Award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright talks to top detectives, lawyers, victims and relatives to take an in-depth look at crimes that have shocked Britain (and the world), as well as revisiting some of his landmark stories and campaigns. From serial murderers to child killers, ruthless gangsters to corrupt police, psychopaths to paedophiles, celebrity criminals to audacious conmen, he untangles the mysteries and the secrets behind the headlines.
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Beyond Reasonable Doubt: Catching the Night Stalker
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For 17 years serial rapist and burglar Delroy Grant – who became known as the ‘Night Stalker’ - terrorised elderly people in south London, cutting phone lines before breaking into homes and carrying out horrific sex attacks on victims as old as 93. Award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright speaks to ex Metropolitan Police DCI Colin Sutto…
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Putin’s poisoners (Pt 2): Marina Litvinenko’s fight for justice
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With her murdered husband’s powerful last statement still echoing in her ears, Marina Litvinenko has fought a long and lonely battle to bring two justice the two ‘businessmen’ thought to have poisoned her husband with radioactive Polonium-210 - former bodyguard Andrey Luguvoy and former KGB agent Dmitry Kovtun. Marina speaks to award-winning Daily …
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Putin’s poisoners: Marina Litvinenko on her husband’s murder
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Fifteen years ago, Putin critic Alexander Litvinenko, who had fled Russia to safety in Britain, was hospitalised with a mystery illness after a business meeting with two Russians in a London hotel. A haunting photo of Litvinenko shocked the world, and three days later he was dead, poisoned by radioactive Polonium-210. Award-winning Daily Mail crime…
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Virginia vs Andrew: The Prince and the courtroom
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This Monday, in a New York courtroom, a pre-trial hearing began. The complainant was Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the defendant was Prince Andrew, the Duke of York. She alleges that when aged 17, she was introduced to the Prince by paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein - and forced to have sex with him. Award-winning crime writer Stephen Wright digs in…
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‘Scotland Yard on trial’: a question of leadership and accountability.
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In a grand house in South London, a group of seven remarkable people gathered together for the first time - all victims of or witnesses to gross injustices at the hands of the police. Award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright spoke to victims of bungled cases, corruption and the inept investigation of false abuse claims - from Baroness D…
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Finding Ronnie: The hunt for the Great Train Robber
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When Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs was sentenced to 30 years for his part in the biggest robbery in British history, it wasn’t the end of his story - he disappeared over the wall of Wandsworth Prison and fled abroad, becoming one of the 20th century’s most infamous wanted men. Award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright talks to Colin Ma…
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Last Days of Diana: Forgeries and Fake News
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What lead to the conspiracy theories that swirled in the aftermath of Diana’s death - and what role did BBC journalist Martin Bashir play in the final years of Diana’s life? In the final of our seven-part series, Stephen Wright talks to Lord Stevens, the former Metropolitan Police Commissioner who led Operation Paget, about the people who spread th…
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Last Days of Diana: Diana’s life on trial
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The inquests into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales officially began on 2 October 2007, ten years after her death - but would the findings of Operation Paget satisfy those who still believed she had been murdered? In the sixth of our seven-part series, Stephen Wright talks exclusively to Lord Stevens, the former Metropolitan Police Commissioner…
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Last Days of Diana: No one’s above the law
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Central to the conspiracy theories around Princess Diana’s death was an accusation that Princes Charles and Prince Philip had been involved in a plot to kill her in a staged car crash - fears voiced by Diana herself in a letter to butler Paul Burrell. In the fifth of our seven-part series, award-winning crime writer Stephen Wright talks exclusively…
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Mysteries still remained after Diana’s death - was the Princess pregnant? Why did it take so long for emergency services to get her to hospital... and could she have been saved? In the fourth of our seven-part series, award-winning crime writer Stephen Wright talks exclusively to Lord Stevens, the former Metropolitan Police Commissioner who led Ope…
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Last Days of Diana: A Note From the Grave
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Princess Diana’s tragic death would prompt a three-year investigation by Scotland Yard - but what crime had been committed… and who was really to blame? In the third episode of a new seven-part Beyond Reasonable Doubt podcast from Mail+, award-winning crime writer Stephen Wright speaks to the people who knew Princess Diana to unravel the conspiracy…
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The death of Princess Diana in a car crash in a tunnel in Paris sent shockwaves around the world, with mourners taking to the streets in Britain and in Paris - and photographers surrounding the French hospital where the Princess lay dead. In the second episode of a new seven-part Beyond Reasonable Doubt podcast from Mail+, award-winning crime write…
