Fifth prostitute reported missing in Ipswich

[??????????]

The MySpace profile of alleged serial killer Tom Stephens, who was taken into custody today by the Police:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=85784962

Apparently Myspace is going to delete it, because info is being removed. Usually that is done when it's about to be deleted.

[Michael Z]

The MySpace profile of alleged serial killer Tom Stephens, who was taken into custody today by the Police:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=85784962

Apparently Myspace is going to delete it, because info is being removed. Usually that is done when it's about to be deleted.

Yeah, they've deleted it now.

A girl on Myspace posted a bulleting saying "Here's the killer!" and linking to his profile, at which point I sent her a msg asking her what the f*** she thinks she's doing, since this guy has neither been charged nor convicted. All we know is that he's been arrested but that's it. I mean, innocent until proven guilty and all that.

[Joe Republic]

I mean, innocent until proven guilty and all that.

What difference does that make once the tabloids have got to work?

[afleitch]

I mean, innocent until proven guilty and all that.

What difference does that make once the tabloids have got to work?

I always love it when they interview the neighbours 'he always kept himself to himself, never talked much'- yeah neither did they! In fact this arrest has probably been the first time half the street have spoken to each other.

[??????????]

I mean, innocent until proven guilty and all that.

What difference does that make once the tabloids have got to work?

I always love it when they interview the neighbours 'he always kept himself to himself, never talked much'- yeah neither did they! In fact this arrest has probably been the first time half the street have spoken to each other.

It's no different over here. Guilty until proven innocent I say.

[minionofmidas]

What's that I hear now about them having arrested someone else, and this guy being likely innocent? Great. Just great.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

What's that I hear now about them having arrested someone else, and this guy being likely innocent? Great. Just great.

If he does turn out to be innocent, the BBC could get in a "little" trouble about broadcasting that interview with him.

[minionofmidas]

I only heard about the interview after the second arrest... what exactly did he say that made the police think he was the killer?

This certainly explains why the full name and the MySpace stuff and so on were all over the news - something that they should NEVER be this early into the juridical proceedings if you ask me.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I only heard about the interview after the second arrest... what exactly did he say that made the police think he was the killer?

He sounded creepy and knew all of the victims. I think that's it. O/c they might have other stuff on him, but that doesn't look that likely now.

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Blame the stupid competition between BBC News 24 and Sky News for that...

[minionofmidas]

I only heard about the interview after the second arrest... what exactly did he say that made the police think he was the killer?

He sounded creepy and knew all of the victims. I think that's it.

That's pretty much all I heard about it here - "he gave an interview saying that he knew all the victims and had no alibi" - which probably applies to roughly a dozen lonely men with too much money to spend, or no other money-consuming hobby, living in the Ipswich area.

[Michael Z]

I only heard about the interview after the second arrest... what exactly did he say that made the police think he was the killer?

He sounded creepy and knew all of the victims. I think that's it.

That's pretty much all I heard about it here - "he gave an interview saying that he knew all the victims and had no alibi" - which probably applies to roughly a dozen lonely men with too much money to spend, or no other money-consuming hobby, living in the Ipswich area.

This is pretty much how the police and the media find their culprits these days. Circumstantial evidence? Who cares. Guilty! Burn him! BURN HIM!

[Tetro Kornbluth]

I only heard about the interview after the second arrest... what exactly did he say that made the police think he was the killer?

He sounded creepy and knew all of the victims. I think that's it.

That's pretty much all I heard about it here - "he gave an interview saying that he knew all the victims and had no alibi" - which probably applies to roughly a dozen lonely men with too much money to spend, or no other money-consuming hobby, living in the Ipswich area.

This is pretty much how the police and the media find their culprits these days. Circumstantial evidence? Who cares. Guilty! Burn him! BURN HIM!

If this goes on any longer (ie. Neither of the men are guilty) then I fully expect a tabloid-based hate campaign in the not too distant future. Maybe they will attack paedotricians again.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Police have asked for extra time to interview the second guy arrested, btw

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Second guy arrested has been charged with murder. First guy arrested has been released on bail.

[Platypus]

I mean, innocent until proven guilty and all that.

What difference does that make once the tabloids have got to work?

