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[Music] our episodes deal with serious and often distressing incidents if you feel at
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please see the show notes for this episode on your app or on our website during the 1950s and 60s Australian
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reporter and journalist Rupert Murdoch became the senior executive of his own private news proprietor company after
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acquiring a number of newspapers in Australia and in New Zealand Rupert's Enterprise expanded into the
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United Kingdom and in 1969 he attended an option for the largest circulating national Gazette the news of the world
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the spirited bidding contest ensued wherein rupert defeated the 34 million pound offer from business rival robert
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maxwell securing ownership of the newspaper and its sister publication the son having secured his position as
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chairman of the news of the world group rupert entrusted the role of the company's deputy chairman - 60 year-old
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Alec McCoy an Australian newspaper executive with over a decade of industry experience Alec had spent the previous
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12 years in England working for Mirror Group Newspapers proprietors of The Daily Mirror and the
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people amongst others it was whilst working for Mirror Group newspapers that Alec was poached by Rupert Murdoch to
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spearhead his recently acquired publications Alec lived with his wife Muriel in southwest of London's upscale
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district of Wimbledon near the world famous tennis club the couple's Georgian style Nana titled st. Mary's house was
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situated on Arthur Road a quiet leafy street framed by spacious villas home to London's professional or late
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stockbrokers bankers and business executives in December 1969 Rupert Murdoch and his
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wife Anna made plans to holiday in Australia over Christmas during their absence Alec McCoy was assigned to the
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role of acting chairman of the News of the World Group and tasked with overseeing grubitz business duties as
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acting chairman Alec was provided with the Murdochs they blue rolls-royce and its accompanying chauffeur
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[Music] [Music] on December 19 1969 Rupert and Donna Murdoch departed for their Australian
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getaway ten days later on the morning of Monday December 29 Alec McCoy was picked
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up from his home in the company's rolls-royce and driven to the news of the world
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group office in central London where he remained for the rest of the day 55 year-old muriel Micaiah dressed in a
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green woolen jersey suit a black-and-white check top coat and cream-colored leather shoes and headed
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out in her for Capri to run some errands she went shopping and visited the dentist returning home to Wimbledon at
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5:00 p.m. after finishing work for the day Alec McCoy was chauffeured home arriving
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to st. Mary's house at 7:45 p.m. when he reached the front door Alec noticed some
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sheets of yesterday's newspaper on the ground from the people publication dated December 28 he pressed the doorbell with
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three short rings in one long a special code - designed by Muriel to signal when
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her husband was at the door the precaution was established after a burglary at the McCoy home months
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earlier in September which had claimed most of Maria's jewelry as well as her sense of safety since then she had also
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installed a chain lock on the front door keeping us secured in its latch at all times even with these safeguards Muriel
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refused to open the door until she confirmed it was indeed Alec standing on the other side when Muriel failed to
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come to the door allogram the doorbell three more times assuming his wife was upstairs in doubt of earshot when his
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rings went unanswered Alec twisted the handle and was surprised to discover the door was unlocked the chain unlatched
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and dangling by the doorframe he entered the house noticing the lights were on inside but his calls for Muriel
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were met with silence further within the entrance hallway a large chair had been
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pulled away from a wall and an hour stood in the center of the corridor Muriel handbag lay open on the floor its
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contents scattered about along with more sheets of the people newspaper they did
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December 20 a a two and a half inch strip of elastoplast tape was twisted over on itself on a table while the
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large quantity of baling twine was tangled in a messy bundle on a chair the hallway telephone had been ripped away
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from the wall and was overturned on the floor ALX eyes were then drawn to a foreign
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object resting on the nearby writing desk the machete like cutting tool consisted of a long curved blade and was
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known as a billhook an instrument typically used in agriculture Alec was certain his property had once again
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fallen prey to burglars but it wasn't until he came across Muriel's pet dachshund that he sensed something far
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more sinister had taken place the small dog was resting on the living-room floor
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in front of the large open fireplace a crackling log fire blazed within Muriel had previously lost two dogs in a fire
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and as a consequence always made sure that a protective screen was covering the fireplace whenever it was in use on
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this occasion the screen was not up and Alec knew his wife would never leave the
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house without ensuring it was in place upon further inspection he also noticed the television was on the shoes Muriel
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typically wore when heading out were neatly perched on the stairs and her car was in the garage
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fearing the intruder may still be in the house and to Muriel might be hiding somewhere to protect herself
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alik armed himself with the billhook and rushed upstairs to check the six bedrooms into two bathrooms all the
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while calling out for his wife when he found age room empty Alek checked the garage and the garden but to no avail
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Muriel was gone Ellie carried to a neighbor's house to raise the alarm and the police arrived to st. Mary's house
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some ten minutes later they immediately noticed science that someone else I'd had applied bodily pressure to the
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chained front door and forced their way in an act which police determined only required like pushing the disarranged
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state of the entrance hallway coupled with the presence of the adhesive tape baling twine and a billhook none of
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which belonged to the McCoys painted a grim picture an inventory revealed that murals remaining jewelry was gone along
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with her fawn and black reversible coat yet robbery seemed to be the perpetrators secondary motive it
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appeared as though Muriel Makar had been abducted the billhook likely used to intimidate her as she was gagged with
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the adhesive tape and bound with the baling twine aleck described his wife is medium build four foot nine inches tall
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with brown hair he informed police that Muriel was her usual bright self that morning and had also prepared their
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dinner as though she was awaiting his arrival home as officers canvassed the local area with tracking dogs murals
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family and friends were contacted including her three adult children a young Diane and Jennifer no one could
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offer the names of anyone who might target the kind and gentle grandmother who was clearly beloved by those who
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knew her alie kondeh Muriel were born and raised in Adelaide in South Australia entered the pair were