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On August 31, 1997, a Mercedes carrying Diana, Princess of Wales crashed into a pillar in a tunnel in Paris, and the world would never be the same again. A new seven-part Beyond Reasonable Doubt podcast from Mail+ finally reveals what really happened that night - in the words of the people who were there, including an exclusive first interview with…
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On August 31, 1997, a Mercedes carrying Diana, Princess of Wales crashed into the wall of a tunnel in Paris, and the world would never be the same again. A new six-part Beyond Reasonable Doubt podcast from Mail+ finally reveals what really happened that night - in the words of the people who were there. Presented by award-winning Daily Mail crime w…
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Bent cops and cover ups: the axe murder of Daniel Morgan
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In March 1987, private investigator Daniel Morgan was brutally killed in the car park of the Golden Lion pub in Sydenham, with an axe embedded in his skull - but more than three decades later, no one has ever faced justice for his death. Award-winning crime writer Stephen Wright talks to Daniel’s campaigning brother, Alastair, about how the Metropo…
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Fred West's missing 'victim': the Mary Bastholm mystery
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Mary Bastholm vanished from a Gloucester bus stop in January 1968, while en route to visit her boyfriend. She was just 15 years old and her disappearance was completely out of character. Within months, police shelved the investigation after running out of leads – despite detectives believing she had been abducted. A police file on her case was gath…
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Justice for Joan: The inspirational story of a family's historic pursuit of a murderer
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On Boxing Day 1994, 27-year-old gynaecologist Dr Joan Francisco was found strangled in her London flat - but her family faced an agonising five-year legal battle before her volatile ex-boyfriend was finally brought to justice. Did police and prosecutors treat them differently because they were black? Award-winning crime writer Stephen Wright talks …
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Blowing the whistle: One detective's battle against the Met
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When police raided the homes of VIPs Lord Brittan, Field Marshal Lord Bramall and Harvey Proctor on the basis of ludicrous false child abuse allegations from ‘Nick’ - aka paedophile Carl Beech - one brave detective stood up against the ‘witch-hunt’. Award-winning crime writer Stephen Wright speaks to former Detective Chief Inspector Paul Settle on …
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Hounding of Heath: Bogus claims of satanism, child abuse and murder against former PM - and a £1.5 million police farce
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Ten years after former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath died, he was smeared with vile and bizarre false claims of satanism, child abuse and murder, including using a bear-claw glove to disembowel children. Why did police believe the claims against him - and was it to do with Heath’s sexuality? Award-winning crime-writer Stephen Wright talks to Heat…
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Liar, liar: How I fell in love with 'fake spy' conman (and lost £850,000)
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When dashing Swiss banker (and secret MI6 agent) Mark Conway walked into the Gloucestershire shop she worked in, divorcee Carolyn Woods fell head over heels and they began planning a life together. There was just one problem, she tells award-winning crime writer Stephen Wright: ‘Conway’ was actually notorious conman Mark Acklom, who span a web of l…
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Licensed to kill: An interview with Britain’s most controversial police marksman - Part 2
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Police marksman Tony Long was dubbed ‘the Met’s very own serial killer’ by a senior officer after shooting three men dead, including two security van robbers gunned down in seconds in a hail of bullets. In the second part of an interview with award-winning crime writer Stephen Wright, Long describes how he shot gangster Azelle Rodney dead in a car,…
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When police kill: An interview with Britain’s most controversial police marksman - Part 1
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For 25 years, police ‘top shot’ Tony Long served in Scotland Yard’s elite specialist firearms unit, becoming Britain’s most lethal police marksman (and at one point facing trial for murder over a split-second decision to shoot). In Part One of a no-holds-barred interview with Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright, Long gives an insider’s view of w…
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The night the Krays moved into my house (after shooting dead a rival gangster)
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The night the Krays moved into my house (after shooting dead a rival gangster) After shooting dead a rival gangster in full view of drinkers in an East End pub, the Kray twins took over a young man's family home for two weeks as they hid from the law. Award-winning crime writer Stephen Wright talks to David Teale, whose new book, ‘Surviving the Kra…
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Sex lies and videotape: the Hamiltons’ ‘rape’ scandal
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Twenty years ago, former Conservative Minister Neil Hamilton and his TV personality wife Christine were arrested over false rape allegations - with documentary maker Louis Theroux filming it all. Their accuser was a woman with a long history of false allegations but Scotland Yard took her seriously. Award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wri…
