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NARRATOR:<i> Every fraud</i>
<i> begins with a promise,</i>
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<i> but most don't end in a murder.</i>
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BRYANNA FOX: They are
the victim of financial crime.
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Now, all of a sudden,
they're at high risk of being
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the victim of a murder.
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NARRATOR:<i> A quick fortune, easy</i>
<i> money or a life torn apart.</i>
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RHODA MORRISON: He'd
been reported missing,
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and he'd last been seen
shortly before midnight.
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- This is obviously
a very distressing
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time for Peter's family, and
our priority is to find him.
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NARRATOR:<i> But behind</i>
<i> these illusions</i>
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<i> lie calculated</i>
<i> deceptions, carefully</i>
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<i> hidden in plain sight.</i>
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DAVID SWINDLE: What started
off as a fraudulent intention
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to gain money from a vulnerable
man escalated with greed.
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BRYANNA FOX: And these
types of offenders
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tend to be more
cunning, manipulative,
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and tend to think they're
better than law enforcement.
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NARRATOR:<i> Sometimes</i>
<i> these criminals</i>
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<i> are backed into a corner</i>
<i> and feel their only way out</i>
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<i> is to kill.</i>
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FIONA HOTSTON MOORE:
Fraud is quite regular
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and fraudsters
move into murder.
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In my experience, it's usually
driven by desperation or greed.
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- People think they
get rid of the body,
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they would get caught.
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You will, because everyone
leaves a trace.
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- So I'm Detective
Superintendent Andrew Patrick
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of the Major Investigation
Team for Police Scotland.
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This is obviously
a very distressing
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time for Peter's family, and
our priority is to find him.
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NARRATOR:<i> On August</i>
<i> 12, 2022, police</i>
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<i> announced they were</i>
<i> searching for a missing</i>
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<i> person in the Scottish</i>
<i> capital city of Edinburgh.</i>
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RHODA MORRISON: We get
missing person reports
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from police pretty much
on a daily basis, sometimes
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multiple times a day.
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They're often teenagers,
elderly people,
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but also quite a lot of middle
aged people go missing
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across Edinburgh and the
Lothians and across Scotland
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as well.
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NARRATOR:<i> The report named</i>
<i> the missing man as 75-year-old</i>
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<i> Peter Coshan, who had last been</i>
<i> seen on Thursday, August 11.</i>
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RHODA MORRISON:
I'm Rhoda Morrison,
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I've been a journalist
for eight years,
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and I'm currently the editor
at the Edinburgh Evening News.
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He'd been reported missing
and he'd last been seen shortly
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before midnight in Seafield
Road in Edinburgh,
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and the police were
appealing for information.
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That's fairly straightforward
for a missing person's
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report from the police.
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DAVID SWINDLE: Peter
Coshan was an academic--
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a well-respected
academic that taught
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in a prestigious college.
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RHODA MORRISON: We
found out that he
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was a teacher at Fettes
College in Edinburgh.
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And that sparked our interest
because it was obvious
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that a lot of people in the
city would know who he was,
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and that he would be quite
a well-known character.
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NARRATOR:<i> Fettes College</i>
<i> is a very famous school</i>
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<i> in the center of Edinburgh.</i>
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<i> Peter taught students</i>
<i> from the ages of 13 to 18.</i>
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- I'm David Swindle.
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I was a former
senior detective--
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for murder detective
in the old Strathclyde Police.
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Dr. Peter Coshan was
a biology teacher.
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He was well respected
and well known.
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RHODA MORRISON: He was a really
dedicated teacher from what
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his former pupil said.
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A very, very popular teacher.
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A lot of them described
him as a true gentleman
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said that he'd really
taken them under his wing.
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DAVID WRIGHT: I'm
David Wright, and
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I was a pupil at Fettes
College between 1981 and 1985.
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When I first met Peter, he
was my assistant housemaster,
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and he came across as being a
very caring, responsible adult.
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And I suppose he was
my first point of contact
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as an adult within that school.
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RHODA MORRISON: He was
known for after school
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tutoring and stuff.
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He really believed
that he wanted
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students to be able to have
a really good start in life.
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DAVID SWINDLE: He was a person
that was a very private
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person, very intelligent.
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NARRATOR:<i> Dr. Coshan retired</i>
<i> from the school in 2005.</i>
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<i> As well as teaching, he had</i>
<i> led the Duke of Edinburgh award</i>
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<i> scheme for over 30 years.</i>
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DAVID WRIGHT: Given that
most of his working life
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had been based in that school,
he had lots of contacts,
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he had lots of friends
who were teachers,
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and he liked and enjoyed
living the Edinburgh life.
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RHODA MORRISON: He lived alone.
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His family lived
quite far away.
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Although he was a very
popular man, known
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by quite a lot of folk,
he was quite alone
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in the city in that sense.
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He was also obviously
75, elderly.
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He was quite vulnerable.
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DAVID WRIGHT: He had a close
bond with his family,
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and he particularly talked
in his long and epic letters
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about his aged mother, who used
to take all over the country
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and sometimes all over
the world on great adventures.
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DAVID SWINDLE: He was
someone that trusted people.
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He was a target,
an easy target.
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- I'm Dr. Bryanna Fox.
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I'm a psychological
criminologist
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at the University
of South Florida and
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a former FBI Special Agent.
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He had a nice little
retirement nest egg,
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but he was feeling alone.
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He was looking
for companionship.
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He was lonely.
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That's typically what
a skilled conman will look for.
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Somebody who wants
to participate,
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someone who is less
either cognitively sound
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financially, they have
the ability to pay the money,
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and they are just
a vulnerable victim.
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NARRATOR:<i> Peter was active</i>
<i> on several different websites</i>
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<i> where he connected with</i>
<i> people to arrange meeting</i>
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<i> them in person locally.</i>
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DAVID SWINDLE: Peter
Coshan was trusting.
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He doesn't know he's
going to meet someone that
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could be catfishing
or trying to find
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someone who's vulnerable.
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And that's the sad
reality of online.
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NARRATOR:<i> In the summer of</i>
<i> 2021, he met Paul McNaughton.</i>
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DAVID SWINDLE: Paul McNaughton
is someone that was a lot
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younger than Peter Coshan.
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He was in his 20s.
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And he met Peter
Coshan online, and they
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established a relationship.
