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-In a murder case...

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-..it's a race against time

-to find out what happened.

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-Where, why and who's responsible?

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-Tonight, the race to find two

-killers who tried to evade capture.

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-The first fled after shooting

-a farmer in Llanddewi Brefi.

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-The other was a schizophrenic

-who killed a mother in the capital.

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-I hear how the culprit claimed to

-be a character from a horror movie.

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-I knew he was dangerous. I knew it.

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-Soar y Mynydd...

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-..one of Wales' most famous

-and remotest chapels.

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-But in January 1983...

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-..this rural community

-was in mourning...

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-..when the chapel's treasurer

-was murdered.

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-The previous night, many

-of Llanddewi Brefi's residents...

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-..were enjoying a pint

-at the Foelallt Arms.

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-Among them was a bachelor...

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-..who'd called in on his way home

-from his sister's house.

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-At closing time,

-John Hughes Williams...

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-..returned to Brynambor,

-his isolated sheep farm.

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-The following morning,

-when a local farmer called by...

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-..there was no sign of Williams.

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-He and another neighbour

-began searching for him.

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-John was found in a bedroom

-at the far end of the house.

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-It was obvious that someone

-had broken into the house...

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-..and come across John.

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-When neighbours

-came to look for him...

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-..they gained entry

-and found his body in a bedroom.

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-John Williams

-had been shot five times...

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-..but no gun had been left

-and no trace of the killer.

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-Everyone feels very sad about

-what's happened to John Williams.

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-He was well liked.

-I'm unaware of any enemies he had.

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-The story reached the village...

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-..that he'd been shot

-and it affected everyone.

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-No-one knew what to say.

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-No-one believed it could happen

-to someone like John.

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-He was a decent man...

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-..and a good friend.

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-As treasurer

-of Soar y Mynydd Chapel...

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-..he was a pillar of the community.

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-More than 1,000 mourners

-paid their respects at his funeral.

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-He was a very sweet man.

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-He was one of the happiest men

-in Wales, by his own admission.

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-He lived in what he called paradise.

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-Police found fingerprints

-on a piece of paper at Brynambor.

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-They matched the fingerprints

-of a former criminal.

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-Richard Anthony Gambrell.

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-He'd been to the farmhouse before.

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-A crime was committed here

-six years previously...

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-..in which a gun was stolen.

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-The individual under suspicion...

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-..had a tendency to

-return to places he'd been before.

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-Straightaway,

-Gambrell became the prime suspect.

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-Richard Anthony Gambrell

-came from Hampshire.

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-He found work in the area

-as a shepherd in the late '70s.

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-He soon

-came to the police's attention...

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-..when he stole a two-barrel shotgun

-from Brynambor farm...

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-..and when he held two pensioners

-hostage in Rhandirmwyn.

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-He came back time and time again.

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-I don't know why but he'd developed

-a kind of obsession with the area.

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-Armed police came to Llanddewi Brefi

-to hunt for Gambrell.

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-If he was the culprit...

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-..it was feared he might kill again.

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-As an 18-year-old young man...

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-..Emyr Lake was among those

-who helped in the manhunt.

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-It was feared that Gambrell

-was loose on the mountain...

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-..in possession of a gun.

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-People were in a panic.

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-Police made regular calls

-to every farm.

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-Residents had a secret code

-to confirm everyone was safe.

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-Two policewomen phoned the farms...

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-..every half an hour or hour.

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-As long as everyone gave the code,

-it was fine.

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-If there was no answer, armed

-police were sent to the farms...

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-..to make sure residents were safe

-and everything was OK.

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-But the fear was too much

-for some families on the mountain.

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-Many families have moved out

-of their mountain homes.

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-12 farmers have left their homes

-between Llanddewi and Rhandirmwyn.

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-Soon, it emerged

-that Richard Anthony Gambrell...

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-..had fled over the hills

-to Llanwrtyd Wells.

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-He'd been staying in a hotel

-under a false name to evade capture.

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-Police found

-his fingerprints there...

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-..and in a nearby phone kiosk.

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-These fingerprints

-were key to the investigation.

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-For decades, fingerprints

-have been vital in crime detection.

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-I visited the

-North Wales Police's laboratory...

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-..to discover

-how they analyse fingerprints.

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-We have items

-recovered from crime scenes here.

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-We're going to treat them

-with a chemical called Ninhydrin.

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-It reacts with the amino acids...

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-..from the fingerprints.

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-When we've examined

-and marked up the fingerprints...

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-..we take photographs

-to be used as evidence.

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-The next step is to put these items

-in the oven for six minutes...

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-..for them to develop in the heat.

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-The police's ability to collect

-fingerprints has evolved.