I always love it when they interview the neighbours 'he always kept himself to himself, never talked much'- yeah neither did they! In fact this arrest has probably been the first time half the street have spoken to each other.

It's no different over here. Guilty until proven innocent I say.

After the stink you raised over the girl in Aruba, that's incredible coming from you

[??????????]

I mean, innocent until proven guilty and all that.

What difference does that make once the tabloids have got to work?

I always love it when they interview the neighbours 'he always kept himself to himself, never talked much'- yeah neither did they! In fact this arrest has probably been the first time half the street have spoken to each other.

It's no different over here. Guilty until proven innocent I say.

After the stink you raised over the girl in Aruba, that's incredible coming from you

Well there's very little doubt in my mind Van Der Sloot did it.

[Alcon]

I mean, innocent until proven guilty and all that.

What difference does that make once the tabloids have got to work?

I always love it when they interview the neighbours 'he always kept himself to himself, never talked much'- yeah neither did they! In fact this arrest has probably been the first time half the street have spoken to each other.

No kidding.  That's what virtually all of my neighbours would say about me too.  I suppose it's better than the other quotes they'd get, "he watched my cat once, and he did a good job," or "who?"

[Peter]

Second guy arrested has been charged with murder. First guy arrested has been released on bail.

I look forward to the Courts finding 12 impartial jurors in the Ipswich area after the mdeia frenzy that has been kicked up.

[Michael Z]

I mean, innocent until proven guilty and all that.

What difference does that make once the tabloids have got to work?

I always love it when they interview the neighbours 'he always kept himself to himself, never talked much'- yeah neither did they! In fact this arrest has probably been the first time half the street have spoken to each other.

No kidding.  That's what virtually all of my neighbours would say about me too.  I suppose it's better than the other quotes they'd get, "he watched my cat once, and he did a good job," or "who?"

The best thing was how the media were trying to portray him as a weirdo over his Myspace profile. "Look! Look! He's referring to a cartoon character as his hero!". Erm, yeah, he was probably kidding. "Look! He's wearing a silly tie!". Yeah, it was probably a fancy dress party. News programmes these days seem to be run by complete and utter retards. Even the BBC has descended into a tabloid farce, as Al mentioned in his post.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Even the BBC has descended into a tabloid farce, as Al mentioned in his post.

I think the replacement of Andrew Marr with that moron Nick Robinson was the final nail in the coffin...

[afleitch]

Even the BBC has descended into a tabloid farce, as Al mentioned in his post.

I think the replacement of Andrew Marr with that moron Nick Robinson was the final nail in the coffin...

Why grumble about the politics correspondent in a thread about the media's coverage of a series of murders?

Oh wait.....





I for one am glad they hired someone that wasn't creamed from the Guardian.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Why grumble about the politics correspondent in a thread about the media's coverage of a series of murders?

Because it's symptomatic of the general decline of the quality of BBC TV news o/c.
He treats everything like a f***ing soap opera...

...mind you, he's not quite as irritating as the Gibbon tosser that does Channel Four's political stuff...

[afleitch]

Why grumble about the politics correspondent in a thread about the media's coverage of a series of murders?

Because it's symptomatic of the general decline of the quality of BBC TV news o/c.
He treats everything like a f***ing soap opera...

...mind you, he's not quite as irritating as the Gibbon tosser that does Channel Four's political stuff...

The decline started long ago by climbing into the Grauniads bed. If they can excape that they can salvage their impartiality and integrity.

[Michael Z]

Why grumble about the politics correspondent in a thread about the media's coverage of a series of murders?

Because it's symptomatic of the general decline of the quality of BBC TV news o/c.
He treats everything like a f***ing soap opera...

...mind you, he's not quite as irritating as the Gibbon tosser that does Channel Four's political stuff...

The decline started long ago by climbing into the Grauniads bed. If they can excape that they can salvage their impartiality and integrity.

We're gonna have to agree to disagree here; in my opinion the decline started with Hutton, since it was then that the BBC got too scared to stand up to the government, with the addition of Grade briefly being dir.-gen., that silly race News 24 are having with Sky, and the BBC thinking that the only way they can salvage their license fee is by being relentlessly populist.