0:00:05 > 0:00:07Imagine your son or daughter has died whilst they are abroad.
0:00:07 > 0:00:15On top of that terrible grief, you are also
0:00:15 > 0:00:16desperate for answers.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Now imagine someone decides to exploit that pain
0:00:18 > 0:00:19for cash.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Meet Simon Delow, a fake investigator who charged grieving
0:00:21 > 0:00:23families thousands for his advice.
0:00:23 > 0:00:28What the guy was doing, he was appearing in demos.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30He was looking as if he was fighting for us but he
0:00:30 > 0:00:33was only there for one person, himself.
0:00:33 > 0:00:40Also tonight, we are going in search of investors milling
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Also tonight, we are going in search of investors
0:00:42 > 0:00:43missing money.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44Hello, Peter Shuttleworth.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46It's John Cuthill from BBC Inside Out.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Can we have a chat?
0:00:48 > 0:00:54And 40 years after that album, we meet the media
0:00:54 > 0:00:55mogul behind it all.
0:00:55 > 0:01:02Did it ever get a bit hairy for you?
0:01:02 > 0:01:04We're at Colwick Country Park in Nottinghamshire.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06I'm Lukwesa Burak and this is Inside Out for the East
0:01:06 > 0:01:13Midlands.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16When people lose a loved one abroad under suspicious
0:01:16 > 0:01:20circumstances, they often speak of feeling helpless.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23The British authorities are reluctant to
0:01:23 > 0:01:27interfere and families are left struggling to get answers.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Well, for some, Simon Delow appeared to be
0:01:29 > 0:01:32their saviour.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34A man with apparent military credentials, he said that
0:01:34 > 0:01:37he could investigate.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39However, that all turned out to be a pack of lies.
0:01:39 > 0:01:46Simon Hare has the story.
0:01:46 > 0:01:52The Foreign Office in London and a protest
0:01:52 > 0:01:53by families asking for help
0:01:53 > 0:01:55over the death of their relatives abroad.
0:01:55 > 0:01:56What do we want?
0:01:56 > 0:01:57Justice!
0:01:57 > 0:02:03Among them, Simon Delow who, for months,
0:02:03 > 0:02:05masqueraded as an expert investigator, using
0:02:05 > 0:02:14a different name.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17But he is now in prison for a £100,000 con committed
0:02:17 > 0:02:19against some of the most vulnerable people you could imagine.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21He was appearing at demos.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23He looked as if he was fighting for us.
0:02:23 > 0:02:24He seemed to be very convincing.
0:02:24 > 0:02:30I mean, he was.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Coming away from it you wonder how on earth you are taken in.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35In terms of the personal impact on the family,
0:02:35 > 0:02:37it's just the worst kind of fraud ever.
0:02:37 > 0:02:45He was only there for one person, himself.
0:02:45 > 0:02:50I've come to Sutton in Ashfield in Nottinghamshire.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54Ray Martin and his wife, Pat, were devastated when their daughter,
0:02:54 > 0:02:59Claire, died in Italy five years ago from stab wounds to the throat.
0:02:59 > 0:03:05We've never believed from day one that our daughter took her own life.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07The Martins believe Claire was murdered but the Italian
0:03:08 > 0:03:13authorities ruled it was suicide.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Within months of Claire's death, Simon Delow had
0:03:16 > 0:03:20contacted the Martins to say he could help.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23He said with his team getting into Italy and asking questions,
0:03:23 > 0:03:27he could get to the truth.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Mentioning that he had got contacts with Interpol, different contacts
0:03:29 > 0:03:32abroad.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36He seemed to have somebody everywhere.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38That's my father's medals.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42My father was in the Coldstream Guards.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Ray is from a proud military family and Delow
0:03:44 > 0:03:49also claimed to be ex-armed services.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51I believed he fought for our country, I believed he was
0:03:51 > 0:03:57injured.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59He invited the Martins down to see him.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01He was very friendly in his contact, he wasn't pushy.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04He began to say what he could give them
0:04:04 > 0:04:07and began to dangle the carrot of what he could find out what his
0:04:07 > 0:04:13teams could do and then started to introduce but for me to do that,
0:04:14 > 0:04:18it'll cost £16,000.
