0:00:02 > 0:00:08This programme contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting
0:00:08 > 0:00:12We're only holding two cards. One, we have him two, we have her and she's alive,
0:00:12 > 0:00:13the rest is a disaster.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Do you have a friend called Daisy?
0:00:15 > 0:00:16Why?
0:00:16 > 0:00:18There's something about her online,
0:00:18 > 0:00:20how she met Daddy one time.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Am I being interviewed under caution?
0:00:22 > 0:00:23Yes, you are.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25I knew that Rose was in that boot
0:00:25 > 0:00:26and I needed to get to her.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28And what about Mr Spector's life?
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Did you not have a duty to protect that?
0:00:31 > 0:00:33MACHINE BLEEPS HE CHOKES
0:00:33 > 0:00:35I need some help in here!
0:00:35 > 0:00:36Rose, what are you doing?
0:00:36 > 0:00:38- I want to go home. - You can't.
0:00:38 > 0:00:39I want to go home!
0:00:39 > 0:00:43A man has come forward having seen Spector's photograph on the news.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45He says Spector looks like a man who rents
0:00:45 > 0:00:47a lock-up from him in East Belfast,
0:00:47 > 0:00:49under the name Baldwin.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52We've just landed a not uninteresting little case.
0:00:52 > 0:00:53The Belfast Strangler.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54You stay away from him!
0:00:54 > 0:00:57I haven't been near him! You need to get a grip!
0:00:57 > 0:00:59You're obsessed, it's pathetic!
0:00:59 > 0:01:00SHE SCREAMS
0:01:00 > 0:01:01Who's pathetic now?!
0:01:01 > 0:01:02Ma'am.
0:01:04 > 0:01:05Hello, Daddy.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07It's me, Olivia.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11Why are you so big? And you, you look different, older.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13What's happening to me?
0:01:15 > 0:01:16More victims?
0:02:50 > 0:02:54HEAVY BREATHING
0:03:30 > 0:03:31Are you in pain?
0:03:49 > 0:03:50Here.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00HE EXHALES DEEPLY
0:04:26 > 0:04:28We've seen fragments before,
0:04:28 > 0:04:31bits of pages that didn't burn in the car.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Enough to confirm that he kept journals, but nothing like this.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Nothing so extensive, nothing so detailed.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43I'd put it to Spector that between the strangulation
0:04:43 > 0:04:47of Rose and the murder of Fiona Gallagher,
0:04:47 > 0:04:49that there must have been other attacks.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51He said that there were no other attacks,
0:04:51 > 0:04:54that Fiona Gallagher was his first murder.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59During that gap in time, he suggested that he
0:04:59 > 0:05:01always had a "project" to work on.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Are these those "projects"?
0:05:05 > 0:05:06A.S.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Might live in the Holylands area,
0:05:12 > 0:05:14who might be a journalist...
0:05:15 > 0:05:19..who seems to wake up late every day and skip breakfast.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24Who wears a cream robe after her bath and sometimes doesn't
0:05:24 > 0:05:27completely close her bedroom curtains.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Or, R.W...
0:05:33 > 0:05:35who cycles to the university most days off,
0:05:35 > 0:05:38somewhere in the Lisburn Road.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42Always brings her lunch with her and eats in the botanic gardens.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46Who has clear, pale skin, wears close-fitting clothes
0:05:46 > 0:05:49and walks with a short stride that Spector likes.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56Where on the continuum of his violence do these journals fit?
0:05:58 > 0:06:03Are they just fantasies that sustain him, feed his appetites?
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Or are they a record...
0:06:07 > 0:06:09..of nine more murders?
0:06:11 > 0:06:12What time of day is it?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Morning, afternoon, night?
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Morning.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19Where are we?
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Belfast General Hospital.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Can you remember the name of your nurse?
0:06:31 > 0:06:32Kiera.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Are you married, or do you have a partner?
0:06:37 > 0:06:38I'm married.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Can you remember any other family members?
0:06:45 > 0:06:51Sally Ann has a father, John, and a mother, Carol.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53We call her Cici.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55And what about you?
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Me?
0:07:00 > 0:07:01Do you have any family?
0:07:03 > 0:07:04No.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05Why is that?
0:07:07 > 0:07:08My mother died.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11And what about your father?
0:07:14 > 0:07:18When I was growing up, he was known as Peter Baldwin.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23I thought that man was my father, till he left us.
0:07:25 > 0:07:30My mother told me that he wasn't my real father, he was...
0:07:30 > 0:07:32just a man.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36When did you become Paul Spector?
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Erm...
0:07:41 > 0:07:43just before I met Sally Ann.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46And why did you change?
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Wanted a...
0:07:51 > 0:07:52clean start.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- New life.- Why's that?
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Not sure.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Has that new life worked for you?
0:08:13 > 0:08:16The sheer volume of garments suggests there were very many
0:08:16 > 0:08:19fetish burglaries at that time.
0:08:19 > 0:08:20His journals talk of...
0:08:22 > 0:08:24..climbing scaffolding,
0:08:24 > 0:08:27finding windows open, doors unlocked, alarms not set.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32I took this photograph to be of a woman.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35On closer inspection...
