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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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-I'm Mali Harries. I want to learn

-more about a detective's work.

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-The scrutiny and analysis.

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-The interrogation and psychology.

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-Tonight on Y Ditectif,

-one of the most terrifying cases...

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-..in Welsh criminal history.

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-The murder

-of a 90-year-old widow on Anglesey.

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-An awful case, an unique case.

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-We didn't know

-who could do such a thing.

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-I review the forensic evidence

-which led police to the killer.

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-This time, the killer isn't

-the only one under the microscope...

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-..but also the detectives

-who caught him...

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-..and their relentless work

-to discover the truth.

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-November 2001.

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-It was a cold night on Anglesey.

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-Unbeknownst to the people

-of Llanfairpwll...

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-..a murderer was walking

-along the village's streets.

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-By the following morning...

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-..he had killed a widow in her home.

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-On Sunday afternoon, North Wales

-police detectives were informed...

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-..that an elderly lady

-had died in Llanfairpwll.

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-I reached this location

-during that afternoon...

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-..to be told that neighbours

-had entered the house...

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-..to see how she was.

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-They discovered a window

-in the back door had been smashed.

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-They then contacted the police.

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-The police arrived and discovered

-a body inside the house.

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-It was Sunday afternoon.

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-Two of us were working

-in this office, and an editor.

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-A member of the public

-contacted us to tell us...

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-..about a heavy police presence

-outside a house in Llanfairpwll.

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-The caller suggested we investigate

-what had happened, so we did.

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-We were informed

-that a body had been found.

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-There was an unspoken suggestion...

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-..that this was

-a serious and unusual case.

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-Mabel Leyshon. A 90-year-old

-pensioner who lived in the house.

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-It became apparent that her death

-was neither natural or accidental.

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-She had been murdered.

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-She'd been stabbed countless times.

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-Then, as is the case now...

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-..the murder

-of elderly people isn't common...

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-..but when it does happen,

-it shocks the local community.

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-The story spread like wildfire

-around the village...

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-..that a murder had been committed.

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-A quiet lady

-who kept herself to herself.

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-When I would see her, I'd say,

-"Hello, how are you?" That's all.

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-We didn't know

-who could do such a thing...

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-..and why would they do it.

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-An elderly lady, 90 years old...

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-..murdered in her home.

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-Who would do such a thing?

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-I worked on the case

-from the very first day.

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-At the time, I lived in the village.

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-It was apparent that it affected

-the whole community.

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-You didn't see people

-walking along the streets anymore.

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-The community was gripped with fear

-at the time.

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-The community of Llanfairpwll

-was in shock.

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-The elderly

-refused to leave their homes...

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-..residents locked their doors.

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-There was genuine fear that

-the murderer would strike again.

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-After a forensic investigation...

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-..chilling details about the murder

-were released.

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-The injuries are probably

-the worst I've seen in my career.

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-It's very important

-we catch this person...

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-..as soon as we possibly can.

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-The murderer had used a knife

-to stab her 22 times...

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-..before opening her chest

-and removing her heart.

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-We discovered

-that her heart had been removed.

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-It had been wrapped in newspaper,

-placed on a plate...

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-..and blood had been poured

-into a saucepan.

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-When we discovered the imprint

-of a lip on the saucepan...

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-..that sent a chill

-through the team.

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-What were we dealing with?

-Who are we dealing with?

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-Has someone

-tried to drink her blood?

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-The police started searching

-for a person...

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-..who was interested

-in the occult or vampirism.

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-As detectives at the time...

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-..we didn't believe

-in vampires, Dracula.

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-It was pure fiction,

-films we'd watched as children.

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-For some people, and when

-we investigated it further...

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-..many people believed

-these things were a reality.

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-The murderer placed two pokers

-at her feet...

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-..to make the shape of a cross.

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-A candlestick had been placed

-on the carpet and the mantelpiece.

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-I took a phone call from someone who

-wasn't close to the investigation...

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-..but did know some of the details.

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-He told me that the devil

-had visited Llanfairpwll that day.

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-It was so horrific,

-it was unbelievable.

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-Nothing of this kind had ever

-happened in the United kingdom.

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-We contacted the FBI.

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-From their database

-of thousands of murders...