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childhood sweethearts they married in many years later as alec was making a name for himself in
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advertising after befriending members of the press our late including Kerry Packer Alec pursued a career in print
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media Muriel was forever the supportive wife standing by her husband during their relocation to London and helping
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him network amongst publishing circles in her spare time Muriel indulged in her favorite hobby
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painting for which she had quite the talent desperate to raise awareness of his wife's disappearance Alec McCoy
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sought help from his colleagues and friends in the press he called the editor of news of the world group
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newspaper the son prompting throngs of journalists to descend on Arthur Road their presence frustrated police who
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found the meddling media to be a distraction and a liability five hours had passed since Muriel macaw
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was reported missing and two the macaw property was still trolling with police officers members of the press and
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concerned friends and relatives the house phone had since been restored and reconnected when at 1:15 a.m. had
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suddenly rang the macaw son-in-law David answered as an unknown male voice asked
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is that the home of mr. Mcoy to which David responded who wants him the caller explained tell Mr Mcoy it is
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the m3 the mafia David handed the receiver to a leak as the caller went on this is the Mafia
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group three we are from America mafia m3 we have your wife you will need 1 million pounds by Wednesday you had
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better get it you have friends get it from them have 1 million pounds by Wednesday night or we
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will kill her a detective listening in on an extension took note of the conversation observing the caller had
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what sounded like a West Indian accent with hints of American overtones this was confirmed by the call operator who
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was still on the line insuring the call connected the operator informed authorities that the threatening call
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had been placed from a public telephone box in the suburb of Epping 50 kilometers northeast of Wimbledon until
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the call from the mysterious m3 could be authenticated police continued to treat
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murals disappearance as a missing persons case although they didn't rule out the possibility of kidnapping had
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seemed highly unlikely as such crimes were unheard of in Britain when asked by a reporter if they were investigating a
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genuine ransom demand a detective responded how do we know we've never had one before instead a suspicious eye was
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cast towards Alec McCoy and even Muriel herself given the crime involved a newspaper executive who happened to
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oversee the country's two biggest tabloids speculation arose as to whether the entire situation was a publicity
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stunt or hoax the sensational story had gone straight to print with the attention-grabbing
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headline have you seen this woman accompanied by a black-and-white photograph of a smiling Muriel article
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speculated over the circumstances of her mysterious disappearance with some crudely suggesting she may have left on
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her own accord in a fit of anger due to quote and menopausal incident as the tabloid circulated salacious rumours
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police focused their efforts on gathering the facts murals doctor assured she was in good
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health and was cheerful stable and strong-minded at the time of her disappearance giving no indications that
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she would want to leave her current circumstances there were talks of a possible conflict between Muriel and
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Dalek over proposed to trip to Australia but it was more a disagreement than a dispute nationwide attention mounted
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increasing pressure on police to solve the crime efficiently before it spawned a host of imitators
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despite law enforcement said prehension to involve the media on Tuesday December
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30 the day after Muriel vanished her grief-stricken daughter Diane appeared on national television to compel anyone
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with information to come forward please just let my mother come back that's no reason why she should be taken
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it must be a crank because to us a million pounds ransom is just incredible anyway and my mother hasn't any enemies
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she's happily married very happy with a very happy family and no ones have been and there's no no reason it's incredible
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just before five o'clock that evening another phone call was placed to the McCoy household from m3 the unknown man
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alleging to have taken Muriel the call was untraceable leading investigators to assume the professed kidnapper was now
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using the automatic system known as subscriber trunk dialing which allowed calls to be made without operator
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assistance the police had since attached the tape recorder to the McCoy's phone line enabling them to document m3 voice
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as he told Alec your wife just posted a letter to you for heaven's sake for her sake don't call the police
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the following day of Wednesday December 31 a letter arrived to the McCoy household as forecast as envelope was
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marked urgent and contained a piece of cheap blue paper with messy handwriting scrawled in sloping lines across the
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page the handwriting was identified to be without doubt that of neuro McCoy confirming m3 had direct contact with
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the missing woman the letter read aleck darling I am blindfolded and cold please
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do something and to get me home please cooperate or I cannot keep going I think of you all constantly and have
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kept calm so far what have I done to deserve this treatment postage stamps indicated the letter had been sent from
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Tottenham a suburb 30 kilometers northeast of Wimbledon as the original phone call from m3 had been traced to
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weapon investigators now believed the kidnapper and possibly Muriel were located within the northeasterly
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outskirts of London upon the receival of Muriel's letter police officially shifted their missing persons search
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into a kidnapping for ransom investigation her cities across the world celebrated the New Year Muriel
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McCoy's family sat anxiously by the phone awaiting further instructions from m3 overwhelmed by the uncertain fate of
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his wife Alec McCoy was sedated to allow him some much-needed rest shortly before 7:45 p.m. on New Year's
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Eve the mysterious caller rang once again this time asking to speak to me riyals daughter Diane he told her trying
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to remember the m3 I wanted to speak to your daddy he's not well where is your mother do you have any idea you've gone
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too far it has gone too far now m3 abruptly ended this call only to ring again a few minutes later demanding to
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speak to Diane once more this time he told her they've got to get a million antennas and fibers
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Muriel son Ian took the receiver from his sister and asked how they were expected to raise such a large sum of
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money in such a short amount of time the caller responded that's your business not mine while police aimed to keep the
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letter from Muriel classified its contents were soon leaked to the press resulting in a bombardment of hoax calls
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and email from opportunists hoping to cash in on the McCoy family's desperate situation audio recordings of the