0:08:35 > 0:08:37it's clear it's a mannequin.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41And these pictures of him.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48The bondage, the auto asphyxiation...
0:08:49 > 0:08:53..introduce a new element to our understanding
0:08:53 > 0:08:55of his sexual behaviour.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Has any information returned to you over
0:08:59 > 0:09:01the last 12 hours voluntarily?
0:09:03 > 0:09:05I don't think so.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Hold this in your hand.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Keep it safe.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Can you give it back to me in 15 minutes' time?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Yes.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Who's the British Prime Minister?
0:09:21 > 0:09:22Tony Blair.
0:09:25 > 0:09:26Have you heard of Facebook?
0:09:28 > 0:09:30- Yes.- What is it?
0:09:31 > 0:09:33It's...
0:09:33 > 0:09:35a social networking site.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38And what about Twitter?
0:09:42 > 0:09:44I don't know what that is.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46So you don't know what a tweet is, or tweeting?
0:09:50 > 0:09:51The sound a bird makes.
0:09:54 > 0:09:55What's a hashtag?
0:09:59 > 0:10:00No idea.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06Presumably, I'm supposed to know what these things are?
0:10:08 > 0:10:09Maybe.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16The main thing is that we identify and find these women.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Use the initials,
0:10:19 > 0:10:23look at solved or unsolved sexually motivated murders,
0:10:23 > 0:10:26or attempted murders, particularly strangulations occurring
0:10:26 > 0:10:30in homes and apartments, check Missing Persons
0:10:30 > 0:10:33for suspected foul play.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38We need to know if these women are alive or dead.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44I think that's all, unless there's anything else?
0:10:44 > 0:10:46We've confirmed the list of children's homes
0:10:46 > 0:10:50Spector was in, following the death of his mother.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52We have lists of all his fellow pupils,
0:10:52 > 0:10:54including those at Gortnacull.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Any news on the Benedetto girl?
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Uniforms called at her house this morning, Ma'am.
0:11:00 > 0:11:01She didn't come home last night,
0:11:01 > 0:11:03her mother has no idea where she is.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06A warrant's been issued for her arrest.
0:11:08 > 0:11:09Thank you all.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14What's the last full day you remember?
0:11:17 > 0:11:19It was with Olivia.
0:11:20 > 0:11:21Go on.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Erm...
0:11:26 > 0:11:29I took her to a playgroup, a musical playgroup.
0:11:31 > 0:11:32She loves dancing.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36And, erm...
0:11:36 > 0:11:39they all sing songs, The Wheels On The Bus.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44She touches all the right places when she does
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Head, Shoulders, Knees And Toes.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Then we went for lunch in the park.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58She was pedalling on her tricycle.
0:12:01 > 0:12:06There's a pair of swans on the water there, nine or ten babies.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Ugly ducklings.
0:12:10 > 0:12:11She was talking loads.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15She's always getting me to play make believe with her.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20It sounds to me like Olivia is about two years old.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Yes.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23But she isn't, is she?
0:13:59 > 0:14:03Can you describe what the memory loss feels like to you?
0:14:09 > 0:14:10Well...
0:14:12 > 0:14:14..it feels like it's night-time and...
0:14:17 > 0:14:20..there's a thunderstorm and I'm standing on a hillside...
0:14:22 > 0:14:26..and I've been asked to draw a map of the valley below.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31There's lightning flashes.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35They light up the land, but only for a few seconds,
0:14:35 > 0:14:37not long enough to draw the map.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Can you recall who you are?
0:14:48 > 0:14:52In the sense of what you were like and what you're like now?
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Your trait characteristics?
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Erm...
0:15:00 > 0:15:02I'm told I have a son.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08I've no reason to think that people are lying to me, but...
0:15:10 > 0:15:11..I don't feel it.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16I'm told I'm in trouble with the police.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19I don't know what I've done.
0:15:23 > 0:15:29I think that I might be different but I don't know why.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34I feel like I'm an all-right person?
0:16:01 > 0:16:03It will all come back to me, won't it?
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Your anterograde memory is working well.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14Anything else you've forgotten, you can relearn.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19But the ownership has gone.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55MOBILE RINGS
0:17:01 > 0:17:03KEYPAD TONE Gibson?
0:17:03 > 0:17:07'Patrick Spencer, ICU Consultant, Belfast General Hospital.'
0:17:07 > 0:17:11Thank you for calling me back, Doctor. I understand he's conscious?
0:17:11 > 0:17:13'He is. His physiology is normalising.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16'He's cardiovascularly stable...'
0:17:16 > 0:17:18and has made good progress
0:17:18 > 0:17:20given the massive insult and blood loss from the bullet wounds...
0:17:21 > 0:17:23'But?'
0:17:23 > 0:17:25But there is an issue.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27'Although his short-term memory
0:17:27 > 0:17:29'seems to be functioning adequately...
0:17:30 > 0:17:32'..it seems Mr Spector has suffered
0:17:32 > 0:17:35'quite extensive long-term memory loss.'
0:17:38 > 0:17:40BED WHIRS, HE WINCES
0:17:42 > 0:17:44BED CLANKS
0:17:44 > 0:17:46OK.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52I'm just going to move your legs to the edge of the bed, here.