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POPPY EVERTON:
My name is Poppy.
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I work for Hourglass.
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We are a national
charity who support
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those age 60 and over dealing
with harm, abuse, or neglect.
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I do believe there is a very
present stigma around older
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people seeking companionship,
seeking that sort
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of intimate connection.
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I think as a society, we
have a lot of ageist views
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that can essentially create
a lot of unconscious bias
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in terms of what we may
expect in those situations.
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A lot of older
people are possibly
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assumed to be asexual
in the sense of they
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have no interest
in seeking companionship.
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DAVID SWINDLE: Paul McNaughton,
he was someone that was a young
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guy in his 20s and this
relationship developed,
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and there was a lot
of trust in that.
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BRYANNA FOX: One
thing that we commonly
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see with fraud is
that it doesn't
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just go straight to the fraud.
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There are grooming
behaviors that occur.
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First, they have
to get the person
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to trust them, either
through in friendship
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or through some type
of companionship,
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a love relationship.
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And through that,
the person thinks,
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why would this person try
to take advantage of me,
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especially if they're
a vulnerable victim?
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POPPY EVERTON:
Online predators are
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becoming more
sophisticated, and
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this is definitely a concern.
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Everyone is
susceptible to fraud.
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It doesn't matter
what age you are,
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what gender, identity, what
culture you may be from.
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It is something that is
an issue across the board.
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And no matter what you may
feel or be as a person,
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there is a fraudster
out there that
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will prey on anything
they can to try
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and make those connections
and defraud you.
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DAVID WRIGHT: Peter starting
point was to trust people
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and to not expect
the worst from people.
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POPPY EVERTON: Older
people may feel
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that they need support in terms
of being able to access
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online banking,
and unfortunately,
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people who are aiming
to defraud older people
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will use this level of trust
to gain those details.
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NARRATOR:<i> Soon after</i>
<i> they met online,</i>
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<i> Paul was visiting Peter</i>
<i> at home and also helping</i>
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<i> him with any IT problems.</i>
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- Peter Coshan trusted
Paul McNaughton.
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He had the freedom
to roam in the house.
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He left paperwork lying around.
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BRYANNA FOX: McNaughton was
a fraudster to begin with.
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He had intention to engage
in this relationship with what
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he saw as a well-to-do,
wealthy, elderly man who
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was looking for companionship.
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It had the makings
of a vulnerable victimhood
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all over it.
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NARRATOR:<i> By September</i>
<i> 2021, McNaughton</i>
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<i> had logged into Peter's</i>
<i> bank accounts</i>
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<i> and could see that he</i>
<i> had a lot of savings.</i>
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- Paul McNaughton
saw bank information
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that indicated
that Dr. Coshan had
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102,000 pounds in an account.
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And sadly, that would
be the start of it.
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NARRATOR: 75-year-old
ex-teacher Dr.
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Peter Coshan had met
26-year-old Paul McNaughton
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online, but he had no
idea that McNaughton
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was a petty criminal whose
eyes were set on his savings.
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- When McNaughton
met Dr. Coshan,
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he probably thought,
here's this elderly man.
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I'm going to befriend him.
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Not unlike a lot of other
type of marriages where there
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is a large power
and age differential,
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we often look
at them and think,
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why is this a mismatched
couple coming together.
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The fact that Peter had so much
money in his bank account
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probably very enticing
for McNaughton
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who sees this and thinks
this is my golden ticket.
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POPPY EVERTON: McNaughton used
Peter's maybe lack of knowledge
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or full understanding
around online banking
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to steal and defraud money
from him under the guise
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of supporting him.
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NARRATOR:<i> McNaughton enlisted</i>
<i> the help of his 62-year-old</i>
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<i> roommate, Paul Black,</i>
<i> to impersonate Dr. Coshan</i>
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<i> on the phone to the bank.</i>
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- Paul Black was a man
in his 60s, and he let Paul
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McNaughton move in with him.
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He was infatuated
by Paul McNaughton.
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Paul Black was an individual
that just did whatever
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McNaughton asked him to do.
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POPPY EVERTON: Someone
such as McNaughton,
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who is using that
guise of support,
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will set up maybe online
banking without that older
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person's knowledge.
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In this, they can also
stop paper bank statements
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from arriving, which
a lot of older people
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do prefer in terms
of being able to check
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over their records,
have that physical copy.
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And if those are stopped,
often, this can be put
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off as issues with the bank.
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- McNaughton having
seen the money that
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was in Dr. Coshan account,
created a fraudulent scheme
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to try and test the water
to see if they can
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get money from the account.
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NARRATOR:<i> Paul McNaughton had</i>
<i> started using Peter's cards</i>
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<i> to not only withdraw</i>
<i> large amounts of cash,</i>
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<i> but also to spend on them.</i>
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<i> If he got challenged,</i>
<i> he had a plan.</i>
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- There are security
measures set up
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in terms of online banking
and telephone banking,
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where things are passworded if
that has been put into place.
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However, remembering those
passwords may be the concern
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and having that written
down, someone accessing that,
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it can then become
quite easy for somebody
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to potentially pretend
to be that person.
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As in Peter's case, an older
sounding person called the bank
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and essentially pretended to be
Peter to gain further access
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to the bank account.
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DAVID SWINDLE: Sadly,
identity fraud is
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becoming more and more common.
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They were able to get 8,000
pounds out of that account.
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NARRATOR:<i> By using</i>
<i> Peter's cards,</i>
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<i> McNaughton may have</i>
<i> thought he was untraceable.</i>
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- My name is Fiona
Hotston Moore,
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and I'm a forensic accountant
and expert witness.
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Every transaction that
someone does, all the money
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that they spend and how they
spend it leaves a trail.
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It can be found
and will be found,
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particularly now with
forensic technology,
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with CCTV, and so on.
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So if you are spending the
money, there will be a trail.
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RHODA MORRISON: They
obviously thought there was
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going to be no consequences.
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They went on a spending spree
with Peter Coshan money,
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but they did take
out 8,000 pounds
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then go down to Blackpool.
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NARRATOR:<i> Both Paul</i>
<i> McNaughton and Paul Black</i>
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<i> proceeded to spend their</i>
<i> illicit money in reckless and</i>
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<i> frivolous ways.</i>
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- This was the start
of them splashing the cash.
