24 hours police custody - anybody watch tonight's?

[FloatyFlo]

I bet the show producers were rubbing their hands with glee as that one unravelled! What an episode! What an absolute tool that copper was.

[NickyNackyNoodleNoo]

Gosh, that was certainly thought provoking, poor Natalia and her poor children. I'm sure her children are NC with their uncles.

Both brothers were equally guilty in my opinion. Your sister in law's body is found in your garden and you reply 'no comment' to every single question! I know that was his right but surely if he had nothing to do with it he'd have had some answers.

So so sad but at least she can be laid to rest properly

[alseb]

They were both charged. The solicitor didn’t get him off. His client was charged with offences and it stated the Judge ordered a not guilty verdict. So it got as far as Crown Court. I doubt he even saw that solicitor after the interviews. I think it said the other brother pleaded guilty to peverting the course of justice. Poor lady.

[purpleme12]

Well that was certainly interesting with the bit at the end where we found out they weren't charged

[strawberrysparkle]

That poor lady and her children :(

How do you think the solicitor got him off all charges?

[FloatyFlo]

Well I didn't think they could top last week's episode in the grim upsetting stakes but by God, they did tonight. Poor poor Natalia and her poor children. Haven't the words really. Tonights episode will stick with me for a while I should think

[Groovee]

Very sad all round. I truly hope that Kelly gets the help she needs. Found the close ups of him quite upsetting.

[louise5754]

I can't believe that woman. I'm not sure what I'd do in her situation but if she had only phoned the police they would have known it was an accidental death. All those cameras around and leaving him on the field? Obviously wasn't thinking straight if she had taken anything. Very sad.

[AdoraBell]

Jedi Police officers are not supposed to check people without a reason. So if the man he was trying to blackmail was a suspect in a crime then the police would check, but he wasn’t. Therefore doing the checks was illegal and so it highly suspicious.

[BadTasteFlump]

Fascinating but really sad all round. And I couldn't help thinking it was horribly disrespectful to the deceased man that his face was shown. I suspect it wouldn't have been if he hadn't been a homeless drug user.

[DeloresJaneUmbridge]

Very graphic but god it hammered home the horrific affects of drug abuse in people's lives and the decisions they made.

I guessed what had happened when they showed her bringing him out of the flats.

Terribly sad all round.

[Rockerfeller]

GRAPHIC



God tonight's episode is graphic- full on close up of a dread persons face with eyes open :( awful

[LemonadeWithACherry]

Sorry meant to specify, every access that is made to the databases is logged with the date and who accessed it, so the police would have seen he had searched the victim's details before there was even a case. I used to work for DWP and their databases were similar. We were made very aware that looking up someone's details without a valid reason was a very serious offence, and also that random checks were made on what we were searching, which is why I am amazed the police man in the program did something so stupid!

[LemonadeWithACherry]

He searched the man before he blackmailed him. Presumably watched him visit the camper van, took down his number plate, then put that into the police computer to find his name and address so he could post the blackmail letter to him.

[JediJim]

The corrupt police officer episode. One thing I don’t understand is how the police linked him in the first place with the computer. I mean he presumably logged into their system to get the mans ( who was being blackmailed) details such as address etc etc but that wouldn’t have automatically made him guilty would it! He could have claimed he was just doing his own investigating and hoped to get away with it. By that point they had already started the process of searching his house..seemed they had already found him guilty.
Granted he was screwed when they searched his house and found the blackmail letter.

[WhyBeDennyDifferent]

I enjoyed this episode although it was distressing to see how he drove in to the crowd.
I was wondering why he was so quick to admit it was him in the interview room. From what it showed they only had loose evidence that he could have been driving, nothing to actually pin him to it.
I think it worked in his favour though as he showed a lot of remorse. Had he gone down the no comment route he could have come across colder and less caring.

[JuniLoolaPalooza]

This week's was pretty awful, and I was really surprised that he only got 7 years. I thought the tariff for GBH with intent went up to life. It was such a stupid thing to do.

I think it's the burden of proof in terms of the CPS. If a jury wouldn't convict on attempted murder he'd be walking out of court scot-free, so a lower charge is at least more likely to result in a safe conviction and a custodial sentence. Although the police are working on it, the CPS have the experience of putting the case before a court day in, day out. It's a disjointed thing though, I agree.

[viques]

I was wondering how many more little scrotes there are driving around with beer ,cannabis, cocaine and tequila in their systems but think they are fine to operate a car and make split second decisions like hey let's drive into that crowd of fellow scrotes and give them a bit of a scare.

[purpleme12]

In found this week's distressing. It was like the cold heartedness of it. And how he was smiling at points in his interview. He was proud of himself in the fight.

It was interesting to see the bits about how the cos decide. But why can't the police just decide? They have more to do with the case.

It always struck me when I first started watching these programmes how respectful the police are to these criminals.

[Crinkle77]

I also thought it was the wife at first. I think there was definitely more to this than meets the eye. I am not convinced it was a one off and I think there could have been more going on with the debt situation.

[Muthafunker]

Such a good episode. And to Kiri with her sole trader, tax paying business! The best.

[CassandraCross]

It is bizarre louise, I don't think he has offered any explanation other than the bogus 'trying to get a prostitute into drug rehabilitation'.

I would love to know what went though his mind when he realised that his victim had gone to the Police and that he was tasked with surveillance on the money pick-up. I wonder if he thought, even at that point, that he wouldn't be caught and I also wonder if he hadn't been whether he would have followed through with the threat to the victim.

[louise5754]

It's still so bizarre. Has he made any comments since as to why he did it?

[FloatyFlo]

I felt for his colleagues as they had worked with him in that office. They seemed stunned with it like they couldn't believe it.

Yeah I agree. One of the detectives - I can't remember his name but the one he'd worked on a case with before - looked really gutted. I felt rather sorry for him. Must have quite heartbreaking to have your illusion of someone shattered like that.

[Groovee]

Just watched it. When they appeared to arrest him he reacted oddly. But it's good to show that there can be corrupt officers.

I felt for his colleagues as they had worked with him in that office. They seemed stunned with it like they couldn't believe it.

[FloatyFlo]

I agree with the posters that have said he didn't think the 'victim' would go the police. That's why he made errors and didn't cover his tracks because he honestly thought the guy would just pay up.

There's an article about this episode on the radio times website. It has an inteview tv producer and one of the other coppers. The copper said the wife stood by Gareth and they're still together