0:17:52 > 0:17:53OK...
0:17:53 > 0:17:55I'm now going to take your arm now.
0:17:58 > 0:17:59OK, here we go...
0:17:59 > 0:18:01HE GROANS
0:18:03 > 0:18:05HE GRUNTS
0:18:05 > 0:18:06Keep going.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Over here...
0:18:10 > 0:18:11Here.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14HE GROANS
0:18:17 > 0:18:18OK, that's good. Well done.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24GIBSON: 'Apparently, he's docile,
0:18:24 > 0:18:27'well oriented in time and space and has...'
0:18:27 > 0:18:30established good relations with his doctors and nurses.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32(For pity's sake!)
0:18:33 > 0:18:35It seems he can acquire new information
0:18:35 > 0:18:37and keep track of his medical procedures,
0:18:37 > 0:18:40but that he has almost no recollection
0:18:40 > 0:18:44of the events that have taken place over the last six years or so.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Are we supposed to be taking this seriously?
0:18:46 > 0:18:49I think we have to.
0:18:50 > 0:18:51Are they linking this...
0:18:53 > 0:18:55..this impairment directly to the shooting?
0:18:55 > 0:18:59The nature of the amnesia has not been established yet.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03It... It might be organic, an injury to the brain
0:19:03 > 0:19:07because of blood loss or a resultant lack of oxygen,
0:19:07 > 0:19:09or it could be psychogenic,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12a result, perhaps, of trauma.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17But until they do an MRI scan, they can't really say.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20So, perform the MRI scan.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24Spector has retained metal fragments from the bullet in his body.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28If they contain iron, the fragments can be heated up
0:19:28 > 0:19:31and the magnet can drag them through the body
0:19:31 > 0:19:33and cause more organ damage.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37- Are they conducting psychological tests yet?- Yes, they are.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41The Consultant Neuropsychologist is an Alison Walden.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44But Jim's right. He must be feigning, surely?
0:19:44 > 0:19:47- Or at the very least, exaggerating his symptoms?- To what end?
0:19:47 > 0:19:51The law does not concern itself with the present state of mind
0:19:51 > 0:19:52of the criminal defendant,
0:19:52 > 0:19:56only with the state of mind at the time the crime was committed.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59And Spector's was clearly conveyed in his confession.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01He clearly understood the difference
0:20:01 > 0:20:04between right and wrong at the time of the crimes,
0:20:04 > 0:20:07and, therefore, he will be held accountable.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10But it is founded on memory-based evidence.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13And he's saying that he can't remember any of the crimes.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17It poses all sorts of problems for the courts.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20It's almost like he's claiming that he's innocent.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22It seems there's more than usual pressure
0:20:22 > 0:20:25to build the evidential case against him.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30That's precisely what we're doing, sir.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34What will happen to him if the defence does ask
0:20:34 > 0:20:35for a mental health assessment?
0:20:35 > 0:20:39His potential dangerousness suggests a forensic unit
0:20:39 > 0:20:42rather than a hospital ward.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43And where would that be?
0:20:43 > 0:20:46The Foyle Clinic in East Belfast.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Who will assess him?
0:20:48 > 0:20:49August Larson.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52He's the Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist.
0:20:52 > 0:20:57Very experienced, very used to giving expert testimony in court.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01The sooner we get him out of the hands of the medics,
0:21:01 > 0:21:03and back into the justice system, the better.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19DOOR OPENS
0:21:19 > 0:21:21< Thanks, Alison.
0:21:28 > 0:21:29HE TAPS ON GLASS
0:21:34 > 0:21:37Kiera Sheridan. Mr Spector's dedicated nurse.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39She provides him with one-to-one care.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42She will limit your visit if patient status warrants it.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44- Thank you. - She'll show you in.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54- LOWDEN:- 'What about the wife?'
0:21:55 > 0:21:56I'm worried about her.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00It's obviously been a devastating blow to her -
0:22:00 > 0:22:05as it would be to anyone who seems to have had no real suspicions.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09But there's no possibility of her repeating the offence.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12She's admitted her guilt,
0:22:12 > 0:22:13she's corrected the facts.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16She might even end up being a witness for the prosecution.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20I think we should drop the charges.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22If she'd told the truth, in the first place,
0:22:22 > 0:22:24about Spector's whereabouts,
0:22:24 > 0:22:28then we could have investigated him more closely and, perhaps,
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Rose Stagg would not have been put through the ordeal that she has.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37I just feel that pursuing her through the courts
0:22:37 > 0:22:39will likely have a very bad effect
0:22:39 > 0:22:41on her mental and physical health.
0:22:42 > 0:22:47Is prosecution really in the public interest?
