Zielinski, Linnea (June 12, 2018). "Who is Michael Peterson and why are people talking about him?". Metro US . Retrieved February 23, 2021. I put the knife in the kitchen. Not sure if I said anything to Sally or not. I went to the living room and had one cigarette possibly and thought ‘I’ve got to get help’ and left the house. I remember crossing the road and I knew there was blood on me. I knew I had to change clothes because I had blood on me and I had to get help. I think I went upstairs into the bathroom and washed my hands and changed my top.” After graduating, Peterson took a civilian job with the United States Department of Defense, where he was assigned to research arguments supporting increased military involvement in Vietnam. That year he also married Patricia Sue, who taught at an elementary school on the Rhein-Main Air Base in Gräfenhausen, West Germany. They had two children, Clayton and Todd. In 1968, Peterson was commissioned in the United States Marine Corps and served in the Vietnam War. In 1971, he received an honorable discharge with the rank of captain after a car accident left him with a permanent disability.

But Dawn Logan says she is as hopeful now as ever that she will one day know why Paul was killed, in what seems to be a pre-planned murder plot. Turner says Sally came to see him seven or eight times between June 9 and June 22. “She was pretty much coming round every day. She was around a lot.”The court case generated widespread interest, in part because of a televised documentary series variously named Soupçons (Suspicions), Death on the Staircase, and The Staircase, which detailed Peterson's legal and personal troubles. Eight 45-minute episodes of the documentary were assembled from more than 600 hours of footage. It was directed by French filmmaker Jean-Xavier de Lestrade and released by Maha Productions in October 2004. The documentary offers an intimate depiction of defense preparations for the trial. It also examines the role and behavior of the press as it covered aspects of the case. The filmmakers started their project within weeks of Kathleen's death and Peterson's murder indictment; jury selection took place in May 2003 with the case itself going to trial in July 2003.

A few months later, a French documentary team arrived to film the course of Peterson’s trial, little knowing they were about to witness one of the wildest cases on record and create an iconic true crime documentary series: The Staircase. Initially released in 2004 with eight episodes, the series became an acclaimed sleeper hit within the true crime community before gaining wider popularity amid the post- Serial true crime boom. Two follow-up episodes on the case were filmed in 2011, with three more following in 2017, when the full series was finally released on Netflix. Michael Wright was masked and armed with a machete when he and an accomplice burst into Make That Bet bookmakers, in South Shields, to demand cash. Mr Abbey replied: “That’s odd… I dreamt that I was being murdered and that my assailant tried to quieten me but could not kill me. They got hold of my throat and I felt a terrible sensation of choking. They came for me two or three times but they could not get me.”

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Mr Giblin’s friend and passenger Caroline Robinson suffered multiple facial fractures, a brain injury and is still suffering the devastating effects almost a year later.

When Gerard and Joyce Griffiths needed help with their affairs, their grandson, Jamie Dunn, who worked in a trusted role for Barclays Bank, seemed the ideal candidate. Repeated road menace David Morrison has been jailed after ramming police cars in a desperate bid to evade justice. Now Neasham, 37, who has 22 previous convictions, has been sent to prison for 20 years while Smith, who has no previous convictions, got 17 years. Turner says he changed the top because it was dirty, not because he didn’t want to be linked forensically.For the latest local news in your area direct to your inbox every day, go here to sign up to our free newsletter Read More Related Articles It was established that the hoax call was made from a phone box at the junction of Snows Green Road and Benfieldside Road in Shotley Bridge. At the time, The Northern Echo reported that it was one of the most “diabolical murders” to have taken place in the county. But after stealing petrol from a garage in South Gosforth, Newcastle, he sparked a police chase in the Longbenton area after refusing to pull over in a Saab 93. Elliot defended his innocence- even on death row. He was hanged in Durham Gaol by Thomas Pierrepoint.

Paul's death left his partner, Pam, devastated and his children Michael, four, and nine-month-old Natalie without a dad.Coulson, 26, of Northumberland Avenue, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, who has 32 previous convictions, pleaded guilty to kidnap, causing grievous bodily harm and dangerous driving. It had to be more than one person, so more than one person must know. I don't know how anybody can live with somebody knowing that's what they have done." There are two kids who have grown up without a dad, which is sinful. Nothing is worth that. I don't care what anybody does. It's not worth that.