0:04:18 > 0:04:23Whatever figure it was that he said it would cost.In the end the
0:04:23 > 0:04:29martins had a lucky escape, they simply didn't have the cash to pay
0:04:29 > 0:04:33Delow's fees.If I'd had the money we could've remortgaged the House,
0:04:33 > 0:04:40yeah, I could have lost quite a bit. To go and pull a con on somebody
0:04:40 > 0:04:45that has lost somebody, give them false hope that you are helping them
0:04:45 > 0:04:54when there is no help at the end of the line, how low can you go?Delow
0:04:54 > 0:04:59said he had spent 15 years with the RAF but he had been a pilot and
0:04:59 > 0:05:03risen to the rank of Group Captain. But we checked with the Ministry of
0:05:03 > 0:05:08Defence and it says he has no military credentials whatsoever. And
0:05:08 > 0:05:15his company was simply a website he ran from his home in Gloucester. But
0:05:15 > 0:05:20it was slick enough to persuade some people to hand over their money.We
0:05:20 > 0:05:23knew that he would give a free assessment of the case to see if he
0:05:23 > 0:05:28could help and we felt that it was worth a try. Because by then we were
0:05:28 > 0:05:38three years after Andrew died. Julie's Sun Andrew Watt was died in
0:05:38 > 0:05:422010. He was found in a country lane near to where he was living in
0:05:42 > 0:05:47France with injuries on his body. French police initially said he had
0:05:47 > 0:05:52died from natural causes. Months later they ruled it was suicide.The
0:05:52 > 0:05:57French said it was not suspicious so there was nothing to be done. And we
0:05:57 > 0:06:03started to complain and knock on any door for help. They have spoken to
0:06:03 > 0:06:06their managers and they have advised them not to come out and see the
0:06:06 > 0:06:16letter because they are not allowed to. Aswhat a load of Tosh.The man
0:06:16 > 0:06:20they knew Simon accompanied them on many protests. This one was outside
0:06:20 > 0:06:26the French Embassy in London. They gave him £18,000 thinking they were
0:06:26 > 0:06:31paying for his investigation services through his accountant. Not
0:06:31 > 0:06:36knowing that was his real middle name and surname. And it wasn't the
0:06:36 > 0:06:44only fictitious character he trained up along the way.He told as he had
0:06:44 > 0:06:51a contract in France who is almost his counterpart called Lewis based
0:06:51 > 0:06:55in Paris who would help him with the language and the law and everything.
0:06:55 > 0:07:03We were drawn in.Julie now lives near Penrith in Cumbria. For her
0:07:03 > 0:07:07money, all she got was an integrating reports for the
0:07:07 > 0:07:10fabricated claims about her son's death. Beginning to suspect all
0:07:10 > 0:07:18wasn't as it seemed to be, Julie and her husband, mayors, insisted they
0:07:18 > 0:07:23accompanied putter one on his next trip to France.He said it would be
0:07:23 > 0:07:27dangerous and that if there was a problem then we may have to do
0:07:27 > 0:07:32Westgate through Germany. We were still determined to go and we did.
0:07:32 > 0:07:37And very quickly it unravelled. Louis was meant to metres in Paris
0:07:37 > 0:07:43and he didn't turn up. But he was shouting down the phone at Louis,
0:07:43 > 0:07:47swearing at him and Les and I just looked at each other and we both
0:07:47 > 0:07:56knew that we had been conned.The shepherds went to Durham Police for
0:07:56 > 0:08:00help.It became clear that he had been in touch with a number of
0:08:00 > 0:08:04families across the UK. And these families that he had been contacting
0:08:04 > 0:08:12were clearly very desperate. He didn't have operatives across the
0:08:12 > 0:08:15country or the old boys network you claim to have but actually he was
0:08:15 > 0:08:18going under a different name at that point only have a previous
0:08:18 > 0:08:24conviction for fraud and had been to prison for fraud.More than a decade
0:08:24 > 0:08:27ago, he posed as an insurance broker in Lincolnshire but he spent most of
0:08:27 > 0:08:30the tens of thousands of pounds he taken for policies on expensive
0:08:30 > 0:08:44cars. Simon the low had set up -- Simon Delow had invested money...
0:08:44 > 0:08:47And looking into that we quickly found that the whole thing was a
0:08:47 > 0:08:56sham really. On the Internet, his website boasted about expensive
0:08:56 > 0:09:00offices and Singapore, New York. The reality was it was a two-bedroom
0:09:00 > 0:09:07flat above a hairdresser in Boston. As Durham Police built up their case
0:09:07 > 0:09:12against Delow for fraud, he went on the run. He left Gloucester but they
0:09:12 > 0:09:18traced into Jersey in the Channel Islands. He was found by officers at
0:09:18 > 0:09:21a motorhome stopover site appropriately known as the hideaway.