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John Thaw’s hard-drinking, rule-bending detective Jack Regan was a 70s TV icon - and amazingly, he was inspired by a real policeman. Acclaimed scriptwriter Ian Kennedy Martin gives Stephen Wright the inside story on The Sweeney, the legendary ITV series he created. The cop show pioneer also tells all about his other hits including Juliet Bravo, why…
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To this day, no individual or organisation has been truly held to account over the disastrous errors of judgement that led to a 'witch hunt' against powerful figures including Lord Brittan, accused of being part of a gang of murdering paedophiles. Award-winning crime writer Stephen Wright talks to his widow Lady Brittan, who says, ‘There were monum…
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In an extraordinary press conference, former Conservative MP Harvey Proctor tackled the absurd allegations of VIP paedophile liar Carl Beech, saying, 'I am a homosexual - not a murderer or a paedophile.' The moment marked a turning point in the VIP child abuse 'witch hunt' against senior military figures and politicians including Lord Brittan, says…
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Police showed up with a search warrant at the former home of distinguished ex-Home Secretary Leon Brittan, just weeks after his death from cancer - and officers took away diaries, computers and phones to investigate the baseless accusations of paedophile Carl Beech. His widow, Lady Brittan, tells award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright…
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Just days after Lord Brittan succumbed to terminal cancer, Tom Watson wrote a column repeating the vile lies of paedophile Carl Beech in a Sunday newspaper, claiming that Lord Brittan was part of a ring of VIP child abusers. It was, says his widow Lady Brittan, a ‘despicable act of cowardice’, published days after his death to avoid the threat of b…
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Painfully thin and wasted after weeks in an intensive care unit, former Home Secretary Lord Brittan had just weeks to live when Detective Superintendent Kenny McDonald said that his team had spoken to the victim of a supposed VIP child abuse ring - and that the outrageous lies of paedophile Carl Beech were ‘credible and true’. Award-winning crime w…
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Lord Brittan had led a long and distinguished public life, including serving as Home Secretary under Margaret Thatcher - but as he lay desperately ill in hospital with terminal cancer, he was swept up in a witch hunt based on foul and baseless allegations of child abuse from a deluded liar and paedophile, and cheered on by senior politicians includ…
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It was billed as the 'Trial of the Decade', with Rosemary West’s husband Fred 'returning from the grave' in sickening police interviews as the mother-of-eight stood trial for the torture and murder of ten defenceless young women and children. Defence solicitor Leo Goatley tells acclaimed Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright that disturbing questi…
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No matter how vile your crimes, everyone is entitled to a defence - but there are few more evil criminals than Gloucester mother-of-eight Rosemary West, who butchered ten young women and children. Acclaimed Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright interviews West’s former solicitor Leo Goatley, who reveals the horrifying secrets he learned in hundred…
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The 1983 Brink's-Mat robbery saw thieves make off with £26 million in gold bullion and diamonds in the ‘crime of the century’ - and a number of suspects linked to the heist turned to defence solicitor, Henry Milner, later dubbed the ‘Mr Big of Criminal Briefs’. Award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright talks to the man who has defended s…
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The Yorkshire Ripper: A Detective's Story - Episode 3
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Peter Sutcliffe was locked up for life in 1981 for the brutal murders of 13 women, but one mystery still remained - who WAS the cruel hoaxer behind the 'Wearside Jack' tape, which derailed the police investigation and led to three more women dying at the Yorkshire Ripper’s hands? Award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright speaks to retire…
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The Yorkshire Ripper: A Detective's Story - Episode 2
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By the summer of 1979, Peter Sutcliffe had already killed ten women, but the investigation into his brutal crimes was about to take a fateful wrong turn, as police went public with letters and a tape sent by a man claiming to be the Yorkshire Ripper. Award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright speaks to retired Detective Chief Superintende…
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The Yorkshire Ripper: A Detective's Story - Episode 1
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For five years, Peter Sutcliffe, known as the Yorkshire Ripper, hunted and killed defenceless women, mutilating their bodies with hammers and screwdrivers. But could his murder spree have been stopped earlier? In the wake of the Ripper's death this month, award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright talks to retired Detective Chief Superint…
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How police hounded my D-Day hero father with ludicrous abuse allegations, by Lord Bramall's son Nicolas
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He was a D-Day hero and distinguished ex-head of the Armed Forces, who ended up being treated as a ‘common criminal’ by bungling Metropolitan Police officers. Field Marshal Lord Bramall was 91 and caring for his dying wife when detectives raided his home over ludicrous sex abuse allegations, made by the notorious liar known as 'Nick', real name Car…
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Paul Gambaccini on his seven-year battle for justice with Scotland Yard
