DongaTon Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 What a horrible affair altogether. Did anyone see the Crimewatch special last night concentrating on Colin Stagg. First up, (I know he doesn't read this!) but I need to apologise to Colin Stagg. Like most of Britain I had him down as a murderer for many years. This documentary/reconstruction was fascinating. Yeah, he's an unusual guy, a wee bit different, but the way he was hung, drawn and quartered by the Press was unreal. I remember at the time, even outwith the tabloids, it was a stick on that he'd done it A combination of bad luck, unusual private life and pretty much pure idiocy and dodgy tactics by the police ruined this guy's life. The sickening footnote to all this is that Napper was free to murder a mother and her kid a year after he killed Nickell. The police didn't consider him a suspect as he didn't hang around Wimbledon Common, so pursued Stagg instead. Christ... Writing about music is like dancing about architecture - Laurie Anderson Yer Dong Allan Moore, yer wife's a very nice woman, we're gonna win the league for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DongaTon Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share Posted December 19, 2008 Sorry, I didn't see TCM's thread on Miscarriage's of Justice. Writing about music is like dancing about architecture - Laurie Anderson Yer Dong Allan Moore, yer wife's a very nice woman, we're gonna win the league for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brigton Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Sorry, I didn't see TCM's thread on Miscarriage's of Justice. Agree Donga, when this case was first on the telly the police had us convinced Stagg was guilty, got seven hundred thousand quid but his life is in tatters, police who worked the case should be shafted, clear case of weve our man even though half the evidence was fabricated. Scares the s*** out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie McArthur Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 It's like some kind of Kafka-esque nightmare!!!!! MARTY OUT!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Dublin End Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 I know what you mean everyone, this story had me gripped from the outset, but just like the Vicky Hamilton murder, at least there is now (at long last) a definate conclusion. A story which always intrigued me is this one http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4661252.stm, did he do it or not, what do you think ? Usually I think yes but there is an element of doubt too, he might not have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Number Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 I know what you mean everyone, this story had me gripped from the outset, but just like the Vicky Hamilton murder, at least there is now (at long last) a definate conclusion. A story which always intrigued me is this one http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4661252.stm, did he do it or not, what do you think ? Usually I think yes but there is an element of doubt too, he might not have. yep, it's a hard one that, I think he probably did it but there's always that wee niggling doubt. One thing he IS guilty of, tho, going by the foto, is nicking Rupert Bear's scarf! "If you can't say nuthin' nice, don't say nuthin' at all......." - Thumper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cet Homme Charmant Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 And bear in mind that if we still had Capital Punishment Colin Stagg would have been hanged and most of the country would have been happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ton5saints1 Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 ENTRAPMENT - I really couldn't believe the reconstruction and how Stagg was basically led into his fairytales at the prompting of Miss Honeytrap. I know the law in England differs as that from that up here, but I really don't know how this was accepted in evidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
44 Tonne Ton Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 And bear in mind that if we still had Capital Punishment Colin Stagg would have been hanged and most of the country would have been happy. No Colin Stagg was never found guilty so why would anyone have hung him? "It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning." Henry Ford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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