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On the afternoon of the conviction, there was an expert criminal psychiatrist on BBC radio who had been following the trial closely. Apparently those notes, tho
by kitd 3y ago
On the afternoon of the conviction, there was an expert criminal psychiatrist on BBC radio who had been following the trial closely. Apparently those notes, though they made all the headlines, played little part in her conviction, and are typical for someone suffering stress &| depression.
The thing that did for her apparently were messages she had sent some of the parents, the times of which contradicted her testimony she had given the police and put her clearly in the frame when she had given them an alibi.
So I'm not sure the clusters of "unlikely" cases played much role either, other than alerting authorities to there potentially being foul play.
- crote 3y agoThat's a very good reason to warn the public about it, is it not? People generally do not read court transcripts, they read media headlines. It's basically a guarantee that some people are already convinced their statistically unlucky coworkers are also serial killers. It can easily lead to witch hunts.
- kitd 3y agoYou're right, but I think the article is about the RSS warning the official inquiry rather than the public. One would expect them to have a higher threshold of quality of evidence than the typical tabloids or Twitter feeds.
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