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Legendary BBC Radio presenter and 'Professor of Pop' Paul Gambaccini was shunned by friends and organisations he had supported, including the Labour Party, after he was arrested over false child sex allegations by officers from the Metropolitan Police’s controversial Operation Yewtree. He was even taken off air for a year by the BBC. As he secures …
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Stephen Lawrence: The Murder That Shamed Britain - Part 6
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With two of Stephen Lawrence's attackers belatedly jailed for life, what is Stephen's legacy? Could there be more convictions? And in the year Black Lives Matter protests swept the globe, has Scotland Yard really dealt with its problem of 'institutional racism' and learned the lessons of the case? Acclaimed Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright ta…
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Stephen Lawrence: The Murder That Shamed Britain - Part 5
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Nearly 19 years after Stephen Lawrence was 'swallowed up' by a gang of white youths who shouted racist abuse at him before stabbing him to death, two of the original prime suspects stood in the dock at the Old Bailey. But would the new DNA evidence hold up almost two decades on - and would guilty verdicts really deliver justice for the Stephen's lo…
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Stephen Lawrence: The Murder That Shamed Britain - Part 4
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After a top-secret investigation into Stephen Lawrence's murder (using 'James Bond' tactics including ‘bugged’ golf buggies, a spy helicopter and a daring undercover operation) failed to bring justice for the teenager, police reassessed the forensic evidence from the first weeks after Stephen was murdered, and found a crucial clue: a tiny flake of …
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Stephen Lawrence: The Murder That Shamed Britain - Part 3
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In February 1997, the Daily Mail's front page accused five men of the murder of Stephen Lawrence. It piled more pressure on Metropolitan Police for its failure to convict anyone over the teenager's senseless death. An official report into the case was about to expose the full extent of Scotland Yard's failings - and conclude the force was 'institut…
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Stephen Lawrence: The Murder That Shamed Britain - Part 2
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The collapse of a private prosecution over the senseless racist murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence, and the swaggering behaviour of the five prime suspects at an inquest felt like 'two fingers up at justice', says ex top prosecution lawyer Nazir Afzal. Widespread anger in Britain, and a sense of justice failing to be done, paved the way for …
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Stephen Lawrence: The Murder That Shamed Britain - Part 1
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Stephen Lawrence was 18 when he was stabbed to death in cold blood by a gang of white, racist thugs, just because of the colour of his skin. In August, the Met Police closed its investigation into his murder after 27 years. In this six-part podcast, acclaimed Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright revisits a case he has covered for almost three dec…
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How VIP paedophile liar 'Nick' fooled Scotland Yard
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In the last of three interviews about his new book, ex-High Court Judge Sir Richard Henriques QC speaks to award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright about the Met’s bungled Operation Midland inquiry into 'Nick', real name Carl Beech, whose claims of a sinister VIP child sex ring led to raids on the homes of former Home Secretary Lord Bri…
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The murder of James Bulger, a Mail+ True Crime podumentary
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In the second of a series of interviews based on his new book, From Crime to Crime, ex-High Court Judge Sir Richard Henriques QC tells award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright about prosecuting a case that shook Britain, the brutal and senseless murder of two-year-old James Bulger by two 10-year-old boys, Robert Thomson and Jon Venables…
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Doctor Death: the trial of Harold Shipman, a Mail+ True Crime podumentary
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In the first of a series of interviews based on his forthcoming book, From Crime to Crime, ex-High Court Judge Sir Richard Henriques QC tells award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright about coming face to face with unassuming GP Harold Shipman in the court, and how he was unmasked as a remorseless serial killer who had slaughtered 250 of…
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Part Two: Levi Bellfield, the bus stop killer, a Mail+ True Crime podumentary
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In the second of a two-part True Crime story exclusive to Mail+, award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright asks a disturbing question about the case of Levi Bellfield, a London wheel clamper and nightclub bouncer in his 30s who was unmasked as a misogynistic serial killer behind a series of brutal hammer attacks on young, blonde women. D…
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Levi Bellfield, the bus stop killer, a Mail+ True Crime podumentary
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In the first of a two-part True Crime story exclusive to Mail+, award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright revisits the case of Levi Bellfield, a London wheel clamper and nightclub bouncer in his 30s who was unmasked as a misogynistic serial killer behind a series of brutal hammer attacks on young, blonde women. Mail+ talks to Bellfield's…
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