Looking at the CCTV footage, there was a lot more than alcohol being consumed - by all of them I'd wager
Really hits you to see those sentences. Two men killed and two other men sent down for life.
Shows how a few drinks and a scuffle can lead to such destruction for all four and their families.
When the read out the letter the stabber had wrote to his grandparents, it genuinely hits you. The man has ruined his own life and killed two others because he couldn't control his aggression. It would make you want to ban alcohol.
we really need to see some of those sentences being dished out and served here, way to soft on sentencing here ! thought evidence was not super strong but i can see how a jury would convict ( I would)
That was a brilliant double episode. Really fcuked up how such a minor pub fight led to what happened.
Also, you'd wonder how the guy arrested in the first episode ended up doing 3 months in jail before they realised they had the wrong guy.
Like another poster said, mid way thru thought he's gonna get away with this, glad he went down, no chance he'll leave on own accord to go home,
they wont be as tolerant of his sexuality back home, where'd he say Iraq?, as usual some great police work, I'll try catch the other new episode this week
Another new episode this Monday at 9pm, continued on Tuesday.
https://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/news/crime/24-hours-in-police-custody-returns-to-our-screens-with-brutal-double-murder-in-bedfordshire-4463833
I think deportation is probably guaranteed after he has served his sentence.
Wouldn't be surprised if went to the UK to fulfil his predatory sex addiction and has been raping guys since he arrived and getting more arrogant about it because he was never caught - really came across as thinking what he did was totally normal, wanted a boyfriend my arse
Saying he just wants to go home but never did was just BS
Hope his visa is annulled and sent back home where repercussions will be a bit more serious for him
My mother has a daughter a guard for 25 years, she loves this show. Keeps telling the daughter about it, saying stuff like ' you wouldn't believe what they did/ said to police ' 😂
er, think she might😁
He was a horrible arrogant prick, a sociopath.
I agree the numbers he actually raped I would think are multiples. It's really important that rape of males is covered, hopefully it will give some men the push to report it.
Yes very hard case for the police to investigate given the app was basically a hook up tool and the desired outcome for both users was sex. I thought midway through he was going to get away with everything, it was only the big numbers who came forward that turned the case. Couldn't get over how arrogant the guy was when questioned, I suspect the true figure of victims is much more.
That was a tough oul watch, police at least took it very seriously. As a younger gay man I would have met the odd guy online, looking back it was pretty risky at times.
New episode tonight at 9pm on Channel 4.
https://www.beds.police.uk/police-forces/bedfordshire-police/areas/campaigns/campaigns/24-hours-in-police-custody/episode-3-the-predator/
New episode tonight at 9pm.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-67664689
Agree with this. Two men who should be in a secure facility, a separate one. They are a clear danger to themselves and the public.
Errr...it was also kind of dodgy that the police officer who described the person who shot the gun/air rifle described the guy as balding....when it was the other guy who admitted doing it. If he hadn't seen he should have just said.
The met on BBC is definitely worth a watch.
A few recent episodes have definitely differed from the original format.
It's probably an easier sell for the broadcasters to package something like this under the known/familiar '24HIPC' brand rather than as a standalone 'The Bedford Siege' programme.
Yes, didn't really follow the usual format of the show.
pretty much the entire case was solved once they gained access to the flat, just a review of CCTV, drone and social media to link everything up.
I found that episode "The Siege" to be an interesting look at just what 13 years of Tory rule has done to the country of the UK.
Those men were failed by the state, the mental health system and also by the police who visited them prior to the incident itself - all as a result of tory policy, austerity and cuts to the social health area.
Both men were clearly highly mentally disturbed, and at least one of them was pleading and pleading for help before he cracked. The other man just seemed broken already.
Now, I get that their actions on the day horribly affect those people they basically terrorised, but it's my strong contention that they did not know right from wrong, and the police at the end were wrong about that.
The first episode was a bit of a let down.
New episode tomorrow night 9pm (Sunday) on Channel 4.
to a murder you mean :)
And to be caught on camera carrying the knife!
Yeah he'd been so clever in so many ways yet wore his poxy 1300 quid designer coat to a robbery.
It's gas how he thought he was so clever covering his face, using a burner phone, cleaning the car when it was his stupid designer coat that tripped him up! He should have gone to Penneys..
Definitely.
But...and I admit it's a small but...the guy they did kill was no angel. I am pretty sure he used similar tactics himself in the past?
I must be imagining things. i think i need to go back to bed
No, just the 2 episodes last week.
was there another episode this week? i could have sworn i had an episode set to record last night.
Yer wan was fairly dedicated to the honey trap by having sex with the victim as they waited for the drugs to knock him out.
There was something very sinister about the smile on her face when she was in CCTB entering the house.