0:22:47 > 0:22:49As Director of Public Prosecutions,
0:22:49 > 0:22:51I have to say, I think it is.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53How things will unfold with Spector is unclear.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Prosecuting his wife sends a clear signal -
0:22:56 > 0:23:01we mean business and no-one involved will be getting off lightly.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08Sally Ann Spector miscarried in police custody.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13That's a devastating thing to happen to any woman,
0:23:13 > 0:23:14but particularly her.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Her identity is wrapped up in her children
0:23:17 > 0:23:19and those that she cares for.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23She's perceived as an angel by the parents of the babies
0:23:23 > 0:23:24she looks after in the NICU.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Now, it appears as if she's lost everything,
0:23:28 > 0:23:29her marriage,
0:23:29 > 0:23:30her work,
0:23:30 > 0:23:32her unborn child.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37She's paid a very high price for her naivety.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39I can't believe that, of all people,
0:23:39 > 0:23:43you are suggesting that we treat Sally Ann paternalistically.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47I say we move ahead with the charges
0:23:47 > 0:23:50and we can use them as leverage against Spector.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53I do think we need to bear in mind the seriousness of the offence.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01We accepted instructions on your behalf from your wife
0:24:01 > 0:24:02when you were unconscious.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06Today is an opportunity for you to say if you are happy for us
0:24:06 > 0:24:08to be representing you.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13I believe that the nature of your injuries has been explained to you?
0:24:14 > 0:24:15Yes.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19And you understand that you were in police custody when you were shot?
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Yes, but I still don't know why.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23No-one will tell me.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28An individual called James Tyler was responsible.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38I don't know who that is.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43- Why did he shoot me?- I need to get more information from the police
0:24:43 > 0:24:47before I can explain that. The more pressing issue, Mr Spector,
0:24:47 > 0:24:49is that the police have charged you
0:24:49 > 0:24:51with a number of very serious crimes.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55I mean, the most serious crimes on the Statute Book.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58What crimes?
0:24:58 > 0:24:59A series of murders.
0:25:05 > 0:25:06What sort of murders?
0:25:06 > 0:25:11With your permission, let me take you through the police charge sheet.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17All the, er...alleged crimes took place in Belfast.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22The police claim that on the 10th day of December, 2011,
0:25:22 > 0:25:25you murdered University lecturer Fiona Gallagher
0:25:25 > 0:25:27in her home before fleeing the scene.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Death by strangulation.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36That on the 15th of March, 2012,
0:25:36 > 0:25:40you murdered architect Alice Monroe in her home,
0:25:40 > 0:25:42strangling her with a ligature.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46They allege that you then washed and dried her body,
0:25:46 > 0:25:50before putting her back to bed and posing her body.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54That on the 16th of April, 2012,
0:25:54 > 0:25:58you murdered solicitor Sarah Kay in her home,
0:25:58 > 0:26:00strangling her with a ligature.
0:26:02 > 0:26:07They allege that you washed and dried Sarah's body -
0:26:07 > 0:26:09washed and dried her bedclothes...
0:26:10 > 0:26:13..painted her finger nails red,
0:26:13 > 0:26:16before posing her in her bed and taking photographs.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Sarah Kay was pregnant at the time of her death.
0:26:24 > 0:26:29That four days later, on the 20th of April, 2012...
0:26:31 > 0:26:32..you attacked and strangled
0:26:32 > 0:26:35accountant Annie Brawley in her home.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40They claim that you...
0:26:40 > 0:26:43also murdered her brother Joseph Brawley
0:26:43 > 0:26:45when he tried to defend his sister -
0:26:45 > 0:26:49stabbing him three times with some decorating shears.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51You, then, fled the scene.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Annie Brawley survived the attack.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02I don't recognise any of these people.
0:27:02 > 0:27:03I've never seen these people before.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06There's more.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10They allege that on May the 3rd,
0:27:10 > 0:27:14you abducted Rose Stagg from her home,
0:27:14 > 0:27:17imprisoned her unlawfully
0:27:17 > 0:27:19and detained her against her will.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27I know her.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Rose what, who did you say?
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Stagg.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37Perhaps you know Mrs Stagg better as Rose McGill?
0:27:39 > 0:27:40Yes.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47But I haven't seen her in the last four years or so.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50When did you last see her, do you think?
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Early summer.
0:27:55 > 0:27:562002.
0:27:58 > 0:28:012002 is ten years ago, not four.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Have you been listening to the charges, Mr Spector?
0:28:04 > 0:28:06It's May 2012.
0:28:10 > 0:28:11I'm sorry.
0:28:12 > 0:28:13I'm sorry.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19What happened to Rose?
0:28:20 > 0:28:21She's alive.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25The police say you led them to her.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28She was found in the boot of her own car.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31The police suggest you left her trapped.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Left her to die.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Why would I do that to Rose?
0:28:54 > 0:28:56WATER SPLASHES
0:29:01 > 0:29:02FAUCET SQUEAKS
0:29:05 > 0:29:08'The police say they have a confession.'
0:29:08 > 0:29:10That you made a number of admissions.
0:29:12 > 0:29:13I've, um...
0:29:13 > 0:29:15no memory of that.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17We think it makes sense for your first appearance in court
0:29:17 > 0:29:18to be as soon as possible
0:29:18 > 0:29:21because it will initiate the evidential disclosure process.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23Will you be strong enough?
0:29:25 > 0:29:26Once we are in receipt of those documents,
0:29:26 > 0:29:29we will look at the detail of that confession
0:29:29 > 0:29:31and take you through every bit of evidence against you,
0:29:31 > 0:29:35every witness statement, page by page, line by line.
0:29:36 > 0:29:37Is that all clear?