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-Sophisticated techniques

-are now used.

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-This is a superglue cabinet,

-and with non-porous items...

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-..we put them in this cabinet...

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-..and put superglue

-in this small foil tray.

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-It heats up and the superglue

-evaporates in the cabinet...

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-..and then it reacts

-with the fingerprints...

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-..to create white fingerprints.

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-This torch

-was left at the crime scene...

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-..so we want to see

-if there are fingerprints on it.

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-We're checking the batteries for

-fingerprints as well as the torch.

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-MACHINE BEEPS

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-Here are the items.

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-These techniques weren't available

-to Dyfed-Powys Police in the '80s.

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-But the fingerprints...

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-..Gambrell left

-at Brynambor and Llanwrtyd...

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-..were enough

-to lead detectives to the killer.

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-But they were too late.

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-Gambrell had fled by train

-from Llandrindod Wells to England.

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-In Hampshire, he contacted a former

-schoolteacher to arrange a meeting.

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-But he, in turn,

-phoned the police...

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-..and Richard Anthony Gambrell

-was arrested...

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-..and transported back to Wales.

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-Gambrell pleaded

-not guilty to the murder.

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-He claimed he'd gone to Brynambor

-to shelter, thinking it was empty...

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-..and shot John Williams

-in self-defence.

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-But the local residents

-didn't believe him.

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-Outside the court in Lampeter,

-a crowd of people...

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-..wanted justice

-for John Williams and his family.

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-CROWD BOOS

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-It was described as a lynch mob.

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-I don't think it was that

-but it was the people's way...

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-..of showing they were glad

-that he'd been caught.

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-CROWD BOOS

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-Richard Anthony Gambrell

-was found guilty...

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-..and sentenced to

-a minimum of 20 years in prison.

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-People still don't understand why

-he killed John Williams that night.

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-Years later...

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-..a curious detective visited him...

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-..in a Durham prison.

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-What was it like,

-visiting Gambrell in prison?

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-It was quite frightening.

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-When I walked in the room...

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-..there were five wardens his side

-of the table to keep him in line.

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-The first thing he said to me was,

-"I know you."

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-I'd escorted him

-into custody back in '77.

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-He'd promised

-to tell John's sister...

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-..the whereabouts

-of the money and gun.

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-But he was completely unreasonable

-and refused to co-operate.

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-According to John Lewis...

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-..Gambrell has sent letters to

-the area's residents from his cell.

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-Are you worried that Gambrell

-might be released one day?

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-We've never recovered the gun,

-which is a worry.

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-When he's released,

-he might return to the gun.

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-Who knows if he'll come back?

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-It is a worry, but hopefully he'll

-spend the rest of his life in jail.

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-If Gambrell is ever released...

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-..it's feared he may return

-to seek revenge on the community.

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-For now, he remains behind bars.

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-The residents of Llanddewi-Brefi

-and the Dyfed-Powys detectives...

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-..ensured justice for John Williams,

-the amiable man from Brynambor.

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-30 years later...

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-..another dangerous man fled

-across the hills of South Wales.

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-A schizophrenic

-with blood on his hands.

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-Every case poses a

-different challenge for detectives.

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-When a woman was murdered in 2010...

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-..understanding the killer...

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-..was a huge psychological challenge

-for South Wales' detectives.

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-North Cardiff.

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-It was here, in the Thornhill area,

-that Karen Welsh lived.

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-At 52, this mother of two...

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-..spent most of her career

-as a healthcare worker.

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-Karen was a nurse,

-she worked at the CRI...

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-..in the haemodialysis unit.

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-She was dealing

-with personal problems...

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-..and was being treated

-at Whitchurch psychiatric hospital.

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-Karen Welsh

-suffered with depression.

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-One Monday morning in March...

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-..she failed to attend

-her appointment at the hospital.

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-The following morning,

-police went to her house...

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-..and found her body.

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-She was lying in a pool of blood.

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-Her wrist had been slashed but

-there was no knife beside her...

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-..or any weapon that could've

-inflicted that injury upon her.

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-Looking around the room...

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-..there were spots of blood

-on the skirting board.

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-The house phone

-had been pulled out of its socket.

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-There was blood on the door frame...

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-..and on the handle

-of the conservatory door...

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-..leading out to the garden.

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-It was obvious

-a crime had been committed.

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-Karen had

-also sustained a head injury...

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-..and her wrists were bleeding.

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-Whilst making enquiries, police

-were given the name of a man...

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-..she'd met at the hospital

-during her treatment.

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-She'd met a man

-by the name of Kevin Astley.

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-He'd changed his name

-to John Constantine.

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-He'd spent a fortnight

-at Whitchurch Hospital back in 2009.

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-John Michael Constantine

-was 33 years old.