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BRYANNA FOX: One
of the hallmarks
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of a fraudster, especially
simplistic fraud
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like this is
they're not stealing
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and then investing their money
or managing it wisely.
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They tend to steal it and just
as easily squander it.
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This is what leads
to this cycle
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where they need more victims
to support this lifestyle.
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And the reason that
they often commit fraud
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is because they can't support
that lifestyle through any type
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of legal activities.
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DAVID SWINDLE: When Paul
McNaughton saw the money,
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they became greedy.
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And that's what happens
with a lot of criminals.
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They do something,
they commit a crime,
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they make a lot of money,
but they can't resist it.
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They were going to make
as much money as they could
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and bleed poor Dr.
Coshan's account dry.
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- Typically with simplistic
fraud and by simplistic fraud,
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I mean, it is just taking money
from a victim's bank account
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that they inadvertently
were given access to
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of the risk perception
really goes down
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when they are able
to successfully get away
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with taking more
and more sums each time
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they update their risk
perception and think,
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I could do it again.
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He didn't catch on to that.
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I could do it again, maybe I'll
take a slightly larger amount
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and a larger amount until
eventually, it becomes
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so much they got caught.
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DAVID SWINDLE: A few days after
the successful withdrawing
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the initial tester amount,
McNaughton did it again,
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but this time, it
was more substantial.
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It was 30,000 pounds.
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BRYANNA FOX: At this
point, the withdrawals
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from Dr. Coshan's account
had grown to about a third
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of his life savings.
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For the bank, they were
not let on to the fact
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that this was fraudulent.
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- In June 2022, 15,000 pounds
and then 17,000 pounds.
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This is significant amounts
of money and it's totaling up.
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BRYANNA FOX: It appeared
to be Peter taking money
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from his own account, doing
it, and small intervals growing
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up to this larger amount.
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But it's not that unusual,
especially for retirees.
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Maybe he wanted to buy
a new car or a boat,
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or renovate his flat.
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There are rational
explanations for why
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he would have done this.
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NARRATOR:<i> Eventually,</i>
<i> with over 60,000</i>
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<i> pounds missing from</i>
<i> his account, Dr. Coshan</i>
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<i> finally began to notice.</i>
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DAVID SWINDLE: Dr.
Coshan had retired.
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He was relaxing.
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He was enjoying the latter
years of his life.
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He was enjoying that,
and this was his life savings.
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And when he found out that that
had been taken from his account
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and that the person
that was involved,
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he suspected it was McNaughton.
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For him, that's devastating.
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- When that
realization sets in,
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you probably don't want to tell
everyone and own up to the fact
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you've been taken in.
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NARRATOR:<i> It seemed like</i>
<i> Peter had no option but</i>
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<i> to confront McNaughton.</i>
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BRYANNA FOX: After Dr.
Coshan found out about all
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of this money that was
taken from his account
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without his consent,
he was very upset.
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But what he had
done at that point
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was block him online, only
to seemingly unblock him
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a little bit later,
which suggests
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that McNaughton's gift of gab
really got him out of trouble.
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POPPY EVERTON: This
is something that
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will likely come as a shock.
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It's a huge betrayal of trust.
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In Peter's case,
it may be that he
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felt there was no
alternative but to continue
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having those conversations.
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DAVID WRIGHT: I would have
thought that Peter probably
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never saw this coming.
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He wouldn't have
realized that he would
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have been a target like this
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FIONA HOTSTON
MOORE: Peter Coshan
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had threatened to go
to the police to report
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Paul McNaughton for the theft.
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POPPY EVERTON:
In Peter's situation,
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it would have been really
challenging to know
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where to go, who to speak to.
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And somebody like
McNaughton is going
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to be playing on that
connection that
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may have been built up
over time, which often will
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have manipulation tactics.
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Well, you don't want me
to go to prison, do you?
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You don't want the rest
of my life to be affected.
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Think about everything
I've done for you,
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everything I've
done to support you.
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Unfortunately, this can
have severe consequences
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when not reported.
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NARRATOR:<i> Peter</i>
<i> had let McNaughton</i>
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<i> know that the money</i>
<i> was missing,</i>
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<i> but while he</i>
<i> waited for answers,</i>
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<i> he probably didn't</i>
<i> know where to turn.</i>
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BRYANNA FOX: When I've
spoken to victims of fraud,
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especially when they feel like
they were defrauded by somebody
00:18:36
that they trusted, they
really feel betrayed,
00:18:39
but they also feel ashamed.
00:18:41
They think, I
trusted this person,
00:18:44
not only did they
betray my trust,
00:18:46
but I was dumb that
I trusted them.
00:18:48
And sometimes that
self-blame leads the victim
00:18:52
to not want to tell
family members, friends,
00:18:54
even authorities,
which really just
00:18:57
protects the offender,
even if they're
00:18:59
not intending to do that.
00:19:01
But it just only helps
the offender to get
00:19:04
away with this entirely.
00:19:06
- And he would be thinking
that, in his mind,
00:19:08
someone has fraudulently
taken money from my account.
00:19:11
He'd be hoping it was an error
or something like that.
00:19:14
He would be looking
for the positive for it,
00:19:16
perhaps it was an error.
00:19:19
But for him, he was conned.
00:19:22
And it was an organized con.
00:19:24
And it was what
McNaughton and Black.
00:19:30
POPPY EVERTON: It's
really hard to say
00:19:32
as to whether Peter
reporting would
00:19:34
have changed the situation.
00:19:37
I would have hoped
that it would.
00:19:39
But ultimately,
we never know what
00:19:41
people like McNaughton, who
are predatory perpetrators
00:19:44
and take this level
of advantage are capable of.
00:19:48
And that is
the difficulty in terms
00:19:49
of reporting and reaching
out for support is
00:19:53
fearing of the consequences.
00:19:55
Even if I report to police,
am I going to be safe?
00:20:02
NARRATOR:<i> Peters</i>
<i> family and friends were</i>
00:20:03
<i> unaware anything was wrong.</i>
00:20:06
<i> On the 11th of August, Peter</i>
<i> and one of his friends had been</i>
00:20:09
<i> out to the movies together.</i>
00:20:10
<i> She had dropped him</i>
<i> home at 10:50 PM.</i>
00:20:14
<i> On the morning</i>
<i> of the 12th, several</i>
00:20:16
<i> texts were sent from Peter's</i>
<i> phone to friends and family.</i>
00:20:22
- There was a text message
sent from Peter's phone
00:20:25
where ultimately, it
stated<i> phone playing up,</i>
00:20:30
<i> getting fix tom.</i>
00:20:31
And he had
abbreviated tomorrow.
