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Safely convicting criminals relies on finding the truth. But what
is the truth and can we ever get the complete picture? Convicting
Britain's Most Ruthless Criminals is a collection of serious crime
cases in modern Britain. It gives a detailed insight into the
amassing of evidence for the prosecution and how the truth can be
uncovered, given that there is always a piece of evidence missing,
whether it is a hidden fortune, an elusive murder weapon or even an
undiscovered body. Drawing on unique access to the case files and
speeches of a leading crown prosecutor combined with expert witness
information, these are fascinating stories of criminal acts, their
perpetrators, and how they were brought to justice by putting
together a jigsaw of evidence, much of which has never been
revealed before, which includes ballistics, pathology, mobile phone
records and CCTV analysis. Enough to get as close to the real truth
as possible, given that the picture of each jigsaw is never
completely revealed. There is the case of an appeal by woman who
was convicted of killing her husband decades ago, a bungled robbery
that ended up as murder, a staged gem heist only uncovered years
later during a plea-bargaining exercise, a death in police custody,
a serial killer who decided to confess, and a brothel keeper
maintaining that he was simultaneously providing a community
service whilst servicing the Greek national debt. The cases are
intertwined with stories and anecdotes including the juror who
ended up being convicted, how the gangland drugs scene became big
business and why there is so much dressing up in court.
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