Crimewatch UK September 1997

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What a time to be alive

Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window ? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"

The missing in full episodes until 2005.
Thu December 10 1992
Wed May 24 2000
Wed July 26 2000
Wed September 6 2000
Wed January 24 2001
Wed February 28 2001
Wed March 28 2001
Wed April 25 2001
Wed May 23 2001
Wed June 20 2001
Wed September 20 2001
Thu September 27 2001
Thu November 8 2001
Thu March 28 2002
Wed April 24 2002
Wed June 5 2002
Wed June 26 2002
Wed July 24 2002
Thu August 29 2002
Thu September 26 2002
Thu October 24 2002
Wed November 27 2002
Wed December 18 2002
Wed February 5 2003
Wed March 26 2003
Wed April 30 2003
Wed May 28 2003
Thu June 26 2003
Thu July 24 2003
Wed August 20 2003 (Crimewatch UK Solved)
Wed September 24 2003
Thu November 20 2003
Wed December 17 2003
Tue January 27 2004
Thu February 26 2004
Wed March 31 2004
Wed April 28 2004
Wed May 26 2004
Thu July 29 2004
Wed 1 September 2004 (Crimewatch UK Solved)
Tue September 21 2004
Thu October 28 2004
Tue November 23 2004
Tue December 14 2004

What happened to the other channel that has all theses rare episodes uploaded ? glad redcard74 saved them though ..

Tears came to my eyes when katerina's mother speaking of her grief and how she gave her meaning to her life so sad how on earth do you come to terms losing a child like this

Why on earth is a man stealing sun tan lotion being featured 😂

Andrzej Kunowski The Beast thankfully died in Prison in 2009. Not soon enough for poor little Katerina & all of his other victims 😢

Thank you for any/all tips and for helping to solve crimes.

Eerie to see poor Jill Dando, though. RIP lass.

I hate the crimes against children, animals and the elderly. I still don't understand how anyone could do this

“… a huge drugs ring in Liverpool …” well, I never, who would have thought it. 🕵️‍♂️

Colin Baker in his GlynWebb store manager days … !

Great chat up line "Are you Tired?"

It's very chilling seeing both poor Jill Dando and the detective who would later investigate her murder on the same show.

The murderer of Thomas Marshall was convicted in 1999. This from The Guatdian:

"A village shopkeeper strangled a 12-year-old with whom he had a sexual relationship because he feared the boy would expose him, a court heard yesterday.

Kevan Roberts, 52, was attracted to adolescent boys, and allegedly killed Thomas Marshall in under a minute by twisting a bootlace necklace around his neck. He killed the youngster in the kitchen behind his shop in Eccles, north Norfolk, in August 1977 because he felt he was "losing control" over him, Norwich crown court was told.

Thirteen months later, police found a metal bead in the U-bend of Roberts' sink. The prosecution alleged that the bead, proven to be similar to those that had been on the necklace, had landed there when the necklace was twisted and broken as the boy died. Roberts denies a charge of murder.

The court was told "something sexual" developed after they met in May or June 1997. As the relationship progressed, the "superficially streetwise" boy began demanding cigarettes, drinks, and sweets, and teasing Roberts about his sexual orientation, the court heard. He also threatened to claim Roberts had "touched him up" if he failed to give him fizzy pop, the shopkeeper told police in interviews.

Roberts began to feel at a disadvantage, Charles Wide QC, prosecuting, told the jury. Later he allegedly confessed to Roy Reynolds, a convicted paedophile serving a life sentence, whom he met while in prison on remand, that he hated the adolescent for having him "over a barrel".

While only two people knew the precise nature of the sexual relationship, "and one of them is dead", the jury might conclude that "Thomas was streetwise enough to try and exploit the situation, but not so mature as to realise what he might be getting himself into," Mr Wide suggested.

On the evening of the murder, Thomas and Roberts had each falsely arranged to meet someone else. Roberts obtained three joints of cannabis, which he hoped would sexually arouse the youngster, telling the neighbour who supplied the cannabis that it "would make the night go easier".

Thomas, meanwhile, lied to his mother and said he had arranged to meet a friend, Adrian Smith, 16. Shortly after 5.40pm, he left his home in the village of Happisburgh to cycle the two miles to Eccles. Within three hours, forensic tests showed, he was dead.

At noon the next day, his dismantled red bicycle was spotted in undergrowth by the side of a common, two miles from Roberts' home - a spot "well-known to Roberts" and which he had passed the day previously.

At 5pm the same day, the boy's body was found in a lay-by frequented by gay men cruising for sex, at Roundham heath, 30 miles from Norwich in the south of the county. Roberts had put the body there to mislead the police, the prosecution alleged.

Mr Wide said forensic tests revealed genital bruising and that the 12-year-old had been "strangled from behind, his collar and the necklace being seized and twisted".

The necklace broke and two metallic beads came off - neither being found until September 1998 when a constable searching Roberts's home removed the sink trap and found one bead. "Roberts wasn't able to explain how the bead got there," Mr Wide added."

The Independent also said: "Roberts had earlier been cautioned by police for "helping" two young teenagers make an indecent video in the bathroom of his home, Norwich Crown Court was told .

While Roberts was in jail awaiting trial he told two inmates he considered Thomas a "rent boy" and that he hated him. Thomas's family yesterday strongly denied allegations that Thomas was involved with sex and drugs.

I think it was from that month i started to watch crimewatch often i was 9 years old! and man i got nightmares during them years lol

The Polish killer of Kataryna was on the run from Poland - a serial paedo - he'd served 10 yrs for 27 sex offences then was on the run for rape of a 10 yrs old. He should never have been in the country 😞

Those were the days , when in 1997 you would be on national television for nicking a few bottles of sun tan lotion.