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It's a long time since I felt like I'm on the brink
of something as wonderful as this.
This is the most valuable thing I own.
Not in terms of price,
but memories and dreams.
I've owned it since I was a young girl.
It was given to me
by special people.
This is the key that unlocks me.
I think you've experienced the same things as me.
I want you to know what I've done.
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Colin?
I'm so glad you rang.
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First, a notorious crime that two months ago
made headlines all over Britain.
On Wimbledon Common in south-west London a young mother,
Rachel Nickell, was waylaid and repeatedly stabbed.
Her scratched and bruised two-year-old son was found
clinging to her body.
A consultant clinical psychologist has been handed evidence
of Rachel's murder
and he is drawing up a likely profile of the killer.
The killer is under the age of 30.
He lives locally.
He's a low achiever, so he has never done well at exams.
He has few friends and has solitary hobbies.
He likes pornography, including some of the violent sort.
He doesn't have a steady girlfriend.
If he's had previous girlfriends, they'll have found him
unsatisfying, sexually inexperienced
and wanting to act out domineering gameplay.
He's has pestered woman before.
Indeed, he may have been caught for minor sex offences.
Above all, he could cause a tragedy
and suffering like this again.
Most of the calls are coming in on the Rachel Nickell murder.
We've got a large number of names that have been put forward.
One in particular is causing
considerable interest to the team.
We've also, I've just got one here,
a woman who was on the common at the time,
maybe a possible useful witness.
So 90 calls here to the studio
the last time I spoke to the team.
Ten of them, Superintendent Bassett says, are very interesting.
One man has gone straight to the top of their priority list.
Sit.
Good lad.
Good boy. Good boy.
Keith?
Follow me.
This interview is being tape-recorded.
I'm Detective Inspector Keith Pedder
attached to the Incident Room at Wimbledon Police Station.
The other officer present is...
Detective Constable Martin Long.
What's your full name, please?
Colin Francis Stagg.
Also present is..
Mr Wood, duty solicitor.
The date is September 18th, 1992.
The time now 3:21pm
and we're in the interview room at Wimbledon Police Station.
Now, you've been arrested on suspicion of the murder
of Rachel Nickell,
which occurred July 15th, 1992.
That's two months ago.
Do you remember that day?
Yeah.
Can you tell me why you remember it?
Well...
..because of what happened, obviously.
And the... the way I felt that day.
Splitting headache.
I hadn't had a headache since I was a teenager.
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After I did my normal things during the morning
and I had my breakfast, did some shopping,
I took Brandy, my dog, straight over the common.
But when I got to the second underpass
I was stopped by the police.
I asked what had happened and they told me
there had been an incident on the common.
I thought it was flashers
or perverts or something.
They told me that a girl had been murdered
and that they're clearing the common.
What were you wearing
when you went to the common that day?
It had brightened up.
I put on my shorts, cutdown jeans,
black T-shirt,
boots I was wearing that morning and a pair of sunglasses.
The shoes that you were wearing that day,
you still got 'em?
No.
I threw them away two days ago.
Where did you throw 'em?
In the rubbish.
Why did you throw them away?
The heel came off.
Studies show from birth to seven
the most important person in a child's life is their mother.
The vast majority of serial killers either have abusive mothers
or the maternal bond was severed abruptly at a young age.
Interventional work with abused children has the potential
to predict which children are likely to be
become serial killers.
How long have you lived at your current address?
Since 1968 or '69.
I was living with the family, you know?
Which consisted of...?
Me mum and dad,
me brothers and a sister.
They got divorced,
but my mum remarried
and my dad died in 1986,
so I took over the tenancy.
Were you very close to your dad?
That's why the common is so dear to me, you know?
Since I was a little kid.
That's why I go there with the dog,
because every part of the common reminds me of my dad.
Are you close to your mum?
What are you doing? You can't just break in here.
- Why are you trying to run away from me? - I'm not running.
I'm not doing anything. Come home with me.
Please, don't touch me.
You're going to wake the kids up.
Yeah, and they'll find out what a dirty little slut you are.
No, I'm not.
Where is he?
There's no-one here.
- Come on. - No, let's just...
I always felt sorry for my dad
more than anything, you know?
Where is he?
There's no-one here but me and the kids.
- Please just calm down. Please. - Don't you tell me to calm down.
- It's all in your head. - All in my head?
All in my fucking head?!
Sorry, sorry.
- Sorry? - Argh!
She was always out with other blokes.
She actually brought in the bloke she's married to now
when she was still married to my dad.