00:20:37
When Peter's friend
received this,
00:20:40
they immediately contacted
the police because this
00:20:42
was out of character.
00:20:44
Peter is not known
to abbreviate.
00:20:47
He was a retired
teacher and therefore
00:20:49
took this sort of thing
quite seriously,
00:20:51
so they knew that that
was not coming from Peter
00:20:53
and raised the alarm
at that point.
00:20:57
When an older person
is reported missing,
00:21:00
we need to look
at that person's
00:21:02
unique vulnerabilities.
00:21:03
Do they have health concerns?
00:21:06
- When he attended my 50th
birthday and it was clear that
00:21:09
he had Parkinson's,
albeit he was
00:21:11
becoming an older
man, it was clear
00:21:13
he wasn't treating him well.
00:21:16
NARRATOR:<i> Parkinson's</i>
<i> disease meant</i>
00:21:17
<i> that Peter's movement</i>
<i> and speech could be slow,</i>
00:21:20
<i> but he was still</i>
<i> mentally aware.</i>
00:21:24
POPPY EVERTON: Police
will definitely be looking
00:21:25
for last points of contact.
00:21:28
Who has that person been
in contact with recently?
00:21:31
Are they friends,
family, loved ones?
00:21:38
NARRATOR:<i> On August 12,</i>
<i> following the concern</i>
00:21:40
<i> from friends and with no</i>
<i> sign of Peter at home,</i>
00:21:44
<i> the police issued</i>
<i> a missing person's report</i>
00:21:46
<i> and it was picked up</i>
<i> by the Edinburgh press.</i>
00:21:50
- When we first heard that
Peter had gone missing,
00:21:53
it didn't seem out
of the ordinary really at all.
00:21:56
He'd last been seen
shortly before midnight
00:21:58
in Seafield Road in Edinburgh.
00:22:00
He was last seen
with a walking stick.
00:22:02
He did seem a bit strange
to us in the newsroom that
00:22:06
a 75-year-old man had last
been seen at 11:50 PM,
00:22:10
but particularly in Seafield
Road in Edinburgh.
00:22:13
And the police report
had said that he'd
00:22:15
been seen a couple
of hours before
00:22:17
at his house in South Learmonth
Gardens in Stockbridge.
00:22:21
Seafield Road is-- it's
a bit of a connecting part
00:22:24
of Edinburgh, so it's
a bit-- it's industrial,
00:22:26
there's not all
that much around.
00:22:32
- The initial investigation
is a missing person's one,
00:22:36
so they're thinking
is there some reason
00:22:39
he may have gone off?
00:22:41
Is he OK?
00:22:43
They may have thought that
he had, due to his age,
00:22:46
had a health issue,
heart attack.
00:22:49
And something happened
health wise to him.
00:22:51
They wouldn't have immediately
thought that there was
00:22:53
this broad financial scheme.
00:22:56
DAVID SWINDLE: When the police
have a missing person report,
00:23:00
the examiner concept
called proof of life.
00:23:03
It's actually, is
that person alive?
00:23:06
Most times, it's
proof of death.
00:23:08
And the big stuff is
like financial activity,
00:23:11
mobile phone, text
messages, all sorts
00:23:13
of other things like that.
00:23:15
FIONA HOTSTON MOORE: We will
look at the financial records,
00:23:18
we will look
at the bank statements
00:23:20
and we will follow the money.
00:23:22
People's financial spending
gives you an indication
00:23:25
of what they are.
00:23:27
They tend to be fairly
consistent in what they do.
00:23:29
So if normally they spend 1,000
pounds a month on whatever
00:23:33
it is they spend
it, they typically
00:23:35
continue with that pattern.
00:23:37
So normally if things
change significantly,
00:23:40
you would want to go
and investigate that.
00:23:43
BRYANNA FOX: Police
have very big
00:23:44
red flags that
something is sinister
00:23:47
about a missing persons case.
00:23:49
Is he using his credit cards?
00:23:51
Could that help link us
to where he currently is at?
00:23:53
And when they see
the amount of money
00:23:55
that was withdrawn
from his accounts
00:23:57
so rapidly is when
they think, OK, there's
00:24:01
probably more
to this story that we
00:24:02
should probably look into.
00:24:08
- In the 31st of August
2022, the police
00:24:11
made a significant public
statement regarding Dr. Coshan.
00:24:15
They declared that they were
investigating it as a murder.
00:24:22
- So I'm Detective
Superintendent Andrew Patrick
00:24:24
of the Major Investigation
Team, Police Scotland.
00:24:31
This is obviously
a very distressing
00:24:33
time for Peter's family, and
our priority is to find him.
00:24:37
I'm therefore seeking
the public's help in trying
00:24:39
to find Peter's body.
00:24:42
Extensive enquiries
have been carried
00:24:44
out which has led us to explore
and search this area.
00:24:48
- When we got that report
from the police saying
00:24:50
that they were treating
Peter Coshan's disappearance
00:24:54
as murder, that was when
we really, obviously,
00:24:58
saw that this was
a much darker tale
00:25:00
than it had first appeared
in the missing persons
00:25:02
report, initially.
00:25:04
DAVID WRIGHT: There
was great shock,
00:25:05
and I think a number
of fellow ex-pupils made
00:25:08
comments to the press and--
00:25:10
and they were generally
shocked and concerned
00:25:14
and felt, why would
someone have murdered him?
00:25:18
DAVID SWINDLE: I didn't know
the whereabouts of Dr. Coshan,
00:25:21
but they were saying publicly,
we're dealing with this
00:25:24
as a murder investigation.
00:25:27
Where was Dr. Coshan's body?
00:25:37
- This is obviously
a very distressing
00:25:39
time for Peter's family and
our priority is to find him.
00:25:43
I'm therefore seeking
the public's help in trying
00:25:45
to find Peter's body.
00:25:49
RHODA MORRISON: In any
missing person case,
00:25:51
my mind instantly
goes to the family
00:25:53
and what must be going
through their mind.
