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-Secrets...

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-..lies...

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-..deceit...

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-..violence.

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-Every criminal case is a distinct

-challenge for the detective.

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-To discover the truth, they need

-patience and curiosity.

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-Tonight, I go back to the 1990s...

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-..to investigate the murder

-of a woman in Carmarthenshire.

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-We knew straightaway that a serious

-crime had been committed...

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-..and that a woman had been killed.

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-Dyfed Powys police detectives

-raced to catch the killer...

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-..who was at large

-in a close-knit community.

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-Everyone was stunned to discover

-that a local person was responsible.

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-Bancyfelin, near Carmarthen.

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-On Thursday, 21 June 1990...

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-..a local farmer

-made a shocking discovery.

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-Bill Davies, a farmer

-from the Bancyfelin area...

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-..was out in his Land Rover checking

-on his cattle and sheep.

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-Just before 10.00pm last night...

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-..he came across a red Metro

-parked in a lane...

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-..about a quarter of a mile

-down this road.

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-Uncle Bill used to check

-on the stock late at night.

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-He used to go into the top field

-and drive through the fields...

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-..and come out

-at the bottom of the valley.

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-When he got to the lane at the

-bottom, a car was parked there.

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-When he looked inside the car,

-there was someone in there.

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-A woman was lying

-on the back seat of the car.

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-She was dead.

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-The farmer went to a nearby house

-to telephone the police.

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-It was a surprise to everyone.

-It was quite frightening.

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-This is a quiet, rural area.

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-A detective from Dyfed Powys Police

-was called in to inspect the scene.

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-There was a woman's body

-in the back of the Metro.

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-She had sustained very serious

-head injuries.

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-It was also very likely that

-she had been sexually assaulted.

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-It was a very unusual occurrence

-for this area.

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-It's a very quiet area

-with a very low crime rate.

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-We knew straightaway that a serious

-crime had been committed...

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-..and that a woman had been killed.

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-At around the same time

-as the farmer's 999 call...

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-..police received another call

-from the village.

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-We received a call from Dr Alan Simm

-who said that his wife...

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-..had gone to Cardiff in the morning

-at about 7.30am...

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-..and had not returned home.

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-When he told us her car registration

-number, we quickly realized that...

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-..the person in the car

-was his wife, Jane Simm.

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-Jane Amanda Simm was 29 years old...

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-..and was married to biochemist,

-Dr Alan Simm.

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-The couple lived at Brynderi Farm

-on the outskirts of Bancyfelin...

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-..a quarter of a mile from

-where Jane's body was found.

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-The couple had moved from

-Hertfordshire to Carmarthenshire...

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-..in September 1988.

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-Alan was a Biology tutor

-to local students...

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-..at his own laboratory

-on the farm.

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-Jane was a horse riding instructor

-in St Clears.

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-Alan Simm was in shock and said

-that he had moved to the country...

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-..in order to live a quiet life.

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-According to Dr Simm, the last time

-he saw his wife was that morning...

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-..when she left the farm

-to go shopping in Cardiff.

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-He was shocked at losing his wife...

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-..especially under such

-difficult circumstances.

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-He couldn't believe

-that someone like his wife...

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-..had lost her life

-in such circumstances.

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-Friday. The morning after

-the body was found.

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-A forensic team and police dogs

-began searching for clues.

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-Police officers and dogs

-are here again today...

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-..searching the fields and hedges...

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-..for the weapon used

-to kill Mrs Simm.

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-The red Metro was also examined

-for any evidence of the attack.

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-There was damage

-to the front of the car.

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-It had a roof rack

-and the number is D849 WFL.

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-Detectives needed to find out

-Jane's last movements...

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-..after she left the farm.

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-They needed witnesses

-who might have seen her.

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-So, the team began making enquiries

-in the nearby villages.

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-The following morning,

-the priority was...

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-..to carry out

-house-to-house enquiries.

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-We needed to find out her movements

-and whether anyone had seen her.

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-For example, if her husband said

-she'd set off for Cardiff...

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-..had the police seen the car

-or stopped her and spoken to her.

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-But they were unsuccessful.

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-No-one had seen Jane Simm that day.

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-Instinct told the detectives

-that something wasn't right.

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-People in rural areas tend to notice

-and remember what goes on.

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-That was one of Dyfed Powys'

-strengths.

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-We gained so much information from

-the house-to-house enquiries.

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-Jane Simm had not been seen

-in public since 5.30pm...

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-..on the day before she disappeared.

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-The police turned to the press

-to appeal for information.

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-It's very important that we appeal

-to the public...

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-..and ask them to think back

-to last Thursday...

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-..because we have no idea where Mrs

-Simm went after leaving the house...