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kidnappers voice and to the fact he used at the alias m3 helped investigators filter out some of the false leads
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undercover police officers and criminal informants were told to listen out the whispers about the identity or history
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of the enigmatic group mafia 3 while anonymous tips sent investigators all over the city one claimed Muriel was in
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a tunnel underneath a church near the McCoy home but when police arrived to the location they discovered the passage
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had been sealed up four years ago another call came through from a woman who honestly said the words gray Hillman
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before hanging up a Hillman is a small British car and unsubstantiated media reports boldly claimed this call was
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from Muriel herself attempting to provide police with the clue hundreds of statements were collected from members
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of the public including one from a wimbledon local who recalled seeing a dark-colored volvo saloon-style car with
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two male occupants slowly cruising the Arthur Road area at 4:40 p.m. on the day Muriel went missing that same evening
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and around 6 p.m. and neighbor noticed all the interior lights at the McCoy home were on and the dark saloon car was
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parked in their driveway [Music] as the macaws waited desperately for further contact from murals kidnaper
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a family friend reached out the controversial Dutch clairvoyant Gerard Crozet who had developed a reputation
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for helping police trace missing persons crows I had been asked to assist in many
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investigations including the disappearance of young siblings Jane Anna and Grant Beaumont from a South
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Australian Beach just three years earlier covered in episode 100 of case file yet as his work on the Beaumont
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children case revealed Creuset authenticated success rate was negligible nevertheless Muriel McCoy's
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kidnapping had become a media sensation and to Terada crochets opinions were soon headlining news reports during one
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interview a reporter sat on the edge of their seat as Creuset rubbed his hand over a photograph of Muriel and observed
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a map of London before matter-of-factly announcing that she was still alive he claimed she was being held on a white
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farm northeast of London near a disused aerodrome on a tree-lined property with a green barn and a pond that contained
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an old motorcycle the clairvoyant menacingly added that if Muriel was not found within 14 days she would be dead
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suddenly Muriel subduction became an exciting ticking time bomb for the media with reports calculating how long she
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could survive in the current cold climate if she wasn't being properly cared for
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Crazy's visions were not particularly extraordinary as they matched the insights already provided to British
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police by specialist agents from the FBI who worked as consultants to the detectives overseeing the Muriel McCoy
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investigation they would prove an invaluable resource as unlike Britain the US had dealt with many high-profile
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ransom cases in the preceding decades including that of one month old Peter Weinberger covered in episode 64 of case
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file given that it was believed at Muriel's kidnapper was located in the northeastern suburbs of London coupled
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with the FBI's advice that Muriel was likely being held somewhere remote like a rural farmhouse hundreds of police
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officers and volunteers descended on Epping Forest and it surrounds trudging the damp brush boss Padova's searched
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nearby ponds and rivers they were tailed by members of the public who were following the visions offered abuja
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Radek as a yet the only area of interest found was an abandoned farm which was investigated and a promptly ruled out
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[Music] Crisis Intervention became a source of contention for investigators with one
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detective remarking because of crazay we wasted a thousands of man-hours not through following up his ideas but
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because of all the imitators meanwhile Alek McCoy agreed to be formally interviewed for television news during
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which he described coming home on the evening of December 29 to find his house in disarray and his wife missing he
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addressed speculation that Muriel had left on her own accord stating now I think no man in the world would say that
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his wife wouldn't leave him I really believe that she wouldn't leave me he concluded the interview by remarking
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well I have spent a considerable time under sedation but as this has been lessened of a bit
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of course I am terribly worried I am frantic but I can get my wife back again what can I do I'm only asking the
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cooperation of everybody who may be watching and maybe listening or maybe reading to please help us to get her
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back again it's merely a question than a sitting waiting by the telephone yes and
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that's a very long wait Alex emotional appeal proved futile in reestablishing contact with m3 prompting
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detectives to employ more cunning tactics they asked the McCoy family doctor to front the press with a
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fabricated story that Muriel suffered a medical condition that required treatment with three injections per
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month the doctor went along with the law telling a crowd of reporters the murals
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well-being was in very serious danger and expressed false urgency about her need for medication despite these
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efforts Muriel kidnapper remained silent the next appeal came from murals three children Ian Jennifer and Diane fronted
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the news cameras together as a in' read a statement on behalf of their father the statement from mr. mcian says would
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you please inform me what I have to do to get my wife back what do you want from me I'm willing to do anything
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within reason to get my wife back please give me your instructions and what guarantee I have that she will be safely
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returned to me I have had so many persons communicate with me that I must be certain that I'm dealing with the
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right person the hysteria arising from britain's first high-profile kidnapping for ransom
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generated a myriad of false sightings irrelevant tips prank calls and phony demands one fraud start demanding a
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ransom met with undercover police in an East London underground train station and was later jailed for three years for
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the deception eight days after the last call from m3 the news of the world and at US staff in Summerfield received a
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letter from the kidnapper marked urgent and personal in handwritten capital letters on white lined paper torn from
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an exercise book m3 complained he was unable to contact alikum Akai as the phone line was busy
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he stated he would only provide instructions on how to secure muirios release once the police were sent away
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the kidnapper suggested the million pound ransom be handed over in two installments of half a million each
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adding if he cooperates he shall see his wife if he don't cooperate his wife will
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be disposed of the letter ended with he has not paid off for st. Mary's house and she said he hasn't the money but he
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can borrow from friends he knows four days of silence followed ending on Wednesday January 14 when Stefan
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Sommerfeld received a phone call from m3 reiterating his demands and ordering the
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newspaper editor to tell Mr Mcoy that he would prove that Muriel was still alive