00:25:55
And I think Peter
Coshan's family
00:25:57
were dealt so many
extra, really heavy blows
00:26:00
in this case,
because not only did they
00:26:02
have their week of panic
wondering what had happened
00:26:05
to their elderly
relative, but then
00:26:07
within that week, they were
told that the police were
00:26:09
treating it as murder, but they
didn't know where his body was.
00:26:12
- Did you see something
odd or out of place?
00:26:15
- It's very difficult
to have a missing person's
00:26:17
report turn into a murder
investigation
00:26:20
when no body is found.
00:26:22
Typically, they say
no body, no crime.
00:26:26
That's until they have reason
to believe a crime occurred.
00:26:29
That could be because they're
the victim of financial crime
00:26:33
that goes sideways
and the victim
00:26:36
finds out about the crime and
is about to go to the police.
00:26:39
Now, all of a sudden,
they're at high risk of being
00:26:42
the victim of a murder.
00:26:44
NARRATOR:<i> Initial examination</i>
<i> of Peter's phone and</i>
00:26:46
<i> financial records</i>
<i> had immediately</i>
00:26:48
<i> led the police</i>
<i> to Paul McNaughton</i>
00:26:50
<i> and his roommate, Paul Black.</i>
00:26:53
DAVID SWINDLE: They had
interviewed key individuals,
00:26:55
significant individuals,
and the evidence
00:26:57
pointed to the fact it was
a murder investigation.
00:27:01
NARRATOR:
<i> The investigating officers</i>
00:27:02
<i> were looking</i>
<i> at the days following</i>
00:27:04
<i> Peter's disappearance,</i>
<i> hoping to locate his body.</i>
00:27:09
- That really shocked
the community in Edinburgh.
00:27:12
There was a lot of former
pupils of Dr. Coshan
00:27:16
saying how awful the news was.
00:27:19
Paying tribute to him
already, which was
00:27:21
really, really awful and sad.
00:27:24
DAVID WRIGHT: I
suppose it's believable
00:27:25
that anyone could be murdered,
but-- but it was very
00:27:27
surprising and unexpected.
00:27:29
And the question really came
was why would someone
00:27:31
murder him?
00:27:32
What-- what had he
done to deserve this?
00:27:34
It was something that
I think stunned people.
00:27:40
- I'm appealing for anyone who
may have been in the Scottish
00:27:43
borders during
the hours of darkness
00:27:45
on either Monday the 15th
or Tuesday the 16th this year.
00:27:53
RHODA MORRISON:
The release from police
00:27:54
about the fact that
they were treating
00:27:57
Mr. Coshan's disappearance
as murder came almost a week
00:28:00
after he'd gone missing.
00:28:02
The next update from police
came at the very end of August.
00:28:06
So a couple of weeks
later to say that officers
00:28:10
were searching woodland down
in the Scotland-England border,
00:28:15
searching for his body.
00:28:19
- People think they
got rid of the body,
00:28:21
they would get caught.
00:28:22
You will, because everyone
leaves a trace.
00:28:27
RHODA MORRISON: They said
that there were searching
00:28:28
for information about a car, a
dark, old style Vauxhall Vectra
00:28:34
that they believe had gone
through the Scottish borders
00:28:36
down into Northumberland area.
00:28:38
NARRATOR: Police had linked
this car to McNaughton
00:28:41
and believed it may have
been used to move Peter.
00:28:44
- Take time to think
back and consider
00:28:47
if you saw a black
or dark colored 57 plate
00:28:51
Vauxhall Vectra
in and around those areas.
00:28:54
Did you notice the car parked
somewhere or even off road?
00:28:58
Do you remember anything which
struck you as odd at the time?
00:29:02
RHODA MORRISON:
Police had reason
00:29:03
to believe that Peter
Coshan had been taken--
00:29:05
his body had been
taken from Edinburgh
00:29:08
down south in this car.
00:29:10
And we assume, obviously,
that these two men
00:29:13
had something to do with that.
00:29:15
And the police said that the
car was connected in some way,
00:29:17
and now they're searching
the woodland for his body.
00:29:20
So there's definitely
something about that,
00:29:23
that told us that it was
much more sinister and
00:29:26
dark than we might have
thought originally,
00:29:29
and a lot more to the story.
00:29:32
DAVID SWINDLE: The police
in this investigation
00:29:33
are using all the tools
in the box-- everything.
00:29:36
All sorts of technology,
including automatic number
00:29:39
plate recognition.
00:29:41
Cameras all the way
down the motorway,
00:29:43
they would see that
and be able to know where
00:29:45
it was at different stages.
00:29:48
- So we knew that
there were searching
00:29:50
along the border
in Northumberland,
00:29:52
and we also knew that
they were hunting
00:29:54
for this car that was obviously
connected in some way.
00:29:56
There was no mention
whatsoever of motive,
00:29:59
and everybody was
just wondering what
00:30:00
on Earth had happened there.
00:30:02
NARRATOR:<i> While they were</i>
<i> searching for the car,</i>
00:30:04
<i> it was clear to the police</i>
<i> that McNaughton and</i>
00:30:07
<i> Black were involved</i>
<i> in Peter's disappearance.</i>
00:30:11
<i> They had been</i>
<i> formally arrested.</i>
00:30:13
RHODA MORRISON: When we
got the release from police
00:30:16
saying that two men had
been arrested and charged,
00:30:18
there wasn't much information.
00:30:20
BRYANNA FOX: They saw this
type of circumstantial evidence
00:30:23
that comes with phone calls
and financial documents,
00:30:26
the type of things that we
would know link these three
00:30:29
characters together and led
police to infer most likely,
00:30:34
not only is he deceased, but
they are responsible for it.
00:30:46
NARRATOR:<i> The only lead</i>
<i> the police had to Peter's body</i>
00:30:48
<i> was the Vauxhall</i>
<i> Vectra that had</i>
00:30:50
<i> been tracked to the same area</i>
<i> near the Scottish border twice.</i>
00:30:55
DAVID SWINDLE: And they
had established
00:30:57
that the Vauxhall Vectra
that they had access to
00:30:59
had been down south
of the border to Northumbria,
00:31:03
and then had been back
up and back down again.
00:31:08
BRYANNA FOX: Beyond
the bank records,
00:31:10
the cell phone interactions
between McNaughton and Black
00:31:14
and with Peter, the only
other type of evidence
00:31:18
that would link
them to the crime
00:31:20
is the type of murder
weapons and murder cover up.