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-..at 7.30am, until her body was

-found on the Thursday evening.

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-They recreated her final movements.

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-She was wearing clothes similar

-to those exhibited this morning...

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-..by police officer, Ann Lewis -

-sunglasses, green wellingtons...

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-..and dark blue clothing

-with the words...

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-..Hallingbury Hall Equestrian Centre

-on her sweatshirt.

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-Police are keen to talk to anyone

-who saw Mrs Simm...

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-..or her car last Thursday.

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-A poster campaign was launched

-to appeal for information.

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-While the detectives were looking

-for witnesses...

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-..more evidence was forthcoming

-from the pathologist.

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-Jane Simm had suffered internal

-and external injuries...

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-..including a fractured skull, after

-being beaten with a heavy weapon.

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-But, although her body had been

-found in the car half naked...

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-..there was no evidence

-of a sexual assault.

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-They now suspected that someone had

-deliberately undressed her.

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-It looked like it had been staged,

-from very early on.

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-Neither was there any evidence that

-Jane had left the farm that day.

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-Although her husband said that

-she'd gone shopping in Cardiff.

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-It was very difficult to believe.

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-It wasn't something she usually did.

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-She hardly ever left her home.

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-She loved looking after her horses.

-She didn't go shopping very often.

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-At the start, we didn't believe it.

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-The biggest challenge was to try

-and prove it.

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-They began to question

-her husband's story.

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-Detectives suspected that the answer

-lay closer to home.

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-In June, 1990...

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-..after Jane Simm's body was

-discovered in Carmarthenshire...

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-..the police were desperately

-searching for her killer.

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-Detectives decided to look more

-closely at the married couple...

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-..and delve into their backgrounds.

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-Jane and Alan Simm married

-in May 1989...

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-..in the village of Sawbridgeworth

-in Hertfordshire.

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-She was extremely happy.

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-She thought the world

-of her husband.

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-Three weeks before Jane's

-disappearance...

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-..the couple had celebrated their

-first wedding anniversary...

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-..at the Fox and Hounds pub

-in Bancyfelin.

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-Dr and Mrs Simm came in for a meal

-one Friday evening.

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-Dr Simm asked to book a table

-for the Sunday evening.

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-It was their anniversary.

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-He specifically wanted a table in

-the corner, quite a romantic table.

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-He was most insistent

-on having that table.

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-Julie Davies still remembers that

-bank holiday evening...

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-..and the booking of a specific

-table by the fire.

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-It was a Saturday. It was going to

-be a very busy evening for us.

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-It was a table that sat six...

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-..so my husband was a bit reluctant

-to give up this table...

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-..for just two people

-for the whole evening.

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-But Dr Simm was so adamant

-that he wanted that table...

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-..and he was prepared

-to pay extra for it.

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-In the end, they were regular

-customers...

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-..so Mike gave them the table

-for the evening.

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-We didn't know who had murdered her.

-It could have been anybody.

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-It was quite scary.

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-People were quite nervous

-and shocked...

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-..that something like that

-could happen...

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-..in our sleepy little Bancyfelin,

-our lovely little community.

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-Dr Alan Simm offered Biology lessons

-from home.

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-On the day of his wife's

-disappearance...

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-..three school pupils had been there

-for hours for a practical tutorial.

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-To the detectives,

-they were now witnesses.

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-He was a very knowledgeable person.

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-He was quite formal. Perhaps not

-a person you'd share a joke with.

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-He could be quite intense at times.

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-I knew that he wanted me

-to do well in my exams.

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-He was always pushing me

-to work hard...

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-..to make sure I did well.

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-That morning,

-Dr Simm had telephoned Eurgain...

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-..to ask her to come over later than

-they had originally arranged.

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-When she arrived, there was nothing

-out of place at the farm...

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-..and her tutor appeared as usual.

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-But, he disappeared for a while

-at lunchtime.

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-He went to make us a glass

-of squash.

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-We thought he'd just gone

-to the house to make it...

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-..and he'd be back

-in about five minutes...

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-..but I remember that he was gone

-for quite a long time.

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-We wondered what he was doing.

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-Detectives began to suspect

-the husband's story.

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-As they probed further...

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-..the came across something they

-thought was a motive for murder.

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-After investigating the couple's

-financial affairs...

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-..detectives discovered

-that they had large debts...

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-..and that Jane Simm had a life

-insurance policy worth 100,000.

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-When they conducted a detailed

-examination of the house...

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-..they discovered suspicious notes

-in Alan Simm's handwriting.

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-It was written in code.

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-It seemed to be arrangements

-for giving her drugs.

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-The notes included the words

-'the final plan'.

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-It also included the letters JDCD.

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-Police believed that it may have

-stood for Jane Deceased.

