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Did Maxine Carr know?

136 replies

ahunf · 20/10/2022 09:19

I assumed she did. I know it's not based on fact but after watching the Maxine programme I thought maybe she didn't know. The "no comment" at the very end made me think.

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SnitterBug · 06/11/2022 08:40

Propertyporn · 05/11/2022 08:37

I've just been reading about this case off the back of this thread. Huntley made a confession tape whilst in prison stating that MC did know about the murders and was worried about losing her job as a teaching assistant. This confession was given to another inmate in prison in return for pills that Huntley took to end his life.

MC had already lost her job as a teaching assistant.

MistyRock · 06/11/2022 11:52

SnitterBug · 06/11/2022 08:40

MC had already lost her job as a teaching assistant.

That's exactly what I was thinking. She applied for it before the murders and didn't get it.

Backtoblack1 · 06/11/2022 19:40

Watching it now. She’s is too complicit in helping him cover his tracks and for that she deserved time in prison.

the female reporter is vile too

Melonapplepear · 06/11/2022 19:43

I don't think she did I think she's not very bright and she was abused and couldn't see the woods for the trees.

Donttalkimcounting · 06/11/2022 20:35

Mochachocolatte · 04/11/2022 19:48

I was the same age as Holly and Jessica when it happened and it is the first real news story that hit me. I was absorbed in it, but too young to really understand, and from the coverage I saw it seemed she was just as guilty as he was.

It wasn't until she was released when I was older that I looked into her involvement, shocked that she had been released so soon...and realised that she was a victim herself. I really don't think she knew.

Off topic but I was the same age as the killers of Jamie Bulger and that one really hit me. I remember there being some debate about whether at their age they could have known it was wrong and understood their actions.

I was absolutely indignant. I was so upset, I wanted to tell all the police that '10 year olds really did know because I was 10yrs old and me and all my classmates knew'. My Mum had a real job trying to calm me down about it.

WeAreTheHeroes · 06/11/2022 20:42

It's James, not Jamie. His family never called him Jamie. His killers were tried as adults, which I don't think would happen now.

Hellocatshome · 06/11/2022 21:58

Backtoblack1 · 06/11/2022 19:40

Watching it now. She’s is too complicit in helping him cover his tracks and for that she deserved time in prison.

the female reporter is vile too

I hope you are not just drawing that conclusion from a drama on TV because it sounds that way from your post.

Backtoblack1 · 06/11/2022 22:01

It is well documented that she lied to give him an alibi and scrubbed the house afterwards.

as for the press - the female reporter is probably representative of lots of journalists at that time (phone hacking etc). That is more to the point I was making, but I appreciate it doesn’t come across like that in my original post.

sashh · 07/11/2022 02:07

WeAreTheHeroes · 06/11/2022 20:42

It's James, not Jamie. His family never called him Jamie. His killers were tried as adults, which I don't think would happen now.

I know this is a side topic.

10 year olds are, as a result of this case, always tried as adults. Doli incapax used to protect 10 - 14 year olds as it was possible they did not understand the seriousness of what they had done.

If an adult with a mental age of 10 goes to court then allowances can be made, but not for a child of 10.

hugefanofcheese · 07/11/2022 07:53

One part of my thinking she wasn't aware he had killed the girls is the flimsiness of her alibi. She was very visible in grimsby at the time, on nights out, seeing people, apparently even kissing someone. There was quite widespread CCTV at the time.

I know she wasn't the brightest, but I can imagine her thinking 'well, I don't believe he would have done that but the police are asking a few too many questions. Probably because of his past. If I say I was with him, it should get them off his back'. However, she couldn't have believed that her demonstrably false alibi would have withstood a murder investigation.

WeAreTheHeroes · 10/11/2022 07:49

Which is possibly where not being very bright came in?

We're one of the few countries that does try children as adults. Now we have more knowledge about brain development, etc it is really problematic treating children as adults. Doli incapax used to protect children aged 10-14 before the trial in the James Bulger case. I did jury service on a case last year where two historic charges were removed from the indictment as doli incapax came into play.

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