00:31:26
NARRATOR:<i> Looking at local CCTV</i>
<i> between the dates of the two</i>
00:31:29
<i> car trips, police found</i>
<i> footage of McNaughton</i>
00:31:32
<i> in a hardware store</i>
<i> buying shovels.</i>
00:31:35
BRYANNA FOX: Seeing
them go to the store,
00:31:37
get shovels, go back
to where the body was found,
00:31:41
it really puts them in a
tighter bind, where they're
00:31:44
going to have all
of the documentation
00:31:46
evidence against
them, but now there's
00:31:48
more behavioral evidence
that adds on to it.
00:31:51
NARRATOR:<i> On Sunday,</i>
<i> September 4, 2022,</i>
00:31:54
<i> officers searching the land</i>
<i> adjacent to the A696</i>
00:31:59
<i> near the village</i>
<i> of Kirkwhelpington</i>
00:32:00
<i> in Northumberland with a victim</i>
<i> recovery and detection dog,</i>
00:32:04
<i> found Dr. Peter Coshan's body.</i>
00:32:07
RHODA MORRISON: The release
came out kind of midday
00:32:09
on Sunday, and it
said that a body
00:32:11
had been found that morning
on the A696 in Northumberland.
00:32:17
DAVID SWINDLE: Who
intended to bury his body?
00:32:18
But the ground was too hard,
so they didn't bury the body.
00:32:21
They just left poor Dr.
Coshan behind a wall.
00:32:26
How undignified is that?
00:32:29
RHODA MORRISON:
The state of the body
00:32:30
meant that they couldn't
conclude how he'd been killed.
00:32:32
The body hadn't been
formally identified,
00:32:34
but Peter Coshan's
family had all been told.
00:32:42
NARRATOR:<i> Dr. Coshan's</i>
<i> body had been found,</i>
00:32:45
<i> and the police already had</i>
<i> suspects Paul Black and</i>
00:32:48
<i> Paul McNaughton in custody.</i>
00:32:51
RHODA MORRISON: It was
clear from the timeline
00:32:53
that something was
a bit off with--
00:32:56
when Peter Coshan
had been murdered,
00:32:58
and when his body
was found, or when
00:33:00
the car was seen going
through the Scottish
00:33:02
borders to Northumberland.
00:33:03
There was a few days
in between there.
00:33:06
NARRATOR:<i> Bank records showed</i>
<i> that having murdered Peter,</i>
00:33:08
<i> Paul McNaughton and Paul Black</i>
<i> went back to his apartment,</i>
00:33:12
<i> took his bank cards</i>
<i> and proceeded to withdraw</i>
00:33:15
<i> as much cash as they could.</i>
00:33:17
RHODA MORRISON: He actually
took out some money in euros
00:33:19
and then changed it
back into pounds.
00:33:20
And that was what they used
to buy the car that they were
00:33:23
seen driving through
the Scottish borders
00:33:24
to dump his body in.
00:33:26
- McNaughton and Black
went off on vacation.
00:33:28
They went have fun.
00:33:29
They did things-- they
just enjoyed life.
00:33:32
Eventually, they knew they
had to dispose of the body,
00:33:34
but it wasn't a priority.
00:33:36
And that really
shows they didn't
00:33:37
think through this crime.
00:33:39
There was no real forethought
showing that this was a very
00:33:44
impulsive type of behavior.
00:33:47
NARRATOR:<i> It would</i>
<i> be almost two years</i>
00:33:49
<i> after Peters body was found,</i>
<i> before Paul McNaughton and</i>
00:33:53
<i> Paul Black faced court.</i>
00:33:57
- In that space
of time, while I was in
00:34:00
the newsroom always asked
what on Earth had happened.
00:34:03
We always wondered.
00:34:04
We attempted to speak
to family to no avail.
00:34:07
They didn't want
to speak, understandably,
00:34:09
and we tried to speak to
neighbors and things as well,
00:34:12
just to get a better
picture of Peter Coshan
00:34:14
and what kind
of person he was like.
00:34:18
DAVID WRIGHT: Peter was
known was lovingly or
00:34:21
slightly jokingly as Doc Cosh.
00:34:24
He was a doctor and his
name was Coshan.
00:34:26
He was our go-to person.
00:34:28
Obviously, a lot
of us were living away
00:34:29
from home for the first time.
00:34:31
We had any problems at all.
00:34:33
We knew there was an open
door for us to-- to help us.
00:34:39
NARRATOR:<i> Paul McNaughton</i>
<i> pled guilty to the murder</i>
00:34:41
<i> at a preliminary hearing held</i>
<i> on Wednesday, August 2, 2023.</i>
00:34:46
<i> A separate trial for Paul</i>
<i> Black began in May 2024.</i>
00:34:51
RHODA MORRISON: It
was really shocking
00:34:53
when Paul McNaughton
and Paul Black went to court.
00:34:56
Even though we hadn't
heard all the details yet,
00:34:59
it was easy to kind of see
what the motive had been here
00:35:02
and what they had been hoping
to gain from killing him.
00:35:04
BRYANNA FOX: McNaughton
was ultimately seen
00:35:06
as the ringleader
of this, that he
00:35:09
was the one who
initially identified
00:35:12
Peter Coshan for this fraud.
00:35:15
He was the one who was bringing
the financial elements into it,
00:35:19
stealing from him, and only
after the murder occurred,
00:35:22
did Black really become
a true partner in this crime?
00:35:26
He may have financially
benefited earlier,
00:35:28
but it wasn't his
financial scheme.
00:35:32
But afterwards, that changes
and Black really became part
00:35:36
of the cover up of this crime.
00:35:38
RHODA MORRISON:
As the court case unraveled,
00:35:41
it became clear that this was
a much, much longer running
00:35:44
thing than we'd ever thought.
00:35:45
Paul McNaughton had stolen
money from Peter Coshan
00:35:48
before his death.
00:35:49
And obviously had
decided that killing him
00:35:53
was the last way
that he could try
00:35:55
and get the rest of his money.
00:35:59
POPPY EVERTON: McNaughton
when confronted
00:36:01
with the possibility of this
being reported to police, made
00:36:05
the decision to protect himself
and continue to be greedy,
00:36:12
made the decision
to take Peter's life
00:36:15
and ultimately continue to
defraud him after his passing.