0:29:40 > 0:29:41Yes.
0:29:43 > 0:29:44Any questions?
0:29:50 > 0:29:52I just need some time for it all to sink in.
0:29:52 > 0:29:53Of course.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Do you know who that is?
0:30:03 > 0:30:05No.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08Should I?
0:30:08 > 0:30:11If any memories relevant to the case return to you,
0:30:11 > 0:30:13please contact Louise here.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17We're here to help you, Mr Spector.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21We will guide you through this.
0:30:21 > 0:30:22Thank you.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49TRAFFIC BUSTLE
0:31:10 > 0:31:12KNOCK AT DOOR
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Sorry, ma'am. Rose Stagg is here to see you.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21Set up an interview room, Dani. I'd like you to sit in.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23Of course.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32I woke to find him in bed with me.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34SHE GASPS AND SCUFFLES
0:31:34 > 0:31:37MUFFLED CRIES
0:31:37 > 0:31:39He took me downstairs,
0:31:39 > 0:31:41his hand over my mouth,
0:31:41 > 0:31:43took me into the kitchen.
0:31:46 > 0:31:47Go on.
0:31:49 > 0:31:50He used my name.
0:31:52 > 0:31:53He called me Rose.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02'I thought, perhaps, I recognised the voice.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08'He said he didn't want to hurt me or my lovely family...
0:32:10 > 0:32:12'..but that he would if I cried out.
0:32:16 > 0:32:17'And then he released me.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24'And when I turned round, I recognised him.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30'What did you think in that moment?
0:32:35 > 0:32:37'Just for a moment...
0:32:38 > 0:32:41'..I thought that maybe it would be all right.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44'That maybe it was a joke,
0:32:44 > 0:32:45'a game.'
0:33:00 > 0:33:01What did you say?
0:33:03 > 0:33:06I just said, "Peter?"
0:33:14 > 0:33:15He...
0:33:15 > 0:33:19made me dress from clothes that were hanging in the utility room.
0:33:21 > 0:33:22He made me write a note.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24He told me what to put.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29The house seemed so silent.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34The sound of the pen on the paper
0:33:34 > 0:33:36seemed really loud in my head.
0:33:37 > 0:33:38Like a whooshing.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44All I could think about was getting him out of there,
0:33:44 > 0:33:46away from Nancy.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Did you resist him at all?
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Er... I was numb.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00I didn't really struggle until he was walking me
0:34:00 > 0:34:02towards that awful building.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09I thought, "If he takes me in there...
0:34:10 > 0:34:12"..I'm going to die.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17"I'm going to be the next victim."
0:34:19 > 0:34:21That's when I tried to run.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26But he was too strong.
0:34:35 > 0:34:36He made tapes of you.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41We found edited versions of those tapes on his phone.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46You've seen them?
0:34:53 > 0:34:56He tied me to a chair.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58It was fixed to the ground.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03And he sat behind the camera, so that when I looked at him,
0:35:03 > 0:35:06I was looking directly into the lens.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10He hardly spoke, he...
0:35:12 > 0:35:13He just stared at me.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22I tried everything I could to get through to him.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28I begged him, I flattered him, I insulted him.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30I tried to provoke him, even.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34He didn't respond.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39His eyes were open, but it was like he was in a trance.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Did he sexually assault you?
0:35:45 > 0:35:46No.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49I don't think so.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54Did he perform sex acts on himself?
0:35:54 > 0:35:55Did he masturbate in front of you?
0:35:57 > 0:35:59No. Just the filming.
0:36:05 > 0:36:06Are those healing all right?
0:36:10 > 0:36:12I'm told I did it to myself.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17I have no memory of that.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20We found the broken lens from a pair of sunglasses
0:36:20 > 0:36:22in the boot of your car.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25Your blood was on them. There were no other fingerprints.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32I can't work out if it's just marks...
0:36:34 > 0:36:35..or if it's a message.
0:36:38 > 0:36:39When I first saw it...
0:36:40 > 0:36:44..it looked like an attempt to write "I love you".
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Breathe.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58ROSE GROANS
0:37:06 > 0:37:10I always thought that I wanted...
0:37:11 > 0:37:12..love and security.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16Now I just
0:37:16 > 0:37:19feel like I'm floating free...
0:37:21 > 0:37:22..in a void.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26SHE SNIFFS
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Oh...
0:37:32 > 0:37:35You have such a strong sense of purpose.
0:37:37 > 0:37:38I feel like...
0:37:38 > 0:37:41there's nothing beneath my feet right now, like...
0:37:43 > 0:37:45..nothing to steady them.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52It's as if I'm slightly drunk...!
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Rose. Rose...
0:37:58 > 0:37:59Remember...
0:38:00 > 0:38:01..you survived.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07You got through it.
0:38:10 > 0:38:11It's in the past.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30- TV:- 'Paul Spector, a 32-year-old bereavement counsellor
0:38:30 > 0:38:34'from South Belfast charged with four counts of murder
0:38:34 > 0:38:37'is due to make his first appearance in court today.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41'The four female victims, all young professional women in their 30s,
0:38:41 > 0:38:44'were attacked in their homes at night.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48'Three of those women died of manual or ligature strangulation.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51'Spector, a married man and a father of two,
0:38:51 > 0:38:55'is also charged with the attempted murder of accountant Annie Brawley
0:38:55 > 0:38:58'and the abduction and unlawful imprisonment
0:38:58 > 0:39:00'of Belfast radiologist Rose Stagg...'