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later that day m3 rang the McCoy household and - provided the family with what he deemed to be proof that Muriel
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was still alive detailing the fact she was wearing her fawn and black coat then the cars were unconvinced this
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information proved anything so m3 said Muriel would write them another letter the next call to the McCoy residence
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came five days later on Monday January 19 surely before 3:00 p.m. Halleck McCoy answered the phone and
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was greeted by m3 who said hello Alec we contacted G last week concerning Merial a 35 minute conversation followed
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the longest from Uriel's kidnapper today wherein he claimed to have infiltrated the UK's Criminal Investigation
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Department to ensure the case would never be solved Alec pressed for proof that his wife was
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still alive suggesting that in her next a letter muriel should write out the full names of their children or provide
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details of the christmas present she had recently received m3 disregarded this request reassuring Alec the Muriel was
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alive and he would be able to speak to her as soon as the first delivery of ransom money was made he stated you were
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to be blamed for going to the police we are looking for a place where you should
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meet us to bring the money anguished Alec responded look bring a gun here and shoot me rather than ask unreasonable
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demands nobody's got a million pounds I can't give you what I haven't got when asked when he did to deserve this
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Alec was told I don't know but your wife is such a nice person m3 further explained this is not one person this is
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worldwide international I run this branch in England you see don't take any telephone calls from anyone unless they
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say m3 the Mafia m3 he then rambled on about a group he referred to simply as the boys who had tailed rupert murdoch's
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rolls-royce with the intention of kidnapping the wealthy media moguls wife Anna however as the Murdochs were on
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holiday in Australia the boys inadvertently followed their rolls-royce to the McCoy residence and abducted the
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wrong woman in a case of mistaken identity despite now dealing with someone who had
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significantly less net worth than their original target m3 continued to demand the exorbitant 1 million pound ransom
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from Alec McCoy when Alec offered the far more attainable sum of 20,000 pounds m3 replied over here no use accept or
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reject half a million you've got to do something about it dejected Alec replied I could kill
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myself that would solve the problem as the call reached its conclusion m3 stated my taxi is waiting I've got to go
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to the airport to receive one of the boys you've got to get half a million this is my order and that is final
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the next call from m3 came through two days later on Wednesday January 21 and was answered by Ally Condie muriel son
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Ian m3 advised a and he would be sending an envelope containing two letters from
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Muriel one addressed to Alec and another to their daughter Diane that proved Muriel was still alive
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according to m3 she was trying to tell you where she was so we had to clip a few pieces off m3 ended the call the
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ring again a few minutes later to arrange the first ransom drop advising a lien the half a million pound payment
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would grant the mccoys phone contact with Muriel Ian informed the kidnapper that his father was far too ill to
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participate in the ransom drop and two that he would do it instead in actuality concerns they might be dealing with an
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international criminal gang mint police were prioritizing Alec macaé safety denying him any direct contact with
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murals captors the following day of Friday January 22 two letters from Muriel arrived to the micaiah housed in
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a single envelope just as m3 had described a postage stamp specified the letter had been sent from
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woodgrain another suburb in London's northeast both letters were undoubtedly written in murals handwriting in the one
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penned for her husband Muriel Road dear Alec I am deteriorating in health and spirit please cooperate
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excuse writing I am blindfolded and cold the earlier you get the money the quicker our may come home or you may
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not see me again darling negotiate with gang as quickly as possible the gang is too large to
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fool in the letter to her daughter Diane Muriel wrote I heard you on TV if only you would persuade daddy to cooperate
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with the gang please keep the police out of it if you want to see me it was this
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comment that raised concerns about Miriam's well-being although Diane had appeared on national
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television multiple times throughout her mother's disappearance she only ever spoke once during a news report that
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aired on the BBC on December 30 the day after Muriel was taken for Muriel to specifically mention this
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appearance 23 days later seemed highly unusual detectives now suspected she may have been forced to pen all the letters
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to her family at a much earlier date with her kidnapper sending them intermittently to give the illusion they
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were being written throughout the course of the investigation for the first time
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since her disappearance police were confronted with the possibility that Muriel McCoy was dead and that her
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killer was planning his moves in advance to foster the hope she was alive ensuring he maintained control over the
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situation also enclosed with murals two recent letters was a note from M 3 providing instructions for the first
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ransom drop which was to take place in ten days time on the 1st of February half a million pounds was to be placed
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in a locked black suitcase and driven in Uriel's Ford Capri along North Circular Road to
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the public phone box at the Cambridge Road and Church Street intersection m3 would ring the phone box at exactly
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10:00 p.m. to provide the next set of instructions according to m3 the suitcase would be
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collected by a random stranger who was being paid to retrieve it therefore if this person we end up in police custody
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they would not be able to provide information about m3 or Muriel's whereabouts the letter ended quote any
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error on your part will only take two minutes and you will never see Muriel again you will see her dead and
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delivered at your door the day after the ransom note arrived Muriel's kidnapper resumed his menacing
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phone calls to the Mackay household pressing for proof his mother was still alive Ian asked them three the letters
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could have been written weeks ago why the hell should we give you the money unless we know she's alive an argument
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broke out between the pair as to whether a description of the clothing Muriel was
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wearing when she disappeared was proof of her living status in Ian's pointed out that the police and the press had
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described Muriel outfit from the outset of the investigation therefore repeating
00:36:47
this well-known information proved nothing Ian asked to speak to his mother or to
00:36:53
have a tape recording of her speaking be sent to their family but m3 ignored his
00:36:59
request and tendered the call less than two hours later m3 was back on the phone
00:37:06
telling Ian of just contacted head office and - this is final if you don't intend to cooperate
00:37:14
we shall drop the matter there we won't be needing the money and you might be seeing your mum
00:37:21
Ian explained - they had gathered a quarter of a million pounds but before m3 Soros sent they needed proof muriel