Right, it fits your profile.
Lives alone or with the parent in close proximity to the crime scene.
Considered odd by those who know him.
All Stagg's neighbours think that he's odd, right?
And this...
"An inappropriate interest in the crime."
That fits Stagg.
He went around talking about it,
telling people a girl had been killed.
So if that's what Stagg is, a disorganised killer...
Except, he's not.
Rachel was acquired and controlled.
He killed her quickly and effectively
and then vanished, leaving almost no evidence.
Those are not the classic signs of a disorganised homicide.
Do you think he's killed before?
No.
Repeat killers get more experience as they go on.
They refine their technique and behaviour
and leave a...
..an ever clearer signature.
So you think he planned it?
He rehearsed it in his masturbatory fantasies,
right down to the finest detail.
All except one.
He couldn't know who the victim would be.
So she could have been anyone?
Anyone...
..with lovely long blonde hair.
To get this right,
you need to understand what he's capable of.
And you needn't concern yourself with his past.
It's his future you should be worried about.
It's inevitable he will kill another young woman at some point.
How long?
I mean,
how much time do we have?
Oh, I'm afraid I can't say, Sadie.
But I can tell you that killers like this don't do it just once
and then live off the memory forever.
It fades, like...
like all memories.
It lessons in intensity.
And it needs to be felt again.
You've had two girlfriends?
What kind of relationship did you have with Wendy?
Well, I would say proper.
It wasn't full sexual intercourse, but...
..we did things together, you know?
Can you tell me what that was?
She'd come round to my place
some evenings...
..and take a few clothes off and that and...
..just generally play with each other.
Any problems in that way at all?
No.
I was round her place one evening...
..we was just snogging on the couch,
and... she closed the door...
..took her top off...
..and it just went on from there, you know?
And what was it that you found...
..most attractive... about Wendy?
Hard to believe it,
but her hair.
I told her a lot of times.
When I used to sit with her...
..her head dipped.
The smell of her hair just REALLY made me feel relaxed
and turned on, you know?
..the natural smell of her hair...
Hello.
All right?
You sound a bit flat, Colin.
Yeah.
Yeah, I'm OK.
Just people around here, spreading rumours about me and that.
Why?
Well, it's mainly cos of something that happened last year.
You know, people just can't keep themselves to themselves.
It's even worse where I'm from. People just love to gossip.
Well, this is more than gossip.
Oh, God, can't you move?
No, I've been living here since 1968.
I've got all my memories here, I've got a nice home,
I'm not giving that up for anybody.
You know what? You're dead right.
You shouldn't just uproot yourself just because people are being mean.
Yeah.
Look, it's just that something terrible happened around here.
You probably read about it, in the news.
No, I...
..I don't pay much attention to the newspapers and...
..don't really have a television.
You know, it's just cos I'm not married.
I don't have kids or a car or a job.
They think there's something weird about that, there's...
It's just playing on my mind. You know?
Yeah, people are awful.
If you don't fit into what their idea is,
that's their problem.
Yeah.
If you wanted to spend the summer with me...
..it's very nice around here.
It's very green, there's nice parklands and that, you know?
Yeah?
Yeah.
Yeah, we could enjoy ourselves, you know?
I'll think about it.
We just have to get a few hurdles out of the way first.
But I'll definitely consider it.
Don't worry, I won't prejudge you if you don't prejudge me.
It's just nothing like this has ever really happened to me before.
You know?
No-one's ever really shown interest, so...
..I'm not going to give that up for anything.
You might not even like me when you meet me.
Oh...
You know, you get so used to, uh...
..not trusting someone...
..and then, uh...
..you build up a wall to protect yourself.
And then, suddenly...
..you meet want someone you want to trust and...
..it's difficult to let that barrier slip.
I know, yeah.
But I'm getting there.
Lizzie...
What?
I love you.
I'm not going to give that up for anything.
You might not even like me when you meet me. Oh...
You know, you get so used to, uh...
It's difficult to let that barrier slip.
But I'm getting there.
- Lizzie. - What?
I love you.
It's pretty good, right?
So, Colin Stagg's in love with you?
It worked. I won his trust.
If he's in love with you, he'll be
thinking about you all the time, obsessing about you.
Good! The more he wants me, the more likely
he is to tell me what he's done.
Let's not forget about what he did to Rachel.
How's your family?
What?
Well, you checked in with them recently?
You checked in with your wife recently?
I'm doing what I need to do, Baz.
You of all people should understand that.
- Yeah, I do understand that. - I've got a real chance here.
