i wouldn't blame the cops too much, it was the media who stitched him up
strange guy all the same, was he suggesting he was asexual when questioned?
Not sure how much information they had to arrest him. Just get the feeling that it was because he was a bit of an odd ball. Im not knocking the police per se, my daughters a Police Officer. I just think they had very flimsy reasons for taking him in for questioning.
Isn't it weird how we judge on appearances? I remember this on the news at the time and thought Christopher Jefferies must have done it as he seemed such an "oddball". Maybe we shouldn't have been so quick to judge, and he certainly shouldn't have been so publicly arrested, without any evidence and without being charged. Good drama but think the lead is over-egging it a little.
Isn't it weird how we judge on appearances? I remember this on the news at the time and thought Christopher Jefferies must have done it as he seemed such an "oddball". Maybe we shouldn't have been so quick to judge, and he certainly shouldn't have been so publicly arrested, without any evidence and without being charged. Good drama but think the lead is over-egging it a little.
It just goes to show how gullible we are to be sucked in by what we read in the papers. Poor chap was vilified and I was guilty of thinking that he did it. Hangs head in shame.
What made the police think he had done it.
It was all very odd. They didn't appear to have anything at all to go on.
Poor man, if this show is true to the story then I blame the police as much as the media.
It was strangely emotional wasn't it? A mixture of sadness, incredulity, and distaste. And when the lawyer challenged the police near the end, I was pretty much cheering.
I think the poor man has an undiagnosed form of Asperger's .
Looking forward to tomorrows episode but so sad for the poor guy who has had such a bad time just because he looked and acted `different ` to the norm and was totally innocent .
Not sure how much information they had to arrest him. Just get the feeling that it was because he was a bit of an odd ball. Im not knocking the police per se, my daughters a Police Officer. I just think they had very flimsy reasons for taking him in for questioning.
Police were under massive pressure due to media. It was relentless at a slow news time of year. Media have been obsessed with locals talking to them since Soham. Police took him in on little evidence but if media had said nothing it would have come and gone. The issue here was the media frenzy and the libellous stuff they printed. The media was so bad that he could never have had a fair trial.
I think the poor man has an undiagnosed form of Asperger's .
Looking forward to tomorrows episode but so sad for the poor guy who has had such a bad time just because he looked and acted `different ` to the norm and was totally innocent .
Maybe he just marches to the beat of his own drum?
Police were under massive pressure due to media. It was relentless at a slow news time of year. Media have been obsessed with locals talking to them since Soham. Police took him in on little evidence but if media had said nothing it would have come and gone. The issue here was the media frenzy and the libellous stuff they printed. The media was so bad that he could never have had a fair trial.
Probably something in that. It's speculation, but the media are incredibly powerful and we know from Hackgate that even the Met appeared to be heavily influenced by them. How much worse must it have been for the provincial police forces. Even so, even so, with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, what on earth were they thinking, really, when they made the arrest? They apparently didn't have anything at all to pin on him.
Police were under massive pressure due to media. It was relentless at a slow news time of year. Media have been obsessed with locals talking to them since Soham. Police took him in on little evidence but if media had said nothing it would have come and gone. The issue here was the media frenzy and the libellous stuff they printed. The media was so bad that he could never have had a fair trial.
I don't think media pressure is any kind of excuse or explanation.
Looks like the Old Bill pulled him in based on buggerall, then went on a fishing expedition with no bait.
I'd have said buggerall, it would have been 'no comment'
It was very good but i've got a sneaky suspicion the real lawyer was white and not black. If he was white as i suspect then isn't itv racist by portraying him as black? I prefer itv not to push their multi culti agenda by lying to us.
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I didn't, I assumed he was gay so unlikely to have murdered a young woman.
*polishes halo*
Not sure how much information they had to arrest him. Just get the feeling that it was because he was a bit of an odd ball. Im not knocking the police per se, my daughters a Police Officer. I just think they had very flimsy reasons for taking him in for questioning.
Watching it gave me the overwhelming need to give Christopher a huge hug. Poor man....
As everyone has been saying it was a brilliant piece of drama. Jason Watkins does deserve all the plaudits.
It just goes to show how gullible we are to be sucked in by what we read in the papers. Poor chap was vilified and I was guilty of thinking that he did it. Hangs head in shame.
Yes, but the sponsors stings totally inappropriate.
It was all very odd. They didn't appear to have anything at all to go on.
Poor man, if this show is true to the story then I blame the police as much as the media.
Yes. He met the writers and Jason Watkins before filming began.
It was strangely emotional wasn't it? A mixture of sadness, incredulity, and distaste. And when the lawyer challenged the police near the end, I was pretty much cheering.
Didn't the police tip off the media though?
I'm watching on catch up and found this Daisy
This is so good.
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1417430&highlight=jefferies
Oo that's interesting. I'm watching on +1 as had to watch Apprentice!
Thats when they got nicknamed the pizza police
Looking forward to tomorrows episode but so sad for the poor guy who has had such a bad time just because he looked and acted `different ` to the norm and was totally innocent .
Police were under massive pressure due to media. It was relentless at a slow news time of year. Media have been obsessed with locals talking to them since Soham. Police took him in on little evidence but if media had said nothing it would have come and gone. The issue here was the media frenzy and the libellous stuff they printed. The media was so bad that he could never have had a fair trial.
Maybe he just marches to the beat of his own drum?
Probably something in that. It's speculation, but the media are incredibly powerful and we know from Hackgate that even the Met appeared to be heavily influenced by them. How much worse must it have been for the provincial police forces. Even so, even so, with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, what on earth were they thinking, really, when they made the arrest? They apparently didn't have anything at all to pin on him.
I don't think media pressure is any kind of excuse or explanation.
Looks like the Old Bill pulled him in based on buggerall, then went on a fishing expedition with no bait.
I'd have said buggerall, it would have been 'no comment'