0:39:17 > 0:39:19HE GROANS
0:39:19 > 0:39:21HE SIGHS
0:39:31 > 0:39:34I worry this is all too soon for you.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37I'll be fine.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51HUM OF CONVERSATION
0:39:54 > 0:39:56CAR APPROACHES
0:39:58 > 0:40:00REPORTERS MURMUR
0:40:00 > 0:40:03Are you getting this? The victims' families...
0:40:03 > 0:40:04Detective Superintendent Gibson!
0:40:04 > 0:40:07The man you have in custody, will he be appearing in court today?
0:40:07 > 0:40:09Will you be making a statement any time soon?
0:40:09 > 0:40:12Chief Superintendent, is Spector appearing in person today?
0:40:12 > 0:40:15- ENGINE TURNS - Give us an update on the condition of Rose Stagg...
0:40:32 > 0:40:34INDISTINCT CONVERSATION
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Are you ready for this?
0:40:38 > 0:40:40I'm a bit nervous, but, yeah.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Yeah, shall we head up, then?
0:40:43 > 0:40:44- How are you?- Not too bad...
0:40:58 > 0:41:00TAPE RIPS
0:41:20 > 0:41:21Stand there.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29HANDCUFFS CLINK AND JANGLE
0:41:32 > 0:41:33Look straight into that camera.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37You will be able to see the judge and the legal teams.
0:41:37 > 0:41:38Answer any questions clearly.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53HUSHED CONVERSATION
0:41:57 > 0:41:59The prosecution has suggested
0:41:59 > 0:42:01we read the shortened version of the charge.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04- Are you happy enough with that? - Yeah, that's fine.
0:42:09 > 0:42:10CLERK: All rise.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Thank you. Please sit.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26Are you ready to proceed, ma'am?
0:42:28 > 0:42:29I am.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37Mr Spector, can you see and hear the proceedings?
0:42:37 > 0:42:38Yes.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42The charges against the accused are stated as four counts of murder,
0:42:42 > 0:42:46one of attempted murder and one of abduction
0:42:46 > 0:42:49and unlawful imprisonment.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51'Can you confirm for the court that you are Peter Paul Spector?'
0:42:53 > 0:42:54Yes.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57'That your date of birth is the 25th May, 1979.'
0:42:57 > 0:42:59That's correct.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03And that you live at 64, Tiberias Drive, Belfast,
0:43:03 > 0:43:05BT6 7KM?
0:43:06 > 0:43:08'So I've been told.'
0:43:12 > 0:43:14Why is he answering in that manner?
0:43:14 > 0:43:16Ma'am, if I may.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19My client has to answer in that manner
0:43:19 > 0:43:21because he has suffered significant memory loss.
0:43:21 > 0:43:26As you no doubt know, Mr Spector was shot while in police custody.
0:43:26 > 0:43:31He lost his spleen as a result and was in a coma for some time.
0:43:31 > 0:43:33The reason he is appearing from hospital
0:43:33 > 0:43:36is that he is still being held there in intensive care.
0:43:36 > 0:43:40I have written reports from the ICU Consultant, Dr Spencer,
0:43:40 > 0:43:44and from the Consultant Neuropsychologist Dr Alison Walden,
0:43:44 > 0:43:49that explain the nature and degree of my client's disability.
0:43:49 > 0:43:54Dr Walden is approved under Part 2 of the Mental Health Order 1986.
0:43:54 > 0:43:59There's information there about the treatment Mr Spector has undergone
0:43:59 > 0:44:01and an account of his behaviour in hospital.
0:44:01 > 0:44:03The memory loss, you will see,
0:44:03 > 0:44:05covers a period of approximately six years
0:44:05 > 0:44:07up to and including
0:44:07 > 0:44:09the recent shooting.
0:44:09 > 0:44:12One of the primary foundations of criminal law
0:44:12 > 0:44:17is that all defendants are capable of actively participating
0:44:17 > 0:44:19'in their defence.
0:44:19 > 0:44:22'Mr Spector's amnesia prevents him from so doing.'
0:44:22 > 0:44:24HE PANTS
0:44:24 > 0:44:26'Whilst Mr Spector understands that he is in court
0:44:26 > 0:44:29'and charged with a number of criminal offences
0:44:29 > 0:44:31'and understands the nature and object
0:44:31 > 0:44:33'and the possible consequences of the proceedings,'
0:44:33 > 0:44:35he cannot enter a plea,
0:44:35 > 0:44:38he cannot consult with or assist his lawyer,
0:44:38 > 0:44:40he cannot give evidence in his own defence.
0:44:40 > 0:44:44On that basis, I feel I need to raise the issue of competence
0:44:44 > 0:44:47as to whether Mr Spector is fit to stand trial.
0:44:47 > 0:44:49Mr Healy, let me stop you there.
0:44:49 > 0:44:52The concerns you have raised are noted,
0:44:52 > 0:44:53but you know as well as I do
0:44:53 > 0:44:57that it's not a matter on which this court can adjudicate.
