Posted on 07/17/2021 1:02:02 AM PDT by RandFan
Colin Sutton remembers how he felt standing face-to-face with the serial killer who murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler.
The senior Met Police officer was about to charge Levi Bellfield, one of the UK's most notorious criminals, with murder - and the pressure to catch him had been immense.
Bellfield kidnapped and murdered 13-year-old Milly in March 2002, but it would be several years before his involvement in her death was realised.
The nightclub doorman went on to kill 19-year-old Marsha McDonnell who was beaten to death yards from her home in February 2003.
A year later, Bellfield struck again as he murdered French student Amelie Delagrange with a hammer on Twickenham Green in August 2004.
Bellfield had also tried to kill 18-year-old Kate Sheedy by running her over in May 2004, leaving her with horrific injuries including a ruptured liver and a collapsed lung.
Mr Sutton, the senior officer in charge of investigating Miss Delagrange's murder, pieced together the evidence to catch Bellfield and ultimately connected the three killings.
He is dubbed "The Real Manhunter" in a Sky Crime documentary series which details the meticulous work that brought to justice Bellfield, who is now serving two whole life jail terms - meaning the killer will never be released.
It is during this series that Mr Sutton sheds light on the "ongoing battle" police faced with Bellfield as he tried "various tricks" with detectives while being questioned.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
Per the article
“One of his more bizarre acts was to turn his chair around to face the wall in the interview room.
Mr Sutton, who was watching his colleagues conduct the interview in another room, says he initially smiled because he’d never encountered that behaviour from a suspect - before he quickly realised there was a “darker side” to it.”
Really good article.. thanks for sharing it.
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“”I’m no psychologist but he was a narcissist,” Mr Sutton says of Bellfield, who is now called Yusuf Rahim.
“He had complete arrogance and complete self-centredness.”
“”He had a very strong relationship with his mother… because of that relationship, we thought he would never admit anything while she was still alive.”
Sometimes the greatest weapon is a mirror and increase the Light.
So many parallels to my experiences performing exorcisms.
The chair bit, I believe is the suspect creating a barrier between himself and the police. As if what the officers would say would bounce off the chair and not onto him.
It is merely a blocking technique. As a forensic CPA I went through training by the same guys that taught the FBI techniques.
This is a really good article for any investigator to read. Additional clues are usually obtained by watching their feet move, watching their eyes, listening for answers that dodge the question.....
Anyone who has ever raised teenagers has learned many of these techniques!
“is now serving two whole life jail terms - meaning the killer will never be released”
In the UK we don’t bet on that. There are likely elements of the left figuring out ways to get this piece of excrement out far earlier.
We just finished watching this series on AcornTV. It was really very good.
I’ve done it myself when I’ve had surprise inspections. You feel a bit of comfort by putting the chair in front of yourself, like a wall.
Even though it doesn’t change reality.
“I’m no psychologist but he was a narcissist,” Mr Sutton says of Bellfield, who is now called Yusuf Rahim.
Executives use their desks as this barrier.
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Well he changed his name to Yusuf Rahim so I guess he joined the “Religion of Peace” and is now perfectly safe to return to society.
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