To do something none of the men could ever do.
They wouldn't have the balls for it, even if they could.
Yeah, I get that.
But we need to think about where it's heading, Sadie.
To a confession.
To material evidence.
To no more women being killed.
Listen, Pedder and Wickerson are getting squeezed by the Yard
and they're going to keep pushing you.
So we need to be honest with each other, Sadie.
I need to know you're really OK with what they're asking you to do
and you need to think seriously about how far you're prepared to go.
All the fucking way.
Slainte.
The room was filled with candlelight and smoke,
and everyone was chanting.
It was electric.
And she was laid out on this...
..this kind of altar.
And I was looking at her, and she was looking at me,
and then he handed me the knife.
And I did what he asked me to do.
There was a look on her face when I did it.
I know it's such an awful thing to say, but...
..it really was the greatest moment in my entire life.
And what does it sound like?
When a knife cuts human flesh.
It's more like how it feels.
It's like this power coursing through your veins,
like you're in total control.
Tell me again what you did.
So, I took the knife in my hand,
and she was just laying there naked.
You're not eating.
Oh, what the fuck...
I can't.
It needs to be as normal for you as it is for him.
And so I took the knife, and she was smiling at me.
She was willing me to do it...
Start again. I don't believe you.
If he wants to be in control
so much, why wouldn't I be more submissive?
He wants someone he can trust with his secret.
This whole Satanic cult thing, it's...
Is designed to specifically appeal to the killer of Rachel Nickell.
To humanise his fantasies.
To win his confidence.
Don't touch her.
Everything she does now must be of her own free will.
You understand, Catherine, what your future is to be?
Yes. And I am content.
- Yes. And I am content. - And I am content.
Yes.
And I am content.
If my master pleased with his virgin sacrifice?
You have no idea what these people are capable of.
They deal directly with the devil.
- He told me he had to kill her. - He told me he had to kill her.
They made a bargain.
He had this sort of cellar
in his basement,
with candles and an altar,
and what you'd call some sort of chalice?
If I had known her blood would end up in there...
If I had known he'd make me drink it...
No!
You were up that common, weren't you?
Indecently exposing yourself to women.
- Hello? - Ey up, mate. It's me.
Yeah, do you want to come up?
I was sunbathing naked there.
She says you smiled at her.
She smiled at me first.
And then you opened your legs.
I went up there to sunbathe.
If you just give me two minutes.
I'll pop the kettle on, then.
I just need to finish the end of this.
She didn't have to look.
Women have got the right to walk on that common unmolested,
without fear of seeing naked people,
in particular, naked men.
Defining characteristics...
So, have you shacked up with a student, then, or what?
This stuff is... it's mind-blowing.
Seriously.
Lucy, they should teach us this shit at Hendon.
So, this is why you haven't been calling me back, then, is it?
Sadie?
Sadie.
When did you last see daylight?
Sade...!
Sade... hold up, mate...!
Hold up... Hold up...!
Oh...!
You all right?
I'm good...!
I can't keep up with you and your long legs, man.
It's not funny.
What are you doing with all this research?
We do what we do based on instinct.
This is different.
I have to understand what makes him the way he is.
Listen to me, Stagg's mum left when he was a kid, right?
Severed bond.
So you do think that Stagg's a serial killer, then?
Yeah, I think he will be if I don't stop him.
What, just you, mate, yeah?
No, it's not just me.
There's Pedder, there's the professor.
His profile of the killer is spot on and literally describes Stagg.
But you don't think that these profiles are a bit vague?
I mean, they all sound the same to me.
Weirdo, white, in their 20s, lives alone or with a parent,
who are into martial arts and hard-core porn.
Come on... Morning, ladies!
What, do you want a bit of this, do you?
Sade.
Well, you can if you want. Go on, get it out.
In fact, you can have both of us, if you like.
Ah, is it not big enough?
Sade. Go on, walk off, then. Go on.
Sade.
Come on, mate, let's go home. I'm knackered.
Come on, man.
Come on.
You're not telling me the truth.
About the time that you were on the common.
It wasn't two years ago, that may seem.
You saw her on July 15 and she recognised you.
I never saw Rachel that day.
You did see Rachel.
I did not see Rachel that day.
Why?
Hm?
Why did you?
Please. Tell me.
Hm?
What was it that made you do it?
Lizzie, Lizzie...
Hi, Colin...
- Hello. - Hi, Lizzie.
- What are you up to? - Nothing much.
Just, uh, cat sitting for that lady I told you about.