00:37:29
was alive his request was again denied leading a into snap it's because you haven't got her you've got a corpse
00:37:38
you're trying to trick us before ending this call m3 explained we've never murdered anyone as yet but
00:37:48
there's always got to be a first time prompting a into retort okay then but you get no money in an attempt to
00:37:59
reassure them a car's m3 told them we deal with honesty 15 minutes later m3 called again telling am your mum said
00:38:12
she has been a good wife to your dad and a good mother to her children she asked
00:38:18
why have they forsake in her if you want your mum follow instructions exasperated Ian requested the kidnapper
00:38:28
purchase a copy of that nights Evening Standard newspaper and have Muriel write out their headlines to prove what they
00:38:35
are doubt that she was indeed alive three days later on Monday January 26 an envelope addressed to Alec McCoy arrived
00:38:46
to st. Mary's house it's postage stamp confirmed it - was sent from wood green inside there were two handwritten
00:38:56
letters from Muriel but neither contained the list of newspaper headlines requested by yayin instead the
00:39:05
first letter read aleck darling if I could only be home I can't believe this thing has happened to me tonight I
00:39:14
thought I'd see you but it seems hopeless that is all I can say at the moment he betrayed me by going to police
00:39:23
not cooperating with them three gang love Muriel the second a letter was shorter stating darling Alec you don't
00:39:36
seem to be helping me again I beg of you to cooperate with the m3 game the bottom
00:39:44
section of this page had been removed likely done by m3 who had previously claimed to cut out any section of murals
00:39:52
letters that could reveal her whereabouts her unfinished final message read you understand that when there the
00:40:01
envelope also contained another note from Uriel's kidnapper which read I am sending you final letter for your wife's
00:40:10
reprieve she will be executed on February 2nd 1970 unless you keep our business date On February 1st without
00:40:19
any error we demand the full million pound in two occasions when you deliver the first half million your wife's life
00:40:28
will be saved and I personally shall allow her to speak to you on the telephone this is our fourth blackmail we have
00:40:37
absorbed three and a half million pounds we did not murder anyone because they were wise to pay up and to their family
00:40:45
were returned to them you do the same and she will return safely looking forward to settling our business on the
00:40:54
1st of February at 10:00 p.m. has stated on last letter in a very discreet and honest way you and your children will be
00:41:03
happy to join Muriel McCoy and our organization also will be happy to continue our job elsewhere that is why
00:41:12
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00:41:23
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00:45:01
although m3 originally ordered the cash to be delivered using knee reels car Ian's proposed to using the chauffeured
00:45:09
Rolls Royce instead as he was unable to drive due to a recent injury that put his arm in a sling m3 raised no
00:45:17
objections unaware that Ian's story was a lie police had crafted the tactic to enable two people to be in the Rolls
00:45:26
Royce which had an inbuilt telecommunications set on Sunday February 1 m3 telephoned Ian to say he
00:45:35
would see his mother again if everything went smoothly that not it seemed to the
00:45:40
kidnapper had finally conceded that he would never receive the full 1 million parents ransom and was now willing to
00:45:46
release muriel for half the original amount he ordered an to guarantee that Muriel
00:45:53
would not be interrogated by the press or police upon her return to her family at 9:00 p.m. the Rolls Royce pulled away
00:46:01
from Saint Mary's house driven by undercover detective Inspector John minors acting as the chauffeur complete
00:46:09
with uniformed treating the situation with utmost care and diligence detective minors had taken the time to learn how
00:46:17
to drive the rolls-royce just like the chauffeur detective sergeant Roger Street was in the backseat his hair dyed
00:46:24
and de restyled to closer resemble Ian McCoy his arm was secured in a sling to indicate it was injured but actually
00:46:33
served to conceal a two-way radio the detectives were in possession of a black suitcase containing half a million
00:46:40
pounds made up of several bundles of fake banknotes with a thin layer of genuine money on top an electronic
00:46:49
homing device was also inside as per am three directions the rolls-royce drove along North Circular
00:46:57
Road towards the a10 motorway where it pulled up to the public telephone box at the Cambridge Road into Church Street
00:47:04
intersection detective straight posing as a n' exited the vehicle and entered the phone box at exactly 10:00 p.m. he
00:47:14
received the call from m3 who directed him to a second phone box on the corner of South Bri Road a 40 minute drive up
00:47:21
the a10 at this second phone box m3 called and said look on the floor you'll say a Piccadilly cigarette packet with
00:47:32
your instructions sure enough the seemingly discarded cigarette pack lay at the detectives
00:47:39
feet signed m3 a piece of paper tucked inside listed the next phase of instructions the suitcase was to be
00:47:49
taken to the corner of Cambridge Road and to Dane and yet another locale in London's northeast - paper flowers would
00:47:58
be stuck in the embankment acting his markers for where the suitcase was to be deposited
00:48:03
the rolls-royce reach to the corner of Cambridge Road and to Dane end at midnight where the detectives in sight
00:48:10
spotted the two handcrafted flowers arranged there that were made from tissue paper and paper clips to look
00:48:17
like carnations one yellow and two the other green the detectives are left the suitcase by the flowers and two drove
00:48:26
back to the phone box at the Cambridge Road and Church Street intersection where m3 had advised they would receive
00:48:32
a call regarding Muriel's location over 100 undercover police personnel kept discreet watch of the suitcase from
00:48:41
nearby buildings and vehicles awaiting the arrival of the stranger hired by m3 to pick it up 40 were armed and
00:48:49
outfitted with bulletproof vests having been advised that in the event the Muriel and her kidnapper appeared they
00:48:56
should throw her to the ground to shield her body most other officers detained her doctor' two officers watching from a
00:49:04
taxi sighted a dark-colored Volvo saloon car cruising around the area occupied by
00:49:10
a male driver and a bushy head passenger one of the vehicles rear lights was observed to be non-functional neither
00:49:18
officer recorded the Volvo's license plate number presuming it was one of the many undercover police cars circling the
00:49:25
area as time passed the suitcase remained unclaimed and m3 made no further contact
00:49:34
detectives Street emerged from the phone box at the Cambridge Road and Church Street intersection having never
00:49:41
received the promised call regarding Muriel's whereabouts at 2:30 a.m. the operation was officially declared a bust
00:49:50
[Music] two days after the failed ransom job m3 called the Makai house and spoke with
00:50:01
Ian explaining why the suitcase went unclaimed you know why I didn't even touch the suitcase my boss the head boy
00:50:11
was there all the boys were there we saw cars parked all round to there did you know they were all police he went on to
00:50:22
mention he was now going to attend a meeting with the mafia bosses to set a time for murals execution saying this
00:50:30
organizations got money on going to this meeting of the semi intellectuals to plead for your mum I'm fond of her
00:50:38
your mum because she reminds me of my mum m3 called again two hours later appearing to have had a change of heart
00:50:47
he was now open to the possibility of attempting another ransom job but this time the boys were insisting the
00:50:55
delivery be made by Alec McCoy and his daughter Diane the group suspected Ian was responsible for the police presence
00:51:03
at the failed drop days earlier and had no longer trusted him on Thursday February 5 the day after his wife's 56th
00:51:13
birthday Alec McCoy spoke with m3 as they discussed the plans for the upcoming ransom drop on the following day the
00:51:22
money was to be split between two white suitcases with the father and daughter instructed to carry one each
00:51:29
Alec was directed to draw off the rolls-royce to a public telephone box on Church Street in the North London
00:51:35
district of Tottenham at 4:00 p.m. and await further instructions the next day Friday February 6 Detective
00:51:46
Inspector John - made up to look like Alec McCoy and a female police officer disguised as Diane set off the Tottenham
00:51:54
in the rolls-royce they reached the Church Street phone box as directed we're at 4 p.m. m3 rang and ordered the
00:52:03
pair to head to a second phone box in London's East End district of Bethnal Green a near 10 kilometer trip south at
00:52:11
Bethnal Green m3 called again instructing the duo to take the London Underground to transit system to weapon
00:52:19
where they were told to head to another specified phone box the undercover officers boarded the train each carrying
00:52:27
a white suitcase containing the phony ransom money they shared their compartment with several plain clothes
00:52:34
police officers cautiously observing their movements upon reaching the phone box in Epping m3 called to instruct the
00:52:43
pair to take a taxi to Bishop's thought furred a suburb just over 20 kilometres northward from there they were to head
00:52:51
to gates garage a petrol station and the mechanic situated on a used-car lot parked in the forecourt was a minivan
00:52:59
with the license plate number umh 587 f m3 ordered the suitcases be left beside the minivan warning we deal with
00:53:11
high-powered telescopic sighted rifles anyone illegal that attempts to interfere with the cases we shall just
00:53:19
let them have it by the time the taxi arrived the gates garage not had fallen into the area was
00:53:28