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-There was a reference to

-an anaesthetic drug called ether...

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-..and the symbol for the chemical,

-potassium chloride, KCL.

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-The detectives were confident...

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-..that this showed that Alan Simm

-had planned to kill his wife.

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-In addition, we found clothes

-and other things...

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-..that had been burned

-in the garden.

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-On the clothes that had been burned,

-we found blood.

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-We were focusing more and more

-on the possibility...

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-..that her husband was part of it.

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-On June 27, six days after Jane Simm

-was found...

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-..her husband was arrested

-and charged with her murder.

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-A crowd of about 300 people gathered

-in the main square in Carmarthen...

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-..to see Dr Alan Simm,

-a bearded man with glasses...

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-..arrive in handcuffs

-at the court hearing.

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-He denied killing his wife.

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-But, on his way to court

-one morning...

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-..Dr Simm made

-an astounding confession...

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-..to the warden escorting him there.

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-The warden asked him

-what he had done.

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-He said he'd killed his wife, but

-that the police didn't know that...

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-..and that they weren't going

-to find out...

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-..because they didn't have

-enough evidence.

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-I think he thought that the warden

-wouldn't say anything to the police.

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-But the confession

-became key evidence...

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-..when the trial began in May 1991.

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-Alan Simm pleaded not guilty to

-murder, but guilty to manslaughter.

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-He told the court...

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-..that his relationship

-with his wife was under pressure...

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-..and that he'd lost control that

-morning after a blazing row.

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-He'd struck her head

-against a stone wall.

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-During his three days in the dock...

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-..Alan Simm said he was at the end

-of his tether with the marriage...

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-..and that he'd intended to leave

-his wife that day...

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-..to start a new life.

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-He insisted that her death

-was an accident.

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-But the prosecution argued

-that his wife's injuries...

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-..proved that it was his clear

-intention to kill her.

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-If he'd hit her once

-and she'd fallen...

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-..that's possible

-in the heat of the moment.

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-But he carried on.

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-He could have called the police

-and told them...

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-..that he'd rowed with his wife,

-that he'd hit her and she'd died.

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-That he hadn't meant to do it.

-But that wasn't what he did.

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-The prosecution also alleged that

-he'd had a plan to kill her...

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-..before that morning.

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-He was questioned about the notes

-that had been found in his house...

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-..referring to the chemicals,

-ether and potassium chloride.

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-Simm admitted that he'd intended

-drugging his wife...

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-..in order to stop her heart,

-as his notes showed.

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-But, although he had the chemicals

-ready in his laboratory...

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-..he changed his mind.

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-These were his words to the court.

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-"I was shocked and confused

-that I couldn't do it."

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-"I hadn't been expecting that."

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-After hearing eight days

-of evidence...

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-..the jury had to make a decision.

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-Was this manslaughter or murder?

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-The jury delivered its verdict.

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-It was unanimous.

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-They had decided that Alan Simm was

-guilty of murdering his wife...

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-..and the judge jailed him for life.

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-The murder of Jane Simm shook the

-people in the neighbouring villages.

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-It was a terrible shock.

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-To think that people didn't know

-what had been going on.

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-Then to find out that she'd been

-murdered by her own husband!

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-An intelligent, knowledgeable man

-like Dr Simm.

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-He was a very able man.

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-It was quite a shock.

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-The landlord of the village pub

-was also in shock.

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-He felt that Alan Simm had deceived

-him the whole time.

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-We were a bit shell-shocked

-and upset...

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-..to think that we'd been part

-of his charade.

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-Part of this front

-that he was portraying...

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-..of being the wonderful,

-loyal, devoted husband.

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-And that we'd been taken in by that.

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-As a 17-year-old pupil, Eurgain had

-been having a lesson at Brynderi...

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-..hours after Dr Simm murdered

-his wife.

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-She may even have been there while

-he was getting rid of the evidence.

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-It didn't sink in at the time,

-what exactly had happened.

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-I couldn't quite work out...

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-..how someone like that

-could have done such a thing.

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-On the outside, the couple's life

-seemed perfect.

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-But there was a hidden side

-to their relationship.

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-According to detectives...

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-..the majority of murders take place

-within a marriage or relationship.

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-It's very unusual

-to have a murder...

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-..between people

-who don't know each other.

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-At the start of an investigation...

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-..you have to look carefully at the

-people closest to the murder victim.

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-Dr Alan Simm was an able man.

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-He thought that he could hide

-his diabolical crime.

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-The way he'd hidden the body,

-moved the car...

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-..and the story he'd given out

-about her going to Cardiff.

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-But, bit by bit, Dyfed Powys

-detectives unpicked his plan...

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-..and revealed the truth.

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