0:45:01 > 0:45:05Mr Spector, do you understand that your case must be sent
0:45:05 > 0:45:07'to Crown Court?'
0:45:07 > 0:45:08Yes.
0:45:09 > 0:45:12'Then you will be held on remand in hospital
0:45:12 > 0:45:14'until arrangements can be made
0:45:14 > 0:45:17'to transfer you to a secure psychiatric clinic
0:45:17 > 0:45:20'where more tests can be done
0:45:20 > 0:45:23'to determine the nature of your mental disability.'
0:45:23 > 0:45:25HE BREATHES RAGGEDLY
0:45:36 > 0:45:40SHOUTING AND CLAMOUR
0:45:43 > 0:45:45That's the guy who's defending the murderer!
0:45:45 > 0:45:47Mr Healy, how does it feel to be defending the Belfast Strangler?
0:45:47 > 0:45:49The ALLEGED Belfast Strangler.
0:45:49 > 0:45:52SHOUTING FADES
0:45:55 > 0:45:58- TV:- 'Dressed in a blue sweatshirt and tracksuit bottoms,
0:45:58 > 0:46:01'Mr Spector spoke only to confirm his name and date of birth
0:46:01 > 0:46:02'during the ten-minute hearing,
0:46:02 > 0:46:04'at that point proceedings took a bizarre twist
0:46:04 > 0:46:07'as it became apparent that the alleged serial killer
0:46:07 > 0:46:10'is suffering from significant memory loss.
0:46:10 > 0:46:13'Mr Spector was remanded in custody to undergo further medical
0:46:13 > 0:46:14'and psychiatric assessment.
0:46:14 > 0:46:17'Following the hearing, the public prosecution service
0:46:17 > 0:46:19'confirmed that Sally Ann Spector
0:46:19 > 0:46:22'will appear in the Crown Court on Monday 2nd July
0:46:22 > 0:46:25'to face charges of perverting the course of justice.
0:46:25 > 0:46:27'The prosecution claims that Mr Spector's wife,
0:46:27 > 0:46:30'provided her husband with false alibis.'
0:46:30 > 0:46:32SIRENS WAIL
0:46:40 > 0:46:42MOBILE RINGS
0:46:50 > 0:46:52Gibson?
0:46:52 > 0:46:54- MAN:- 'Superintendent Gibson?'
0:46:54 > 0:46:56Yes.
0:46:56 > 0:46:57'I'm August Larson.
0:46:59 > 0:47:01'I'm the consultant psychiatrist
0:47:01 > 0:47:03'who has been asked to assess Paul Spector.'
0:47:06 > 0:47:08It's an odd time to be calling, Doctor.
0:47:11 > 0:47:12Are you still working?
0:47:13 > 0:47:14'Yes.'
0:47:14 > 0:47:16Well, there you are.
0:47:17 > 0:47:19Before he's moved here,
0:47:19 > 0:47:23I need to determine the risk of violence towards himself
0:47:23 > 0:47:25and others and plan his management.
0:47:27 > 0:47:30Have you seen the list of crimes he's been charged with?
0:47:31 > 0:47:34'I received that information from the court, yes.'
0:47:38 > 0:47:41In my experience, a history of previous violence
0:47:41 > 0:47:44is the best predictor for future violence
0:47:44 > 0:47:48for someone whether they are mentally disordered or not.
0:47:48 > 0:47:53'And Paul Spector is a violent sexual sadist.'
0:48:00 > 0:48:02Why are you so kind to me?
0:48:06 > 0:48:08If I've done the things that the...
0:48:08 > 0:48:11police say I've done, then I'm a monster.
0:48:13 > 0:48:14It's my job.
0:48:20 > 0:48:22What?
0:48:24 > 0:48:27It says in your notes that there were tears in your eyes
0:48:27 > 0:48:29during your surgery.
0:48:30 > 0:48:31That you were crying.
0:48:35 > 0:48:37Was I?
0:48:39 > 0:48:42Does that mean anything to you?
0:48:46 > 0:48:47Perhaps...
0:48:49 > 0:48:51I just...
0:48:52 > 0:48:54..can't believe the memory loss is real.
0:48:56 > 0:48:59He's just the sort of person who would feign amnesia
0:48:59 > 0:49:02if he felt that there was something to be gained from it.
0:49:02 > 0:49:06'Even just for the sheer delight of duping people,
0:49:06 > 0:49:07'particularly experts.'
0:49:07 > 0:49:11- HE SCOFFS - Someone like me, for example?
0:49:12 > 0:49:15'I'm just saying that, from my conversations with him,
0:49:15 > 0:49:16'it seems to me that he exhibits,
0:49:16 > 0:49:21'if anything, a superior memory for his violence.'
0:49:21 > 0:49:25It's clear to me that he rehearsed the crimes in his mind
0:49:25 > 0:49:27over and over.
0:49:28 > 0:49:30They were heavily scripted.
0:49:30 > 0:49:34And so, the crimes themselves were memorable
0:49:34 > 0:49:36both in the way that they match the script
0:49:36 > 0:49:38and in the way that they differ.
0:49:40 > 0:49:42So, in my view, it's...
