a bit, give her a bit of a scare? Murder is the logical conclusion when you systematically and intentionally hurt someone. Sick!

FruitOnAPlatter · 24/07/2018 12:13

'you know, never mind'

Jesus fucking Christ.

I tell you what, those 999 operatives are fantastic - the self control, the absolute separation you must have to have to be on the other side of that call and not let anything come through in your voice.

Sevendown · 24/07/2018 12:00

And he’ll be out in a few years.

FloralBunting · 24/07/2018 11:53

The casual, friendly tone is remarkable.

The whole blokey, "It's a fair cop, guv" demeanour. You have just extinguished the life of another human being, one who you had vowed to love and cherish. All treated with a shrug and a wink.

Quite right to release it, that callous disregard should be public knowledge should he ever attempt to claim anything else.

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 24/07/2018 11:47

Jaw dropping.

CryptoFascist · 24/07/2018 11:41

I see that he tried to crack a few jokes, what a nice guy.

BrazzleDazzleDay · 24/07/2018 11:40

In the US its pretty common to have 911 transcripts/calls released. In the UK, nah not common at all.

backaftera2yearbreak · 24/07/2018 11:38

“I’m not violent”

🙄

placemats · 24/07/2018 11:37

'I'm not violent.'

I hate to break the bad news to you, Mr Searle, but you are most certainly a violent man.

UglyCathKidstonBag · 24/07/2018 11:33

I heard it last week and it is utterly chilling.

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