teeming with hidden police officers they were peering out from inside parked cars
00:53:33
into caring behind surrounding fences the taxi pulled up alongside the minivan entered the two suitcases were deposited
00:53:41
as instructed detective - and his female colleague could then returned to the phone box in Epping to await that next
00:53:49
the call from m3 regarding Muriel's whereabouts five minutes after the delivery officers overseeing gates garage spotted
00:53:58
a dark blue Volvo saloon car with a broken taillight driving slowly past the minivan it's male driver was observed
00:54:07
looking out towards the suitcases before driving off at 9:35 p.m. the Volvo reappeared and circled around at a lot
00:54:17
twice driving by the suitcases each time in the second instance the vehicle almost slowed down to a halt but a car
00:54:26
traveling behind beeped its horn forcing the Volvo to speed up and drive onward in the direction of Bishop's door feds
00:54:33
Town Center over an hour later at 10:47 p.m. the Volvo returned to the area with
00:54:41
the driver now accompanied by a male passenger darkness prevented officers from identifying the vehicles occupants
00:54:49
but it was observed that the passenger had dark colored bushy hair and a mustache yet again the Volvo slowly
00:54:57
drove around for the area before departing leaving the cases behind less than 10 minutes later at 11:00 p.m. -
00:55:07
well-meaning members of the public noticed the abandonded suitcases and called the police to report the
00:55:12
suspicious items local police officers arrived at the scene completely oblivious that a
00:55:18
high-stakes ransom drop was underway undercover detectives watched on as the officers collected the cases and two
00:55:25
left inadvertently thwarting their operation and forcing them to abandon it at 11:40
00:55:31
p.m. however not all was lost what seemed to like yet another failure to secure me
00:55:40
Rios release actually provided detectives with a much-needed major breakthrough the dark blue Volvo saloon
00:55:47
car had now been spotted at both ransom drop attempts her vehicle matching its description was also cited by witnesses
00:55:55
on the night of Muriel's abduction initially cruising around Arthur Street and a later parked in the driveway of
00:56:03
st. Mary's house around the time Muriel was abducted although its significance was unintentionally overlooked - during
00:56:11
the first ransom drop when the vehicle reappeared at gates garage officers recorded its license plate number xgo 99
00:56:20
for G on the morning of February 7 1970 40 days into the search for new real McCoy a police convoy traveled down the
00:56:33
long muddy drive of rooks farm a ranch in the village of stocking Pelham approximately 50 kilometers northeast of
00:56:41
London the general area m3 was known to operate from the remote farm land contained 14 acres of pasture
00:56:50
surrounding a two-story home it's white facade rundown and dated parked out front was a dark blue Volvo saloon car
00:57:00
with a broken taillight and to the license plate number xgo 99 for G the Volvo was registered to the
00:57:10
wife of the farms owner 34 year old Arthur her saying one of seven Husein sons born in the Caribbean country of
00:57:18
Trinidad after immigrating to London in 1955 he worked as a ledger clerk until he was called upon for national service
00:57:26
in 1960 having little interest in the army and regularly absconded Arthur's service ended in a six-month stint in
00:57:36
military prison prior to being discharged for desertion one officer held the opinion that Arthur Hussain was
00:57:44
quote he measurably the worst soldier that has been my misfortune to have under me in
00:57:51
the following years arthur married a hairdresser ten years his senior whom he met during his military service and to
00:57:59
the pair started a family he then followed in his father's footsteps to become a tailor running his own business
00:58:06
from a shop front in Hackney Arthur established a positive reputation for his craftsmanship and earned a decent
00:58:13
wage of one hundred and fifty pounds a week Arthur's prosperity fostered a desire to abandon his tailoring business
00:58:21
and to live the life of a wealthy country gentleman so he took out a mortgage and purchased the dilapidated
00:58:27
rooks farm in 1967 in an attempt to portray himself worthy of his esteemed community
00:58:36
Arthas wandered his earnings on lavish expenses ensuring the Husein family were in constant financial struggle to pay
00:58:45
the bills and support his lifestyle Arthur continued his tailoring work from home while raising livestock for
00:58:51
slaughter despite his hardships Arthur boasted about money and expressed his dream to
00:58:58
become a millionaire his unfound arrogance and vanity soon irritating his acquaintances who
00:59:04
mockingly referred to him as King Hussein in August 1969 the youngest Hussein brother 21 year old in miss Irma
00:59:15
Dean moved the rooks farm to help look after the livestock whilst Arthur's wife and children visited extended family in
00:59:23
Germany despite their relation Arthur and Anissa Madine didn't look much like siblings the smaller of the two
00:59:32
Arthur was plump with large round facial features bushy black hair and a thicker
00:59:37
mustache nezam a Dean was tall and Elaine with soft and narrow facial features and a
00:59:44
wad of dark hair neatly combed across his forehead the differences between the pair
00:59:50
extended beyond to their physical appearances Nozomi Dane lacked the bravado of his older brother and it was
00:59:57
far more introverted and emotional when the search for Muriel McCoy led police to rooks farm they identified Inazuma
01:00:05
Dane as the driver and Arthur as the passenger of the Volvo witness that the two ransom drop swords
01:00:12
the brothers were presented with a search warrant relating to the jewelry stolen from Uriel's home on the night of
01:00:18
her abduction although finding these items were the least of the investigators priorities when showing
01:00:25
the Warren Arthur Husein stated I don't know nothing I earned one hundred and fifty pounds a week on the wealthy man I
01:00:34
don't deal in stolen property you can look where you like a thorough search of rooks farm commenced officers
01:00:45
inspected the entire property from the shed where to fish guard dogs were kept to the barns that accommodated the
01:00:52
livestock to the outbuilding that was used as a slaughterhouse inside the farmhouse officers found a rundown
01:01:00
residence full of worn furniture including couches a curved bar with a couple of stools a radiogram and the
01:01:07
television set while several upstairs bedrooms were sparsely furnished a washing machine had recently burst
01:01:15
flooding the kitchen and a living space police summoned an architect and the Builder to examine the property for any
01:01:23
secret compartments or rooms though efforts to locate Muriel were futile police did uncover several items of
01:01:35
interest including a sawn-off shotgun as well as an empty tin of two and a half inch elastoplastic ape which matched the
01:01:42
strip found at the macaws own following Muriel's abduction a total of six handcrafted paper flowers were
01:01:50
discovered throughout the farmhouse identical to those used as markers during the first ransom drop attempt an
01:01:58
empty Piccadilly brand a cigarette packet was also found the same type left in the public phone box by m3 that
01:02:06
contained to the instructions that led detectives to the flowers the cigarette packet used in the ransom drop a bore
01:02:13
Arthur Hussein's thumbprint and to the instructions inside were examined by a handwriting expert who determined that
01:02:20
the writing resembled Arthur's penmanship upon searching off the sewing room investigators were reminded of the
01:02:28
three pieces of material clipped from Uriel's clothing that was sent to her family during her disappearance each
01:02:36
piece of fabric had been cut in neat squares just like fabric samples the tailor would provide a piece of paper
01:02:44
found in the left pocket of a pair of mr. Medina's ange trousers noted the license plate number of the minivan
01:02:51
parked near gates garage the minivan was used as a marker during the second ransom drop attempt detectives also
01:02:59
found a cardboard box in Miss Emma Danes bedroom that contained an exercise book
01:03:04
with several pages missing the letters received from m3 were slid into the book into their ripped edges paired with the
01:03:13
torn remains inside the surface of the box also had indentations of the words off and st. Mary's which matched writing
01:03:22
on the ransom note from m3 that read he is not paid off for st. Mary's house and
01:03:28
she said he hasn't the money but he can borrow from friends he knows a palm print on the note matched Arthur Hussain
01:03:37
as did prints on a sheet of the people newspaper found at the McCoys house the night Muriel was too
01:03:44
again as the search of rooks farm continued investigators spoke with a local farmer named a Leonard Smith who
01:03:52
recently helped the hussein's transport some furniture to their property following an auction Leonard always kept
01:04:00
the spare wheel and a billhook in his car but he had to remove these items to unload the furniture after making the
01:04:07
delivery and returning home Leonard realized he had accidentally left his wheel and a billhook at rooks
01:04:13
farm the Husein later returned to the wheel but not the billhook and when showing the one retrieved from
01:04:21
the McCoy crime scene Leonard responded that's my bill hook I defy anybody to say it's not despite the overwhelming
01:04:32
evidence implicating the two are same brothers in the abduction plot investigators failed to find anything to
01:04:39
prove Muriel McCoy was ever held at Brooks bar or to explain what had become of her nevertheless Arthur and
01:04:48
Nizamuddin Hussein were placed under arrest and taken in separate police cars to Kingston police station where they
01:04:55
denied involvement in the crime both brothers gave alibis for the night of Muriel's disappearance neither of which
01:05:02
could be verified when shown all the evidence that linked him to the crime Arthur has saying denied ever seeing the
01:05:11