00:36:20
DAVID SWINDLE: What started
out as an individual
00:36:23
targeting a vulnerable man
for the purposes of money.
00:36:28
Financial gain
escalated by greed.
00:36:31
And then they have to find out
a way to get themselves off.
00:36:38
NARRATOR:<i> At Edinburgh</i>
<i> Crown Court,</i>
00:36:40
<i> Paul Black was facing</i>
<i> Peter Coshan's friends and</i>
00:36:42
<i> family charged with</i>
<i> having fraudulently</i>
00:36:45
<i> stolen thousands of pounds</i>
<i> from the pensioner</i>
00:36:47
<i> and then killing him.</i>
00:36:50
DAVID WRIGHT: I suppose
in any court case,
00:36:52
you want someone to have
to answer for it,
00:36:54
but it was still
a shock but why.
00:36:56
I'm not sure we ever really
got to the bottom of that.
00:37:00
RHODA MORRISON:
Paul McNaughton must
00:37:01
have known that he was almost
the kind of perfect person
00:37:03
to prey upon.
00:37:04
This is a man who
lives alone, who's
00:37:06
got a really private life.
00:37:07
But little did they know
that it actually took not 24
00:37:09
hours to report him missing,
they knew him that well
00:37:12
and knew that something
was really, really wrong.
00:37:15
POPPY EVERTON: Peter
obviously did have
00:37:17
a close network of friends.
00:37:19
Unfortunately, he didn't
make any disclosures,
00:37:23
particularly around what was
happening in this situation.
00:37:25
And this could have been
for a variety of reasons.
00:37:28
But ultimately, there may have
been some embarrassment there.
00:37:32
- So when the information
about the fraud came out,
00:37:35
I think we obviously
wondered why Peter
00:37:37
hadn't revealed anything.
00:37:40
I think it might have been
that he just hadn't quite
00:37:43
understood what was happening.
00:37:46
RHODA MORRISON: Had
Peter Coshan not
00:37:47
found out about
them taking money,
00:37:49
maybe it would have ended
without-- without him dying.
00:37:53
NARRATOR:<i> It seemed that</i>
<i> despite their friendship,</i>
00:37:55
<i> Peter was unaware</i>
<i> where McNaughton lived</i>
00:37:57
<i> and had been lured to his house</i>
<i> on the false promise of a date.</i>
00:38:02
RHODA MORRISON:
It became apparent
00:38:03
that Peter Coshan had
been lured to his address
00:38:06
through that dating app.
00:38:08
Paul McNaughton had
made a fake profile
00:38:12
and asked Peter Coshan to go
and meet him in Seafield Road.
00:38:15
Obviously, not knowing
who it actually was.
00:38:18
- Online, there are
people who are pretending
00:38:21
to be somebody
they're not, and this
00:38:23
can be particularly
difficult to spot,
00:38:26
even for younger people.
00:38:27
I think, technology has
moved along quite quickly.
00:38:32
DAVID SWINDLE: He knew the
vulnerabilities of Dr. Coshan,
00:38:35
and he would know
what would tempt
00:38:38
him into communication because
the fake profile was him.
00:38:42
And he communicates with Dr.
Coshan in the name David.
00:38:46
This is someone
that's organized.
00:38:48
Someone that's trapped
like a wild animal
00:38:50
trapped in a corner.
00:38:51
He's been found out.
00:38:53
He knows fine well that
the police are going to find
00:38:55
out that he stole that money.
00:38:57
What's he going to do?
00:38:58
NARRATOR:<i> In court,</i>
<i> McNaughton's roommate and</i>
00:39:00
<i> accomplice, Paul</i>
<i> Black, realizing he</i>
00:39:03
<i> was facing a life sentence</i>
<i> for murder, decided</i>
00:39:06
<i> to turn on his friend</i>
<i> and reveal the horrifying truth</i>
00:39:09
<i> behind Peter's death.</i>
00:39:12
RHODA MORRISON: Paul Black
gave evidence in the court,
00:39:14
and he was the only
one to really paint
00:39:17
any kind of picture
that we could have
00:39:19
of what actually happened.
00:39:21
When Peter Coshan got
to Paul McNaughton's flat,
00:39:25
Paul Black said he opened
the door and let Peter Coshan
00:39:28
and led him through
to a room where
00:39:30
Paul McNaughton was waiting.
00:39:32
And he then said that
Paul McNaughton attacked
00:39:35
Peter Coshan,
and the next he knew
00:39:38
was that Paul
McNaughton had come out
00:39:39
and told him that
he had killed him.
00:39:46
BRYANNA FOX: After
Peter was killed,
00:39:48
his body was stuffed into a
suitcase, put under a bed,
00:39:51
essentially just forgotten.
00:39:53
If there's a risk of a body
being linked to you when
00:39:58
it is found
in the middle of nowhere,
00:40:01
the risk of a body
being linked to you when
00:40:03
it's found in your house
under your bed
00:40:06
is exceptionally higher.
00:40:07
And so the fact that
they were willing to do
00:40:10
that does emphasize the point
that McNaughton was pretty
00:40:13
confident in his ability to get
away with this, despite nothing
00:40:16
really to back it up.
00:40:22
RHODA MORRISON:
While Peter Coshan
00:40:23
lay dead in Paul
McNaughton's Leith flat.
00:40:26
He and Paul Black
actually almost were
00:40:29
seen to kind of celebrate.
00:40:30
They went up to Burntisland
in Fife to go to a funfair.
00:40:34
All the details
that come out of it
00:40:35
really seemed like they
had no remorse at all,
00:40:38
that they were
relishing in the fact
00:40:40
that they'd come
across this money
00:40:41
and they were intent
on spending it.
00:40:45
NARRATOR:<i> Police were able</i>
<i> to link a recorded card</i>
00:40:47
<i> transaction on that</i>
<i> day with CCTV</i>
00:40:50
<i> showing McNaughton</i>
<i> eating fast food.</i>
00:40:53
DAVID SWINDLE: That just
shows that they had absolutely
00:40:56
no respect for Dr. Coshan.
00:41:04
BRYANNA FOX: This crime was
not very thought through.
00:41:06
Each step seemed to be an idea
as it occurred to McNaughton.
00:41:10
He thinks, let's go for it.
00:41:13
He doesn't think through
the consequences.