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-He'd spent 12 days in hospital

-for a psychiatric evaluation.

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-But after being diagnosed

-with a personality disorder...

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-..he was discharged.

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-John Constantine was homeless...

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-..after leaving Cardiff's YMCA.

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-He often slept here,

-in the grounds of Castell Coch.

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-He changed his name from

-Kevin Astley to John Constantine...

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-..after Keanu Reeves' character

-in the movie, Constantine.

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-Keanu Reeves' character

-hears voices...

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-..and thinks he can heal people

-by touching them...

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-..and influence people's lives.

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-A week before

-her body was discovered...

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-..Karen Welsh told her daughter...

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-..she'd offered Constantine

-a room in her house.

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-He was just a very strange man.

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-I was frightened of him.

-I found him intimidating.

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-I knew something bad

-was going to happen.

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-It was to the point where

-I was starting to upset her.

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-I remember the conversation ending.

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-She said, "I've got to go

-and have my dinner now."

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-That was the last time

-I ever spoke to her.

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-During the manhunt...

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-..police questioned the family

-about the fugitive.

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-They showed me a picture of John

-and asked me if I knew who he was.

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-At the time,

-we thought it was suicide.

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-The police came

-to my auntie's house...

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-..and said they were

-launching a murder enquiry.

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-But John Constantine

-had disappeared.

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-Police were worried that there was

-a very dangerous man on the run.

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-The next step was to find him

-and discover his whereabouts.

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-We thought he was going

-to do something to someone else.

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-It was vital that we found him.

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-He fled from Cardiff

-on Karen's bike.

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-The police found the bike on the way

-up to Caerphilly Mountain.

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-On the bike were a pair of gloves...

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-..and what looked like blood

-on the frame.

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-Scene-of-crime officers went there.

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-From doing an examination

-of the bike...

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-..we knew it was

-Karen Welsh's blood on the bike.

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-When we checked with the bank...

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-..he'd used the cashpoint

-in Caerphilly.

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-After that,

-we didn't know where he was.

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-John Constantine

-was assigned a probation officer...

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-..after attacking a farmer in Usk.

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-The police

-retrieved his mobile phone number.

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-At first he didn't answer the calls.

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-Later, he replied via text message.

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-He was asking questions.

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-He asked us

-why we needed a statement.

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-In his eyes, murder was murder.

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-He'd murdered her and he

-explained how he'd killed her.

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-As the text messaging went on

-for more than an hour...

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-..he handed himself in

-at Newtown police station.

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-It wasn't suicide at all.

-He'd killed her.

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-I broke down and I said, "It's him.

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-"I knew he was dangerous.

-I knew it."

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-And I was right.

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-At Cardiff Crown Court...

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-..Constantine

-denied murdering Karen Welsh...

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-..but pleaded guilty

-to manslaughter...

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-..by diminished responsibility.

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-Concerns were raised

-about his original diagnosis...

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-..at Whitchurch Hospital.

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-In court, the judge said that the

-hospital's diagnosis was wrong...

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-..and that the killing was linked

-to an abnormality of mind.

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-The court accepted that he suffered

-from paranoid schizophrenia.

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-He was sent to a maximum-security

-hospital indefinitely.

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-At first,

-I wanted it to be murder.

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-He'd be locked away

-for a life sentence...

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-..but I met him

-and I knew he wasn't right.

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-If I could tell it, surely

-medical professionals could tell it.

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-This way, at least he's

-not just going to go to prison...

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-..and come out and still be unwell

-and potentially hurt someone else.

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-He's going to get treatment.

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-A report into the case

-confirmed that John Constantine...

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-..was released

-from Whitchurch Hospital...

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-..with no future plans to

-evaluate him again or treat him.

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-There were calls

-for better communication...

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-..between the probation service,

-police and hospitals...

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-..and better care for people

-with personality disorders.

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-Mistakes happen,

-I understand that...

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-..but it's important

-they learn from them.

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-They need to

-look at the recommendations...

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-..act on them...

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-..and make sure

-this doesn't happen again.

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-It was a very sad investigation.

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-Karen Welsh was a professional

-and people thought a lot of her.

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-It's sad that she met someone

-like John Constantine...

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-..who manipulated her.

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-This was a sad case for everyone.

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-For the detectives

-and for the psychological experts...

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-..who came into contact

-with Constantine.

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-More than that, it was a devastating

-loss for Karen Welsh's family.

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-It's horrendous. My mum did have

-some problems, she wasn't well.

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-But she was

-still the person I went to...

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-..when something good or bad

-happened, and now she's not there.

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-There are times

-when it just hits you like a train.

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-We're going to remain scarred as

-a family for the rest of our lives.

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