Anyone else watch thus last night? Fascinating TV.
I would recommend seeking it out on catch up.
Left me with very little doubt he was guilty, and indeed a psychopath - got the impression he was only doing the show because he thought he could outwit it.
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I've been off work today but will ask a couple of prisoners I know to be quite intelligent (there are some) tomorrow if they saw it and if they did what they thought. I guess it might be possible for one murderer to recognise another.
It was good TV anyway.
Goes without saying @i_b_b_o_r_g. I model myself on this man
Loathe that kind of person - " I say what I say & don't care what people think" - they do otherwise why get involved in the first place.
On another note - watched a documentary later last night regarding the West Memphis 3 and how they finally got freedom. Saw the film "Devils Knot" recently so intrigued to actually see the events from a factual point of virw. Stilll amazed that miscarriages of justice like this carry on..
The guy should have kept his mouth shut but opening up the case is very very like a sociopath. Even his daughter and ex wife think he was involved--- wouldn't be surprised to see Plod knocking on his door soon
The thing though is, where is the evidence that he killed Carl ? .. people may 'know or suspect' that he did it .. alas, unfortunately, there is no proof and he'll probably get away with it, even worse, make money from his notoriety which he seems to relish
What troubles me is that had he fired that shotgun from point blank range wouldn't he have been at least splattered in significant amounts of blood. He then got into his car and drove off ? Where was the forensic evidence from his car ? I assume that his car was examined ?
All in all though he was a very creepy individual.
I spoke to two prisoners who'd watched it, one who is eighteen years into a life sentence, the other just over twenty two. I've known both of them for over a decade. Both of them have encountered some very dangerous and violent men in their time in the prison, indeed they themselves are guilty, by their own admission, of particularly vicious crimes. Although neither of them stated without hesitation that Spencer was guilty they both saw in him a man who knows something. Over the years they have had conversations with many a man who claims innocence and they have both developed fine bullshit detectors. If they have concerns, I trust their instincts.
Brilliant interviewing, very Louise Theroux esq
For all we know, Spencer was pals with old bill, he was a uniform wearer, a NHS worker/Civil Servant, perhaps a mason ? .. I am guessing here, perhaps a grass, a snooper, perhaps he always had a drink with the lads after work .. I repeat sheer conjecture on my part ..
The point is, the police may well have gone into a half hearted investigation of Spencer as he was a good ol boy, and of course, manna from heaven, along come the Bridgewater four, known villains who could be fitted into the frame very nicely. I refer you to the Birmingham Six m'lud