items and placed all the blame on his younger brother even though his finger and palm prints were present on several
01:05:17
key exhibits he agreed to provide a handwriting sample but an expert concluded that Arthur deliberately
01:05:25
disguised his penmanship to appear different to Emory's ransom notes in his sample Arthur misspelled to the word
01:05:34
occasion with two S's a unique error that was also present in m3 second a letter to the McCoys where he wrote we
01:05:42
demand the full million-pound in two occasions police spoke to Arthur's wife Elsa who revealed she had taken their
01:05:51
children to Germany to visit extended family from December 13 1969 to January 3 1970 a trip her husband
01:06:01
particularly encouraged she didn't see Muriel at rooks farm upon her return nor did any of the guests who visited the
01:06:10
property while she was gone leading investigators to believe with certainty that Muriel was killed within
01:06:17
the first 48 hours of her abduction this validated the earlier theory the Muriel
01:06:23
had been forced to write the letters to her family all at once within the initial hours of her captivity
01:06:30
according to Elsa her husband's behavior became more secretive prior to her leaving for Germany
01:06:37
Arthur drove into London more often than usual taking his younger brother with him even though nism a Dean's job was to
01:06:44
stay home and complete chores on the farm they also recalled a conversation with Arthur in the weeks leading up to
01:06:51
her trip during which he remarked you know darling there must be easier ways of making money than this at the time
01:07:02
Rupert Murdoch's multi-million pound purchase of news of the world was making headlines and Arthur remarked that the
01:07:09
tycoon would be worth a lot of money if he was held captive stating he ought to be careful with all this publicity when
01:07:18
also returned from Germany she found rooks farm in shambles nice too notably curtains had been torn off the railings
01:07:26
in the master bedroom she questioned if a fight had taken place in there prompting Arthur to go berserk as he
01:07:33
angrily denied the suggestion Elsa then found a woman's green vest amongst the blankets of the bed angered by the
01:07:42
implication her husband may be having an affair she stormed downstairs and tossed
01:07:47
the item of clothing in the fireplace and to watch the burn in the following days Arthur was angry
01:07:54
and erratic at one stage he ordered Ulster and the children to leave the house threatening that something would
01:08:01
happen to them if they refused nism a Dean was acting equally bizarre and it was clearly overcome with nerves he held
01:08:10
his shaking hands up at Elsa stating that they could kill and begged her not to leave him alone with Arthur also
01:08:18
later remarked the way the boy was acting that night he was guilty of something terrible without a shadow of a
01:08:26
doubt it was nism a Dean who killed mrs. McCoy Arthur could be violent but he could not kill he couldn't stand the
01:08:35
sight of blood it wasn't a stretch for investigators to envisage nism a Dean as the one who murdered Muriel considering
01:08:45
the young man had two previous convictions for violent crimes else's comments combined with Arthur's
01:08:52
unwillingness to cooperate led to the investigative spotlight being placed on the younger of the two siblings the
01:08:59
brothers were known to have a temperamental relationship in which Arthur asserted control over nism a Dean
01:09:05
who was considered weak willed and easily led records showed that nism a Dean had once made a police complaint
01:09:12
alleging his brother had assaulted him but when an officer attended rooks found to investigate Musa Medina insisted the
01:09:20
situation was settled unlike his steadfast and confident brother mazuma Dean broke down during police
01:09:28
interrogations trying kill me kill me Arthur always gets me into trouble kill me now
01:09:39
when asked about his whereabouts on the night of December 29 1969 Musa Madine trembled and shook his head saying where
01:09:49
did Arthur say I was I was with my brother Arthur when asked if he went to Wimbledon mr. Modine remained silent
01:09:57
prompting officers to question if something was wrong he answered I want to die let me die my
01:10:07
brother Arthur will kill me he baits me I can't speak I mustn't speak let me say
01:10:15
Arthur nism a Dean was also asked to provide a handwriting sample and made in no effort to disguise his penmanship as
01:10:25
his writing didn't match M through his ransom notes investigators believed Arthur had likely authored them when
01:10:33
showing the billhook baling twine and a strip of elastoplast retrieved from the McCoy house nezam a Dean closed his eyes
01:10:40
and cried let me die his agony increased when the pieces of material cut from Uriel's clothing were
01:10:49
presented to him as he begged officers let me die why won't I die experts compared the tape recordings of the
01:11:00
phone calls from Uriel's abductor to the voices of the Husein brothers and denoted strong similarities both Husein
01:11:08
brothers were asked to speak into a telephone that was connected to the tape recorder at the McCoy residence Arthur
01:11:14
agreed to the request but missamma Dean refused it was clear to those who had heard extracts of the m3 audio tapes
01:11:22
that the men on the phone had been mr. Medina's saying when asked whether Muriel McCoy was dead ms Medine fell
01:11:31
silent and trance-like even he solicited our press to find out if Muriel was still alive and de where she was located
01:11:38
burden is Uma Dean hung his head and said nothing eventually nism a Dean became emotional
01:11:46
and told an unsettling story in which he borrowed a billhook from a farmer friend
01:11:51
to chop up a dead calf when asked what he did with the calf's remains he stated I fed it to the dogs as for the bones
01:12:02
and head he explained they were put out with the rubbish based on this story investigators were certain ISM a Dean
01:12:13
was using the calf as a proxy for Muriel McCoy and he was actually describing the
01:12:19
violent way in which he and Arthur disposed of her body whilst in police custody
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Arthur Husein reached a boiling point telling officers if you've got anything on me then book me both hey endemism a
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Dean were formally charged with seven counts including the abduction imprisonment and a murder of Muriel
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McCoy the other indictments were in relation to threats and blackmail specifically the demands of a million
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pounds by menaces from Alec McCoy efforts to locate me real McCoy continued for weights with the fire
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brigade draining the ponds on rooks farm and to trudging through the outlying creeks as the lines of police officers
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searched surrounding fields forests and farmland the property itself was extensively excavated but to no avail
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no trace of Muriel McCoy was ever recovered thus the first kidnapping for ransom trial in the United Kingdom's
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contemporary legal history commenced with the victims outcome remaining a mystery the case was a media sensation
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with the public curious to find out how a jury could find someone guilty of murder when there was no body to prove
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it both Arthur and Anissa Medina Hossain pleaded not guilty and went to trial at
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London's Old Bailey Criminal Court on Monday September 14 1970 in his five-hour opening address to a packed
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courtroom prosecution attorney General Sir Peter Rawlinson stated this was a brutal and ruthless scheme to kidnap a
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wife and by menaces to extort from her husband a vast sum of money can you imagine the horror of a woman one minute
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beside the fire waiting for her husband to return and minutes later gagged and Trust then driven away in the darkness
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Sir Rawlinson went on to detail the days and weeks in which the McCoy family were
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subjected to a systematic series of threats via telephone and a letter by the defendants adding we may infer that
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those who threatened to kill did kill the court was told of Arthur Hussein's delusions of grandeur which spawned his
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obsessive yet unachievable aspirations to become a millionaire Sir Rawlinson alleged that the brothers hatched the
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plan to kidnap for ransom in late October 1969 after watching British journalist David Frost conduct a
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televised interview with Rupert Murdoch during the interview Rupert's recent takeover of the news of the world group
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was touched upon including the multi-millions he paid to secure its ownership as m3 once explained over the
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phone to aleck McCoy his target was originally intended to be Rupert's wife Anna the prosecution alleged that in
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late December 1969 the brothers tailed rupert murdoch's rolls-royce from the news of the world group office with the
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intention of locating his private residence Sir Rawlinson quote and if that is what they did
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they must have traced the vehicle to st. Mary's house Arthur Road Wimbledon that
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was not the home of the News of the World Group Chairman mr. Rupert Murdoch but the home of the acting chairman mr.
