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Private Notes
The terrifying story of Jeremy Bamber, an apparently devoted son who in 1985 murdered his parents Nevill and June, his adopted sister Sheila and the latter's six-year-old twins at their remote Essex farm. Key witnesses, detectives, the trial judge and Bamber's closest surviving family speak openly about one of the most shocking incidents in the annals of British crime
The investigation into the murder of Oxford University student Rachel McLean, who disappeared in 1991. Her jealous boyfriend was apparently the last person to see her alive, but his claim that she'd been meeting another man raised the suspicions of the police, who soon had him in their sights as the prime suspect - and decided to involve the media on a massive scale to help crack the case
The investigation into the murder of Leeds teenager Leanne Tiernan, who vanished in 2000 after a shopping trip with a friend. Her body was discovered nine months later some 16 miles from her home, prompting police to focus on the forensic evidence - which eventually helped to convict postal worker John Taylor
The story of the biggest cash heist in British history, when thieves stole £53million from Securitas's Kent depot in February 2006. The programme also shows how the police worked through the night to track down the money and the gang.
As one commentator wryly notes, the £53 million raid in 2006 on a Kent cash depot, Britain's biggest cash robbery yet, was more Ealing comedy than Ocean's 11, with a gang that comprised "a bunch of idiots, bruisers and chancers". But there was nothing remotely amusing about the attack, or the robbers who kidnapped Securitas depot manager Colin Dixon at gunpoint while threatening his family, who were being held hostage. Real Crime talks to Dixon, who gives his first TV interview, to the police officers involved in tracking the gang members (there were prosecutions, though the inquiry is still open and £30 million of the stolen money is still missing) and to Securitas staff who were on duty that night. These are haunted men. One still has nightmares: "It's very real and present to me. It's still not in the past."