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-..there wasn't one in 200l

-where the heart had been removed.

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-Answers were needed

-as soon as possible.

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-This police video showed how the

-murderer had broken into the house.

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-There were key forensic clues

-inside and outside the house.

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-On the way out...

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-..he'd left droplets of sweat,

-or something similar...

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-..in Mabel Leyshon's blood on the

-windowsill as you left the house.

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-Shoe prints were also discovered.

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-One was very evident

-on the patio stones...

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-..as you entered

-the rear of the property.

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-Over time, the footprint became

-more apparent on the patio stones...

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-..as moss grew on the surface...

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-..to reveal a clearer pattern

-of the shoe.

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-It matched the footprint found

-on broken glass in the house...

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-..where the murderer had stood.

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-The investigation centred

-on identifying the type of shoe...

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-..and who had worn the shoe.

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-If detectives could find the shoe...

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-..they were hopeful of finding

-the murderer.

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-There was a database

-relating to footwear...

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-..so we consulted the database,

-we travelled across North Wales...

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-..and visited every shoe shop.

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-Whoever had worn that shoe...

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-..was more than likely the murderer.

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-We had to track down the murderer...

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-..and find the murderer

-as soon as possible.

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-There was an underlying feeling...

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-..that the murderer

-could strike again in the village.

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-In the case

-of Mabel Leyshon's murder...

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-..the strongest piece of evidence...

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-..was the murderer's shoe prints.

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-But what kind of shoe was it

-and who wore it?

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-I'm on my way

-to a forensics laboratory...

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-..that has helped British police

-to solve criminal cases.

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-Forensic techniques

-are constantly evolving.

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-From fingerprints to

-the smallest fibres on our clothes.

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-It's becoming harder for criminals

-to avoid leaving prints.

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-They're going to show me...

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-..how they gather and

-analyse evidence from shoe prints.

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-What I'll get you to do

-once you've put your shoes on...

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-..is to walk as you would

-normally do on the pieces of paper.

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-Just to demonstrate a footwear

-which we can actually get across.

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-That's fine.

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-Just imagine

-you're walking towards a door...

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-..to make your dramatic escape.

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-If you can actually look here...

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-..you can see

-what you've actually left.

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-Even on here.

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-You may not

-be able to see it clearly...

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-..but there's

-your footwear impression.

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-If we take one of your marks...

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-If you want to lift it

-from a piece of paper...

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-..I'll lay the gel lift

-on top of it.

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-I'll have a look to see

-if it's lifted. It may be too soon.

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-We'll see what we get.

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-Lo and behold, this is the reason

-why we use black gelatine lifts.

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-From an unclear mark

-on a white piece of paper...

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-..we get something here...

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-..which shows

-a great deal of detail.

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-That's a very clear mark.

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-That's a very clear mark.

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-You can actually see the wear.

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-We can see more of

-this textured information here...

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-..from where the shoe's new.

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-Once you wear it,

-this fine stippling area...

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-..starts to wear away.

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-Is there a database where you can

-see what kind of a shoe it'd be?

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-Yes, there is.

-The police hold the main database.

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-We've a selection of patterns, far

-more commonly occurring ones too...

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-..which we use

-to actually look at it.

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-What we'll do now is show how

-we actually photograph the image.

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-This is the black gel lift

-we had previously.

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-We illuminate it.

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-If you wouldn't mind

-turning off the light.

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-So if I just click 'shoot'

-on here...

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-..the image will load up.

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-There's your shoe mark.

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-In the case of Mabel Leyshon's

-murder on Anglesey...

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-..shoe prints were found

-inside and outside the house.

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-Detectives strongly believed

-they were the murderer's prints.

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-Though the pattern was clear...

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-..finding the correct shoe

-proved difficult.

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-We happened to be in Cheshire Oaks

-around Christmas time.

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-We went into a shop and found

-the same pattern on the sole.

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-It was the only shoe left,

-so we bought it.

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-It was a Levi's brand of shoe.

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-There's an element of luck

-with everything...

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-..but you have to make your own luck

-too within your investigation.

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-A month after the murder...

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-..detectives knew

-the murderer wore Levi's shoes.

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-However, without a name,

-this evidence was of little use.

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-Police made

-appeals for information...