00:41:14
He doesn't think, how am I
going to get away with this?
00:41:17
He just thinks,
I'm going to do it
00:41:18
and I'll figure
it out from there.
00:41:20
That does display two features.
00:41:22
One is a lot of impulsivity,
which is highly
00:41:26
characteristic of psychopathy.
00:41:28
The second is he doesn't
have a lot of reason
00:41:31
to be so confident in his
ability to get away with it,
00:41:34
and yet he has it.
00:41:35
So the type
of grandiosity, especially
00:41:38
in light of no reason to think
that he's going to pull
00:41:42
this off, is really notable.
00:41:47
NARRATOR:<i> Paul</i>
<i> McNaughton had already</i>
00:41:49
<i> pleaded guilty to murder,</i>
<i> but Paul Black had faced trial</i>
00:41:53
<i> after pleading not guilty.</i>
00:41:56
DAVID SWINDLE: Black was found
guilty of attempting to defeat
00:41:59
or pervert the course
of justice.
00:42:02
He was well aware
of what had happened,
00:42:04
and he was out in part
with McNaughton
00:42:08
in disposing
of the body and carrying
00:42:10
out the fraud that led to it.
00:42:19
RHODA MORRISON: It's so hard
not to feel really, really
00:42:21
sorry for a family
who have been waiting
00:42:23
so many years for answers
and then to learn
00:42:26
of all the horrible details.
00:42:28
Unthinkable what his family
must have been thinking when
00:42:30
they found out about
what had happened to him,
00:42:33
and how he'd been lured
there, and they didn't
00:42:35
really stand a chance at all.
00:42:37
DAVID WRIGHT: Well, I
think there was obviously
00:42:39
a degree of relief
that they'd been caught
00:42:41
and that there was someone
going to face justice for this.
00:42:45
But still, a bit of disbelief
about why would-- why would
00:42:49
someone have killed them?
00:42:50
Why would these people
have killed them?
00:42:51
You know, what-- what--
what was the motivation?
00:42:54
NARRATOR:<i> With</i>
<i> their continued spending,</i>
00:42:56
<i> McNaughton and Black</i>
<i> had successfully stolen</i>
00:42:59
<i> an estimated 70,000</i>
<i> pounds from Peter,</i>
00:43:02
<i> some of it after killing him.</i>
00:43:05
BRYANNA FOX: The fact that
McNaughton and Black take steps
00:43:11
to try to dispose
his body, but they
00:43:12
engage in even more telling
financial crimes, stealing
00:43:16
money after he's dead, which
could be the clearest thing
00:43:19
to link them to him.
00:43:22
It shows that is just
doubling down on a bad hand.
00:43:26
They are doing
things that are just
00:43:28
implicating them even more.
00:43:30
This was not planned out.
00:43:31
This was highly impulsive.
00:43:33
They were really
making stupid errors.
00:43:35
And there's really
nothing more to say other
00:43:38
than they had no planning
in this crime whatsoever.
00:43:42
RHODA MORRISON:
They weren't very
00:43:43
careful about their actions.
00:43:44
They obviously
thought there was
00:43:45
going to be no consequences.
00:43:47
They did take out 5,000
pounds and buy a car.
00:43:51
They sold the watch
at a pawn shop.
00:43:54
It was very much anything
they could get out of it,
00:43:57
and they obviously just didn't
have any kind of awareness
00:43:59
that the police would be able
to track anything they did,
00:44:02
which, of course, they did.
00:44:06
DAVID SWINDLE: People
think that they
00:44:07
can commit the perfect
murder and get away with it.
00:44:10
You can't do that nowadays.
00:44:12
And people naively think
if they get rid of the body
00:44:15
or conceal the body, that
they won't be caught.
00:44:21
RHODA MORRISON: The jury
would have been left in
00:44:22
almost no doubt that it was a
premeditated crime, that they'd
00:44:26
planned to kill Peter Coshan
in order to get his money,
00:44:28
and that they had
plans in place of how
00:44:30
they were going to spend it.
00:44:32
They had wanted his money and
that they were going to get it.
00:44:36
DAVID SWINDLE: It's
about proving the case
00:44:38
beyond reasonable doubt,
and there's plenty of evidence
00:44:41
that you get together
without a body.
00:44:44
Telephone footage,
forensic evidence,
00:44:47
CCTV, witness testimony.
00:44:50
It's a conglomeration
of things that are put together
00:44:54
that prove that case
beyond reasonable doubt.
00:44:59
RHODA MORRISON: The jury
found Paul Black
00:45:01
not guilty of murder.
00:45:02
So the sentence that the judge
ended up handing down,
00:45:06
he sentenced Paul Black
to 5 and 1/2 years.
00:45:09
He sentenced Paul McNaughton
to life imprisonment.
00:45:18
DAVID WRIGHT: I
think Peter's story
00:45:20
makes us all feel very sad.
00:45:22
We lost a good friend
for no apparent reason,
00:45:26
and it-- it just doesn't--
doesn't do him justice.
00:45:32
RHODA MORRISON: He
was such a private man
00:45:34
that any details that he could
have given during his life,
00:45:37
he was never, ever
going to have given.
00:45:39
And Paul McNaughton knew that.
00:45:41
Case is one that, I
think, will probably stick
00:45:43
with me for many, many years.
00:45:46
It's something that
you can't help but
00:45:48
picture your own
family members,
00:45:51
the elderly people you know and
just wonder what on Earth he
00:45:54
must have been thinking.
00:45:56
There must have been a real
sense of panic for him
00:45:58
when he found out this
man was stealing money,
00:46:00
and he felt like he couldn't
tell anybody about it.
00:46:03
But almost certainly,
they would have got away
00:46:05
with stealing that
money from him,
00:46:07
and he would never
have told us all.
00:46:08
But they just couldn't
leave him be after that,
00:46:11
and had to rid him of his life
in order to get the rest of it.
00:46:14
It's impossible not to feel so,
so sad when you think about it.
00:46:19
- All of me
and my friends who knew
00:46:21
him would like Peter
to be remembered
00:46:24
for his caring and support and
friendship through our school
00:46:28
and beyond.
00:46:30
And the unfortunate
way in which
00:46:32
he met his end should not be
the way he's remembered it,
00:46:34
should be what he
achieved in life.
00:46:36
[somber music]
00:46:45
[exhilarating music]