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Alec McCoy throughout the 40 days of Muriel's disappearance her abductor had made 18 phone calls and append fire four
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letters to the McCoy family the prosecution pointed out that from the moment police arrived the rooks farm
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there had been complete and utter silence from the otherwise talkative kidnapper as soon as the
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attorney-general ended at the opening address for the prosecution nism a Dean has Sainz defense attorney
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Douglas Draycott made a surprise announcement he wished to make seven voluntary admissions on behalf of his
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client they began with a visit to the Greater London Council on December 19 1969 when nism a Dean unsuccessfully
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attempted to obtain Rupert Murdoch's home address then on February 1 1970 the date of the first ransom drop attempt he
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placed two handcrafted paper flowers near the intersection of daymond and Cambridge Road
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On February 6 1970 during the second ransom drop attempt he drove the Volvo to gates garage at around 8 p.m. to look
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for two suitcases waiting around for about an hour before sighting them on the pavement opposite the minivan he
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then drove to a nearby park in Bishop's Stortford where his brother Arthur was drinking arriving at about 10:00 p.m.
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Miz Emma denied admitted he drove back to gates garage at 10:47 p.m. and he also admitted that the note found in his
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pants pocket featuring the minivans license plate number was in his handwriting although none of the
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admissions openly implicated Arthur Hussein in Muriel's abduction or murder the mere suggestion sent his defense
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counsel into immediate damage control they explained to the court that although niizuma Dean was acknowledging
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some involvement in the crime Arthur was not and would continue to profess his innocence of all charges
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regardless mazuma Dean's revelations served as the beginning of a battle between the two defense teams to
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implicate the other brother the ensuing conflict was advantageous to the prosecution who argued that the brothers
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attempts to blame each other proved the guilt lay with both the defense's argument hinged on whether or
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not the crown proved them Uriel's death was the result of murder Arthur has Sainz defense attorney Barry Hudson
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stated is she dead if she is dead where did she die and above all if she is dead
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how did she die not a single piece of evidence even flimsy can be brought to this trial after a long and a detailed
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investigation although the defense primarily relied on the fact that no evidence of Muriel
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McCoy was recovered at rooks bomb the prosecution narrowed in on the evidence that was found elsewhere that linked
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directly back to the Hassan's property the billhook deer lost the Plast tape the torn sheets of no paper the
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cigarette packet the handcrafted flowers and to the volvo on october 6 1970 after
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four hours deliberation the jury returned a verdict of guilty on all counts for both Arthur and ms Medina
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saying just the Seebeck Shaw quote the kidnapping and confinement of mrs. McCoy was cold-blooded and abominable she was
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snatched from the security of her home and so long as she remained alive she was reduced to terrified distress this
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crime will shock and revolt every right-minded person the punishment must be such that law-abiding citizens may
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feel safe in their homes Arthur Hussain was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Muriel
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McCoy with an additional 25 years for her kidnapping throughout the trial references were made to news uma Dean's
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unsettling behavior during police questioning in which he expressed on multiple occasions of fear of Arthur and
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a desire to die in response the jury made a recommendation of leniency for nism a Dean on the belief he was less a
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willing participant and more reluctant accomplice in the crime acting on the orders of his threatening older brother
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just as sure quote I am not sure whether you were in any degree less culpable but
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the jury's view is that you were under the influence of your brother and I have to regard the possibility that this was
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so as such news Irma Dean Husein was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder but only given 15 years for
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kidnapping both brothers appealed based on their belief that the prosecution did
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not prove the crux of their case the Muriel McCoy was taken to rook's farm where she was murdered and that no other
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people may have been involved in the crime on March 29 1971 their applications were heard before the Court
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of Appeal the presiding judges reminding the court that although no trace of Muriel was found at rooks farm there was
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plenty of other evidence implicating the brothers in her death the appellate judges dismissed the applications and
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ruled the sentence given to H brother was correct as quote no more terrible crime could be conjured up following the
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conviction of Arthur and Anissa Madine Hussain for the murder of Muriel Makaha her husband fronted the media and stated
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I wish to God on you what happened to Muriel all I want to know is where my wife has been buried so that I can go
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into place and flowers in a desperate bid to obtain information about the whereabouts of his wife's remains to
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give her a proper burial Alok McCoy wrote letters to both Arthur and to nism a Dean that received a no
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response john'll Isner's author of the rise and fall of the Murdoch Empire visited miss
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Irma Dean during his incarceration of winsome green prison in Birmingham John was discarded by Arthur's wife Elsa who
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sought the location of Muriel to pass the information on to the McCoy family during this meeting niizuma Dean spoke
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of Mirrors abduction explaining that in the early evening of December 29 1969 he
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and Arthur got drunk at the victorious boarding club in London before heading off to conduct the kidnapping
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when asked how Muriel died Miz Emma Dean trembled with emotion before stating that the prison governor had advised him
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not to reveal what they had done with Miriam's body in November 1987 arthur Husein applied for parole as he
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approached his 20th year in prison the parole board denied the application deciding his case would be considered
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again in February 1993 in the intervening period Arthur's health declined and he was transferred to wash
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worth hospital in Liverpool for an undisclosed illness he remained hospitalized during February 93 missing
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the date of his second parole hearing he reapplied for a review in September 94 but his request was denied by the Home
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Secretary in 1996 Arthur filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights he claimed that
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the refusal to review his parole application was a breach of his rights as he believed he had a higher chance of
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being released as he had served enough time and presented no risk to society the Human Rights Commission determined
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Arthur's complaint was manifestly ill-founded and ruled quote the Commission unanimously declares the
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application inadmissible Arthur Husein died in prison in 2009 unlike his older brother after serving
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just 20 years of his life sentence mr. Medina's saying was granted parole and deported to his home country of Trinidad
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where he faded away into obscurity nevertheless the notoriety of the Husein brothers resulted in lifelike figures of
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the pair being created for the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in London the popular tourist attraction once boasted
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an exhibition titled the chamber of horrors which featured wax works of infamous killers and historical figures
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in which the models of Arthur and Edna's Emma Dean Hussain were put on display [Music]
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