0:49:43 > 0:49:45..extremely unlikely that he has...
0:49:45 > 0:49:47'forgotten anything.'
0:49:47 > 0:49:49Faced with memory loss,
0:49:49 > 0:49:53there is only one way a clinician can go
0:49:53 > 0:49:54and that is to investigate.
0:49:56 > 0:49:58If we take him here,
0:49:58 > 0:50:01then that is what I intend to do.
0:50:01 > 0:50:02'If you have the time,
0:50:02 > 0:50:05'I'd really appreciate getting a premorbid appraisal
0:50:05 > 0:50:07'of Mr Spector from you.
0:50:07 > 0:50:10'As someone who has had extensive dealings with him.'
0:50:11 > 0:50:15Anything at all you can tell me about him would be extremely useful.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20I'll help in any way I can.
0:50:21 > 0:50:23'Thank you.
0:50:24 > 0:50:25'Good night.'
0:50:27 > 0:50:28Good night.
0:50:41 > 0:50:43- SPECTOR:- 'Everything went dark.'
0:50:44 > 0:50:47And did time seem to speed up or slow down?
0:50:49 > 0:50:50It sped up.
0:50:52 > 0:50:54I was rushing through a tunnel.
0:50:57 > 0:51:00And did you see or feel surrounded by a brilliant light?
0:51:01 > 0:51:04- There was a light. - Can you describe it?
0:51:07 > 0:51:10- Incredibly bright. Blinding. - And hot?
0:51:11 > 0:51:13No, not hot.
0:51:15 > 0:51:18Did you come to a border or a point of no return?
0:51:22 > 0:51:24There was a point. Um...
0:51:24 > 0:51:26I felt I could have gone on.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30But there were voices calling me back.
0:51:30 > 0:51:32What voices?
0:51:33 > 0:51:34My daughter.
0:51:34 > 0:51:36Olivia.
0:52:04 > 0:52:07'And was there anyone else there known to you,
0:52:07 > 0:52:08'living or dead?'
0:52:10 > 0:52:11Yes.
0:52:11 > 0:52:12Who?
0:52:18 > 0:52:19I think my mother.
0:52:21 > 0:52:22And what happened?
0:52:25 > 0:52:27How did you feel in her presence?
0:52:35 > 0:52:37Afraid.
0:52:38 > 0:52:40Did she speak to you?
0:52:43 > 0:52:44She was calling me.
0:52:46 > 0:52:49I think she wanted me to come to her.
0:52:50 > 0:52:51Towards the light.
0:52:52 > 0:52:55But there was other voices.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57My daughter calling me back.
0:53:01 > 0:53:03And did you want to come back to your body?
0:53:03 > 0:53:05Come back to life?
0:53:10 > 0:53:11No.
0:53:14 > 0:53:16But I couldn't just abandon her.
0:53:18 > 0:53:19Is that when you cried?
0:53:25 > 0:53:26Hey.
0:53:35 > 0:53:37Drink it all up.
0:53:42 > 0:53:43Good girl.
0:54:20 > 0:54:22You came close with dying.
0:54:25 > 0:54:28What do you now understand death to be?
0:54:28 > 0:54:30What does death mean to you now?
0:54:34 > 0:54:35I know that life
0:54:35 > 0:54:37is our only true possession.
0:54:40 > 0:54:41And death?
0:54:50 > 0:54:52- ANDERSON:- 'I've found a murder that looks promising.'
0:54:52 > 0:54:55Really? The right initials?
0:54:55 > 0:54:56That's not the connection.
0:54:56 > 0:54:59A law student. Susan Harper.
0:55:00 > 0:55:01Do you think she looks right?
0:55:02 > 0:55:05- Yes, absolutely. Just a bit younger.- 21.
0:55:05 > 0:55:09The only problem is there is someone doing time for it.
0:55:09 > 0:55:12It's an individual called David Alvarez.
0:55:12 > 0:55:15I remembered I saw his name yesterday on the list of children
0:55:15 > 0:55:18who were in Gortnacull at the same time as Spector.
0:55:18 > 0:55:19So, I've done some digging.
0:55:19 > 0:55:22And they are one and the same.
0:55:22 > 0:55:24The David Alvarez who's doing time for the murder
0:55:24 > 0:55:26is the same David Alvarez
0:55:26 > 0:55:29who was a fellow pupil of Spector's at the home.
0:55:29 > 0:55:30Why was Alvarez convicted?
0:55:30 > 0:55:33His DNA on her body.
0:55:33 > 0:55:36A subsequent confession.
0:55:36 > 0:55:37That's pretty conclusive.
0:55:39 > 0:55:40What year is this?
0:55:40 > 0:55:43August 2002.
0:55:44 > 0:55:46In London.
0:55:47 > 0:55:50Now, there's a gap in Spector's time-line.
0:55:51 > 0:55:55We don't know where he was or what he was doing.
0:55:56 > 0:55:58No, we don't.
0:57:06 > 0:57:09SEA SWELLS AND BREAKS
0:57:25 > 0:57:27I'll see you in the morning.
0:57:27 > 0:57:29Try and get some sleep.
0:57:39 > 0:57:40I'll pray for you.