0:09:21 > 0:09:27Unfortunately for him, it wasn't a very good hiding place. Delow was
0:09:27 > 0:09:31arrested and then held on remand in Durham. In August, he pleaded guilty
0:09:31 > 0:09:39to charges relating to the martins, the shepherds and a third family.I
0:09:39 > 0:09:46want him to looking me in the eye and then to know what he has done.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50Ten days ago, Simon Delow had to face his victims again at Durham
0:09:50 > 0:09:55Crown Court. As he was given a ten year sentence for a con the judge
0:09:55 > 0:10:03said could be summed up in one word, cruel. Ray, what did you make of
0:10:03 > 0:10:08that? Ten years.Not enough but happy. At least he not out there
0:10:08 > 0:10:16trying to anybody else.I think the judge summed it up saying cruel.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20What all these people had been through already and then to do that
0:10:20 > 0:10:26to them, it's just really sickening. Well the families now have justice
0:10:26 > 0:10:29against Simon Delow but they say they will continue to fight for
0:10:29 > 0:10:40justice for their loved ones who died abroad. Next, they have been
0:10:40 > 0:10:44left thousands of pounds out of pocket with no explanation as to
0:10:44 > 0:10:47what has happened to their money. Investors in a property scheme have
0:10:47 > 0:10:53been telling us they want some serious answers. So, as their top
0:10:53 > 0:10:56tip turned out to be a non-runner? John Cotterill has been
0:10:56 > 0:11:09investigating. A flutter on the horses can be tempting. Especially
0:11:09 > 0:11:16when that sure bet is looking you right in the eye. And like horse
0:11:16 > 0:11:20racing, financial investments also need a bit of luck if they are to
0:11:20 > 0:11:32pay out. Come on! But if that investment tip. The first hurdle,
0:11:32 > 0:11:42you might find have backed the wrong horse. That is exactly what happened
0:11:42 > 0:11:47to Stephen Perry from Ringwood. Stephen, hi. Stephen was investing
0:11:47 > 0:11:50for his future and the current low interest rates being offered by
0:11:50 > 0:11:57banks weren't very tempting.I am virtually retired now and I had some
0:11:57 > 0:12:03I wanted to put away an some income from. I have two kids from school,
0:12:03 > 0:12:06begging to be going to university before I know it and they are
0:12:06 > 0:12:14expensive!Eager to start investing, Stephen found a broker online. They
0:12:14 > 0:12:18claimed that they did all the due diligence, they only offered
0:12:18 > 0:12:27reliable products.So I trusted them.The broker introduced Stephen
0:12:27 > 0:12:32to Forbes capital. It was offering a secured two-year investment in a
0:12:32 > 0:12:38social housing scheme based in Chicago. Forbes capital was
0:12:38 > 0:12:45promising high returns. So Stephen invested £70,000.They were
0:12:45 > 0:12:48purchasing property, so they were assets against which if things went
0:12:48 > 0:12:53wrong at least I would get some, if not all of the money back.For Steve
0:12:53 > 0:12:56and it sounded like the perfect investment and he wasn't the only
0:12:56 > 0:13:03one who thought so. Records we have seen show investors have paid
0:13:03 > 0:13:10£440,000 to Forbes Capital. This man and his fiancee invested £5,000 to
0:13:10 > 0:13:16help pay for their wedding. To date, they have not received a penny.