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-..in the hope

-of gathering more evidence...

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-..that would lead them

-to the murderer.

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-One significant call

-was made to the police.

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-A boy had ben acting oddly

-in a party two months earlier.

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-He asked a student,

-who was at the party with him...

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-..to bite him on the neck, believing

-he would turn into a vampire...

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-..if she drank his blood.

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-This boy was called Matthew Hardman.

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-Matthew Hardman

-was a 17-year-old youth.

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-He lived in Llanfairpwll.

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-He was a former pupil of

-Ysgol David Hughes, Menai Bridge.

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-He was known as a quiet boy.

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-He was an art student

-at Coleg Menai, Bangor.

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-He'd already told a policeman

-he didn't know Mabel Leyshon.

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-In January, detectives

-went to question him again.

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-They were told

-he did a paper round...

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-..and delivered a newspaper

-to Mabel Leyshon's home.

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-He lied when he said

-he didn't know her.

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-He said he hadn't delivered

-a newspaper to her in a long time.

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-When I questioned his mother...

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-..she said he'd only recently

-given up his paper round.

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-We entered Matthew's bedroom...

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-..and I immediately spotted

-a pair of Levi's shoes...

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-..under the table.

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-When I saw them,

-I couldn't concentrate.

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-The hairs

-on the back of my neck stood up.

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-My colleague and I tried

-to grab them at the same time...

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-..because we were so worked up.

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-We asked him if we could take the

-shoes and he said that was fine.

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-So we took the shoes from there.

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-I still remember leaving the house

-and saying to my colleague...

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-.."This is the boy

-we're looking for."

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-They arrested Matthew Hardman

-and interviewed him again...

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-..while the forensic team searched

-his home and bedroom thoroughly.

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-It was obvious...

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-..that he was telling us lies

-in the interviews.

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-He lied about his movements...

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-..on the weekend of the murder.

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-So we interrogated him

-about his story.

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-We discovered he was lying.

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-We found a knife in his coat pocket.

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-We discovered Mabel's blood

-on his knife.

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-Matthew Hardman was

-still walking around Llanfairpwll...

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-..with the knife he used

-to kill Mabel.

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-He was a very dangerous youth.

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-Hardman's DNA matched the DNA on the

-windowsill in Mabel Leyshon's home.

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-In August 2002...

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-..he stood trial

-at Mold Crown Court.

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-He was found guilty of murder...

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-..and sentenced to life in prison...

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-..with a minimum

-of 12 years behind bars.

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-The judge said it was difficult to

-comprehend Hardman's motive to kill.

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-He concluded that vampirism

-had become an obsession of his...

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-..and believed the myth to be true.

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-He wanted to live forever.

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-He wanted to be immortal.

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-That was his belief...

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-..and that was his motive

-for murdering Mabel Leyshon.

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-In his bedroom

-at his mother's house...

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-..there was evidence

-of an interest in vampirism...

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-..and images of vampires

-found on his computer.

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-His parents were divorced and his

-father had died suddenly that year.

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-Following the case, a friend said

-Hardman had been acting strangely.

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-He started collecting knives after

-his father died, just for fun.

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-He stared wearing a long

-leather coat around Llanfairpwll.

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-I thought he'd turned into a goth.

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-None of the locals believed that

-one of them was capable of murder.

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-It was a mixture

-of shock and relief...

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-..that they'd found the person

-responsible for this.

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-People find it hard to comprehend

-why he did such a thing.

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-This killer was so young -

-he was a mere 17 years old.

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-How could he

-contemplate such things?

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-She was a gentle person...

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-..who did no harm to anyone.

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-Naturally,

-some people might have forgotten.

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-Many incomers

-have since moved to the village.

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-However, many still remember that

-such a thing happened in Llanfair.

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-If you asked me if I thought

-he was capable of doing it again...

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-..I'd have to say yes

-because I really do believe...

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-..that Matthew Hardman

-would've killed again.

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-Tourists

-still flock to Llanfairpwll...

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-..and the community tries to deal

-with the murder of Mabel Leyshon.

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-It continues to be one of the most

-remarkable cases in Welsh history...

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-..and one of

-the most shocking murders...

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-..North Wales' detectives

-have ever had to deal with.

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