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Murder on the Common: The Secret Story of the Murder That Shocked a Nation (Blake's True Crime Library)

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Read more about the condition Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. If the case against Pedder not been thrown out, the court would have heard about the unusual events leading to Mr Pedder's arrest in March 1998, which his lawyers argue was blatant entrapment by CIB. Prof Britton has published books about his career, teaches clinical and forensic psychology at Birmingham City University and gives talks about his work.

As deputy assistant commissioner of the Met he was the most senior officer to approve the controversial honeytrap policy of using a policewoman to target Colin Stagg and entice him to confess.This "insurance policy" contained step by step authorisations by senior officers for the undercover infiltration of Stagg. Rachel Nickell was stabbed 49 times in front of her two-year-old son in 1992 while walking on Wimbledon Common in south-west London. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The decision to bring in Paul Britton was initially taken by senior officers to deal with the inundation of information from the public and the absence of forensic clues. It was during the Satanic Panic of the early 1990s, I think the police walked into Colin’s flat, saw a pentagon on the floor and thought: this guy’s really weird.

Colin said the impact of being being falsely accused for one of the most notorious crimes of the past 50 years will stay with him for ever. I knew I wanted to work with him and I’d enjoyed working with [director] Niall MacCormick about ten years ago, To be on the other side of the police interview table for once was also a thrilling prospect! Change country: -Select- Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Reunion Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Swaziland Sweden Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (U.That investigation, he says, was not independent because Ian Johnson, the deputy assistant commissioner who authorised the original undercover operation, was chosen to handle it. Colin said: “When they arrested me and brought Lizzie into the interview room, it was like the last piece of the puzzle had finally been filled and everything made sense. Then on June 7 this year CIB wrote to Mr Pedder's solicitor and told him they had now investigated but could find nothing of relevance to his client's case. Mr Pedder told the Guardian he was reluctant to turn on the force he respected and the commissioner who had signed his exemplary service retirement certificate in 1995.

If you want to see just how far the Met are preppared to go to get their man, innocent or guilty, this is the book for you. Prof Britton, played by Eddie Marsan in the show, was criticised by Mr Justice Ognall when he threw out the case against Colin. He is no longer an approved behavioural investigative analyst on the National Police Improvement Agency. Napper’s other crimes include the murder of Samantha Bisset and her four-year-old daughter, Jazmine, in Plumstead, South East London.Pedder believed he and other officers involved were dropped by the Met, while more senior figures who had approved the undercover strategy emerged with their reputations intact.

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