0:13:16 > 0:13:22Others invested lump sums from their pensions. 64-year-old man from
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Sutton in Ashfield in Nottinghamshire. He was an NHS nurse
0:13:26 > 0:13:31for over 40 years and has recently retired. He dipped into his pension
0:13:31 > 0:13:38pot to invest with Forbes Capital.I decided to make some investment. I
0:13:38 > 0:13:45invested £40,000 and that investment was for two years.Forbes Capital
0:13:45 > 0:13:49promised to return all of his investment at the end and pay in
0:13:49 > 0:13:57£400 every month.I even had a payment schedule from the managing
0:13:57 > 0:14:01director to tell me how much I was good to get. At the time, I thought
0:14:01 > 0:14:08it was a good return. That is the main reason I invested. And it was a
0:14:08 > 0:14:13regular income, a monthly income because since I have retired I am
0:14:13 > 0:14:20only getting less money every month. So to make it up, that is the main
0:14:20 > 0:14:26reason I invested in Forbes Capital. He only received for interest
0:14:26 > 0:14:31payments and then they dried up. He contacted Forbes Capital to ask
0:14:31 > 0:14:35where his money was but they didn't return his calls respond to his
0:14:35 > 0:14:40e-mails. After a lifetime of helping others, he hoped this investment
0:14:40 > 0:14:45would help him and his family financially.I am extremely worried
0:14:45 > 0:14:51about the capital of £40,000 because I worked hard for that. I am worried
0:14:51 > 0:14:56about the returns as well because I was told I was going to get that and
0:14:56 > 0:15:01as I said, when I'm not getting it I'm really, Brady frustrated about
0:15:01 > 0:15:08that. Because I did trust that company.So who is behind the
0:15:08 > 0:15:16company? The main shareholder of Forbes Capital is this man, Peter
0:15:16 > 0:15:21Shuttleworth. He previously was a director for colonial capital which
0:15:21 > 0:15:25offered an almost identical investment opportunity. That firm
0:15:25 > 0:15:32went under, owing millions. Forbes Capital is unregulated and for
0:15:32 > 0:15:37investors, that can mean risky business. If you are dealing with an
0:15:37 > 0:15:40unregulated investment scheme, if you are dealing with an unregulated
0:15:40 > 0:15:43broker, this is no different to handing your life savings over to a
0:15:43 > 0:15:48man in the pub and hoping that it will give it to you -- give it back
0:15:48 > 0:15:54to you again one day. With a lot of experience in financial services, he
0:15:54 > 0:16:01picks specialises in investment. You have looked at the detail of the
0:16:01 > 0:16:08Forbes Capital offer.The first one that worried me is multiple layers
0:16:08 > 0:16:13of uncertainty around the in overseas investment. So lots of
0:16:13 > 0:16:18uncertainty but the fact that it is an unregulated investment scheme. So
0:16:18 > 0:16:22the UK regulator has no control over it. It also means if anything goes
0:16:22 > 0:16:30wrong, you have no comeback.And investment broker based in Spain
0:16:30 > 0:16:36acted as a middleman between investors and Forbes Capital. But
0:16:36 > 0:16:40even when investors started reporting that they haven't received
0:16:40 > 0:16:44their monthly payments from Forbes Capital, Templer invest continues to
0:16:44 > 0:16:49sign people up to the scheme. Templer invest is currently being
0:16:49 > 0:16:56investigated by the Financial Conduct Authority. It says it too
0:16:56 > 0:16:59was this led by Forbes Capital and that it has now had to cease
0:16:59 > 0:17:03trading. But that is of little comfort to Stephen when the company
0:17:03 > 0:17:07he invested in isn't paying out what they promised. Since invested the
0:17:07 > 0:17:12money in Forbes Capital, have you had any contact from?No. The only
0:17:12 > 0:17:17contact I had was the bond the payment schedule and a cover letter
0:17:17 > 0:17:25in the post.How you feel? £70,000 is a huge amount of money.Well,
0:17:25 > 0:17:30obviously I was upset.Are you kind of resigned to the fact warranty
0:17:30 > 0:17:34that money again?Virtually, I think I've had to sort of admit that the
0:17:34 > 0:17:39probability of possibility, otherwise I wouldn't sleep at night
0:17:39 > 0:17:46I just end all my days worrying about it.After weeks of searching,
0:17:46 > 0:17:50we finally found Mr Shuttleworth here at this caravan park in Essex.
0:17:50 > 0:17:57Time to get some answers. Hello, Peter Shuttleworth. It's John
0:17:57 > 0:18:03Cuthill from the BBC inside out, can we have a chat?No.We have come to
0:18:03 > 0:18:09ask where the investors money is. Can you get up before I phoned the
0:18:09 > 0:18:17police? Thank you. IU death?Leave the camera. You have taken tens of
0:18:17 > 0:18:21thousands of pounds. Peter Shuttleworth, you owed at least an
0:18:21 > 0:18:27explanation, don't you? £70,000 from Mr Perry, not a penny paid back. You
0:18:27 > 0:18:33can't even be bothered to talk to them, why not? Anything at all, Mr
0:18:33 > 0:18:37Shuttleworth? You're quite a hard man to track down. And you are a
0:18:37 > 0:18:42very hard man to talk to.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51Well, clearly Peter Shuttleworth doesn't want to talk to is today.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55Tens of thousands of pounds of investors's money. Investors are
0:18:55 > 0:18:59last in what has happened to lose money, we have asked in what is
0:18:59 > 0:19:05happening to their money and he has got nothing to say. That was John
0:19:05 > 0:19:09Cuthill reporting there. And we got an update for you because since our
0:19:09 > 0:19:13visit, Mr Shuttleworth has been in touch. E-mail this to say that all
0:19:13 > 0:19:17the investors will be receiving a full refund by the end of November.
