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

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My first two or three days were 30 pages of dialogue – the two big interview scenes between Keith and Colin, so I spent weeks learning them, and the process of filming for those two scenes in their entirety before anyone says cut was incredibly rewarding. If the trial had gone ahead, Mr Pedder's defence team would have referred to the tape and could have subpoenaed the retired policeman to give evidence against DC Blackman. It was clear from talking to Dave Nath and Pete Beard [exec producers] that this was looking at police tactics, the world of the ’90s and the way women were essentially used in certain professions – it was coming from an honourable place, which was really important. 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.We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there is something for every literary palate. It is also worth remembering that not only was Stagg innocent, the actual killer went on to commit another two murders and countless sexual assaults. A professionally qualified chartered electrical and mechanical engineer, with operational and commercial energy expertise, Keith has key strengths in energy performance contracting, grid scale solar, grid scale battery, EV charging, hybrid battery/solar and gas engine solutions.

And the professor, said to be the inspiration for Robbie Coltrane’s criminal psychologist in 1990s ITV drama Cracker, helped to devise the plan, codenamed Operation Edzell. For all the details that make this story hard to take, your thoughts are always for Rachel, her family, what they must have gone through, and obviously her little boy, who was found clinging to his dead Mum. No one could have imagined that when beautiful young Rachel Nickell went for a walk on Wimbledon Common with her little son, it would have resulted in a wicked, sickening crime that appalled a nation; or that the police investigation that follwed would cost over a million pounds.No one could have imagined that when beautiful young Rachel Nickell went for a walk on Wimbledon Common with her little son, it would have resulted in a wicked, sickening crime that appalled a nation; or that the police investigation that followed would cost over a million pounds. In addition, Mr Pedder's solicitor had informed CIB of the contents of a taped conversation with a retired police officer verifying the allegations. Read more about the condition Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. On the other hand, the book is good in exposing the extent to which the psychologist Paul Britton was guiding the police, encouraging them in their belief that Colin Stagg was guilty and masterminding an undercover operation that played viciously with Stagg's mind.

I didn’t know which lines or bits of the drama were real, but it felt haunting to recreate these interviews almost 30 years on.

The decision ended an 18-month ordeal for Mr Pedder, and is a serious embarrassment to the Metropolitan police, its commissioner, Sir Paul Condon, and to his high profile anti-corruption crusade run by the secretive Complaints Investigation Bureau (CIB), dubbed the Untouchables.

He believes he was "set up" by the CIB because senior officers were concerned about the contents of a book he has written about the investigation into the murder of Rachel Nickell in July 1992. That’s part of the reason I wanted this drama to be made, as well for people to know about everything that happened to me. Well, here’s Keith, fresh into a promotion and given this case, an appalling crime that was all over the national media and they spent months not making progress. The next day DC Blackman - fearing arrest for the illegal PNC check - decided to tell his senior officer, Detective Chief Inspector Brian Battye, what he had done.It’s so flawed as a technique, because people in love will do and say anything, especially if they’re lonely and desperate for physical connection. 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. Colin spent 13 months behind bars after being wrongly charged with the 1992 murder of Rachel on Wimbledon Common – an injustice turned into a new prime-time TV show. He later moved to Tower Bridge, where he served for more than five years with the famous 'Sweeney' (The Flying Squad) where he says, 'I spent most of my time nicking armed robbers. But he claimed the anti-corruption squad was concerned about his book which attacks several senior officers for their "duplicity" during the political fall out generated by the ignominious collapse of the Nickell case.