Convicting Britain's Most Ruthless Criminals: Case Files for the Prosecution

Safely convicting criminals relies on finding the truth, but can we ever get the complete picture? Convicting Britains Most Ruthless Criminals provides a detailed insight into the evidence-gathering process and how it can uncover the truth, even when there is a piece of evidence missing. The cases are fascinating and include a bungled robbery that ended up as murder, a staged gem heist, a death in police custody, a serial killer who confessed, and a Ponzi scheme.

Format: Hardback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 30 March 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Safely convicting criminals relies on finding the truth, but what is the truth and can we ever get the complete picture? Convicting Britains 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, in order to bring about a safe conviction. Drawing on detailed analysis of leading prosecutors' speeches combined with expert witness information and press reports, 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, including 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 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 Ponzi scheme that eventually collapsed. The cases are intertwined with stories and anecdotes, including how jurors have themselves broken the law, how the gangland drugs scene became big business, and why there is so much dressing up in court.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781399092265