0:19:17 > 0:19:27So we will be letting you know if that does indeed happen. Finally
0:19:27 > 0:19:31tonight, this month marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most
0:19:31 > 0:19:36colourful court cases ever heard in the East Midlands. A controversy
0:19:36 > 0:19:40that cemented the rabble rousing credentials of one of Britain's's
0:19:40 > 0:19:46best-known businessman. How it's all hinged on one word on one album
0:19:46 > 0:19:51cover by the punk rockers the sex pistols. Well our reporter has the
0:19:51 > 0:19:55story and I'm afraid, inevitably, it does use language that some of you
0:19:55 > 0:20:09may find offensive. Cast your mind back, if you can, to November of
0:20:09 > 0:20:191977. It's still the Silver Jubilee, God Save The Queen. Nigel Clough is
0:20:19 > 0:20:27already causing problems that the rest of division one. And Brian
0:20:27 > 0:20:33Clough. And that is at odds over bringing anarchy to the East
0:20:33 > 0:20:43Midlands. It sells holidays in the sun today but 40 years ago, this was
0:20:43 > 0:20:47a virgin record shop. And the full roar over an LP that went on display
0:20:47 > 0:20:55in the window it would help launch a global brand.We took a little risk
0:20:55 > 0:21:00that you can help propel virgin into the company it is today. I suspect
0:21:00 > 0:21:12we wouldn't have a spaceship company today!Now, I was only nine years
0:21:12 > 0:21:18old in 1977 but I can remember the impact of punk. Punk was a
0:21:18 > 0:21:22revelation, it was antiestablishment, it was...
0:21:22 > 0:21:29Everyone was... To use the parlance of the day, it was skill.
0:21:39 > 0:21:44The Crown jewels of punk, the sex pistols, had already been in trouble
0:21:44 > 0:21:47for being dead rude and this live TV appearance became infamous. Cover
0:21:47 > 0:21:58your ears. Punk rock, the new crazy tummy.A new rude word. Next
0:21:58 > 0:22:06question.No, what was a rude word. Come on got another five seconds.
0:22:06 > 0:22:16This and dirty leader. What a bloody ratbag. The next day's papers went
0:22:16 > 0:22:21nuts. Speaking of the band's filth and the resulting fury at that TV
0:22:21 > 0:22:25appearance. So when they released their debut album, it wasn't
0:22:25 > 0:22:29surprising that it contained a naughty word. That word, which I'm
0:22:29 > 0:22:33not using because I never swear, isn't something you would associate
0:22:33 > 0:22:38with Nottingham, unless you're from... But it caused a lot of
0:22:38 > 0:22:43trouble here. Now then, 40 years ago when this place was a megastore, the
0:22:43 > 0:22:48manager was a bloke called Chris Seal and like every other branch of
0:22:48 > 0:22:51the country, he was instructed to fill these windows with posters
0:22:51 > 0:22:55promoting the album. The police weren't too happy about this. Four
0:22:55 > 0:22:59times came over and demanded that he take them down. Four times he told
0:22:59 > 0:23:10them to... Well, he refused. So, in late November 's 1977, he ended up
0:23:10 > 0:23:14here in court. Charged with exhibiting in decent printed
0:23:14 > 0:23:22material. A law that went all the way back to Victorian times. Instead
0:23:22 > 0:23:32of backing down, virgin decided to fight back.When I put that post and
0:23:32 > 0:23:35render it never occurred to me that anything was wrong with it at all.
0:23:35 > 0:23:41Chris lives abroad now suffered to get hold of his gaffer, you might
0:23:41 > 0:23:49have heard of him.How did you fancy your chances before the court case?
0:23:49 > 0:23:55Did it ever get a bit hairy for you? The worst is weird to put a sticker
0:23:55 > 0:24:01over the window and it would've actually sold even more albums so,
0:24:01 > 0:24:04you know, it was unlikely that we were going to be sent to prison for
0:24:04 > 0:24:09it. It was the sex pistols and ourselves have been sent to prison
0:24:09 > 0:24:12for a week or something but that would actually meant I would have
0:24:12 > 0:24:18sold even more albums, so the notoriety of sex pistols...So when
0:24:18 > 0:24:24you ran the poster campaign in the shop windows, you kind of knew what
0:24:24 > 0:24:29you are doing. Yes, we will pull in the tail of the establishment of
0:24:29 > 0:24:35Ethelbert Sex Pistols were having fun, virgin was having fun. Pelle it
0:24:35 > 0:24:40was actually the fact that we were brave enough to take on the Sex
0:24:40 > 0:24:44Pistols and turned to my three into the most successful record label in
0:24:44 > 0:24:48the world, sometimes you have to take a risk and we took a little
0:24:48 > 0:24:55risk that helped propel Virgin into the company it is today. Solicit
0:24:55 > 0:25:01album as a little place in your heart?Of course. I suspect we
0:25:01 > 0:25:12wouldn't have a spaceship!God Save The Queen. The fascist regime.But
0:25:12 > 0:25:17back in 1977, the establishment was gagging to kick punk where it hurt.
0:25:17 > 0:25:23And other Virgin store managers were facing charges too.Exactly quite
0:25:23 > 0:25:27scary at the time. I remember Richard offered me a load of money
0:25:27 > 0:25:30for everyday I was in prison and although he did it with humour, like
0:25:30 > 0:25:35a word, and it was a nice gesture and a kind of funny one, it didn't
0:25:35 > 0:25:45make me feel better. Chris's case came to court before ours. We watch
0:25:45 > 0:25:51it with some trepidation because it has Chris been found guilty, then we
0:25:51 > 0:25:57presumably would have automatically been found guilty as well.All the
0:25:57 > 0:26:04finals in a. Trevor Dann is one of the most influential radio producers
0:26:04 > 0:26:09in the UK. But 40 years ago, he was working at radio Nottingham and he
0:26:09 > 0:26:12got an exclusive interview with Johnny rotten the night before the
0:26:12 > 0:26:23verdict.And that is the signature. The only thing I can member is him
0:26:23 > 0:26:28having a go at me for having long hair. Which you kind of work. And he
0:26:28 > 0:26:32had what we would now probably call attitude. He is a fully paid-up
0:26:32 > 0:26:37member of the awkward squad.Do think he was worried about losing
0:26:37 > 0:26:41the case?There were silly no case of oh, I'm panicking because I might
0:26:41 > 0:26:45be going to prison. I think you would probably be disappointed that
0:26:45 > 0:26:52they got off because he would like to have been a cult hero.So how did
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Virgin attempt to carry out one of the great rock and roll swindle 's
0:26:55 > 0:27:01and prove the case was cobblers? They came here, to the English
0:27:01 > 0:27:06department at the University of Nottingham.What happened was the
0:27:06 > 0:27:10word testicle came in from batting and it displaced bullocks. So
0:27:10 > 0:27:18bullocks became a low word.So dropped? Sky as you might say it, it
0:27:18 > 0:27:25dropped. It came to mean rubbish. And the Professor was called to
0:27:25 > 0:27:32court and told magistrates that it was also slang for a priest. He
0:27:32 > 0:27:36should have known because the author was one.Here you have someone
0:27:36 > 0:27:39speaking with authority to say that the word was a perfectly respectable
0:27:39 > 0:27:44word with an interesting history. The case collapsed.Did you ever
0:27:44 > 0:27:52hear use that word? Sky I'm afraid I did. Goodlad. So the court case was
0:27:52 > 0:28:00over, the Sex Pistols were over. The record went back on sale on sold
0:28:00 > 0:28:02hundreds of thousands of copies and it became the most successful I'll
0:28:02 > 0:28:13peak in history. And I can't wait to get home to play. Oh, what?
0:28:13 > 0:28:20Though... That's quite enough of that! And I'm afraid it's enough of
0:28:20 > 0:28:25this series of inside out, too. Will be back in January but in the
0:28:25 > 0:28:27meantime if you have a story that you think we should be
0:28:27 > 0:28:35investigating, why not drop me a line? My e-mail address is: until
0:28:35 > 0:28:43then, from all others on the table, goodbye. -- from all of us on the
0:28:43 > 0:28:53team.