- Yeah. - What about you?
I've been in my garden.
I've just been picking fruit. You know, for my wine.
- What sort? - Erm, well...
Redcurrants and that, you know.
I can't wait to taste it.
Is it strong?
What's that?
- Sorry, what? - What's that...
..I just heard there in the back?
Erm...
They play the radio next door really loud.
Can you, erm...
Can you give me a call back later, Colin?
Yeah, that sounded like it was...
Yeah? Uh, yeah, yeah. OK, yeah.
OK.
OK, bye, bye, bye.
You were up on that hill the day of the murder.
No.
I think I saw her, Rachel, on... on the common.
But I'm not sure. It was about two years ago.
- Did you expose yourself to her? - No.
- It wasn't a nude sunbathing day? - No.
It wasn't two years ago, that may seem.
- It was a lot closer to the murder that happened, wasn't it? - No.
It was two years ago.
She was smiling at me.
And I thought...
"Nice looking girl." You know?
- It wasn't two years ago, was it, Colin? - Yes, it was.
You came up there, didn't you? You wanted to bump into her again.
Yeah, I was hoping that I'd see her there, yeah.
You wanted to progress it, didn't you?
I've got two witnesses who are certain in their minds
the dates and times that they saw you.
You thought, "I'll try my luck."
She smiled at me.
What was it about Rachel that day?
- I never saw Rachel that day. - You did see Rachel.
- I did not. - You did.
I did not see Rachel that day.
I never saw Rachel that day.
You did see Rachel that day!
But I never did it. I'm not a killer.
- I can never do anything like that. - Like what?
Murder. A raping, a murder. I couldn't do that!
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But I never did it. I'm not a killer.
I can never do anything like that.
- Like what? - Murder. A raping, a murder.
I couldn't do that!
There are things that happened to me a long time ago.
Bad things.
And I've only ever told one man.
And when I did, it all went to shit.
I really want to tell you what happened to me, Colin.
But I can't go through that again...!
I can't...!
The Commissioner wants results yesterday.
And does he think that I don't?!
He's not the arsehole that has to call Rachel's family every week.
What?
Keith. Mate.
Hear you've got a covert op running.
You care to comment?
Yeah, sure.
You want to come up to my office?
Your source is unreliable.
You deny it, then?
Let me offer you some advice.
Any irresponsible reporting will be viewed with a very jaundiced eye.
So you can fuck off.
And tell your source when I find out who he is, he'll need a wheelchair.
Can I quote you on that?
It wouldn't be in the public interest for me
to just walk away from a story like this.
Well, if you don't...
..you won't be walking anywhere.
Mate.
Sadie.
You've got to be kidding! So the press know about me?
How did that happen?
Look, I've held him off for now.
All right? But if this goes to print, the op's fucked.
We need to move things on a bit
faster than I would have liked.
Move them on how?
It's been approved already, Sadie.
- The Yard signed off on it this morning. - Did they?
What did they sign off on?
We need you to go and...
..to go and meet Stagg.
Good.
Why am I always the last to know?
Colin, my darling, you are driving me mad.
And I love your special letters.
Tell me something that will really send me crazy.
I can't help thinking you are showing great restraint.
You are showing control when I feel like you're bursting.
I want you to burst.
I want you to feel all-powerful and overwhelming
so that I'm completely in your power.
Stop!
Fucking hell.
Shit. Shit!
Sadie!
Can you give me like ten minutes?
Fuck sake, you twat.
What's she playing at?
She's coming. There's reputation's on the line here, Keith.
Not least yours and mine.
It's lovely here in the summertime.
It's lovely here. You can sit on the deckchairs and feed the ducks.
It's lovely here in the summertime.
You can sit on the deckchairs and feed the ducks.
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There's secrets about me I long to share with someone.
This is the most valuable thing I own, not in terms of price,
but memories and dreams.
I've owned it since I was a young girl.
It was given to me by special people.
This is the key that unlocks me.
I think you've experienced the same things as me.
I think we're the same.
I want you to know about the things I've done.
I've been waiting to meet you.
It's fate all coming together for us, Colin.
We've only got to overcome one last hurdle.
I can hardly wait.
See you later, boy.
Fuck.
All right, ladies and gents, let's move out
if everyone knows what they're doing.
Take a piss before you go. See you at location one.
Be hypervigilant, please. Thank you.
You know the signal?
- Sorry, what? - The signal?
If you're in trouble?
Got it.
Are you OK?
Of course.
Update on India 1, please?
- James, still blindside of RV. - Received.
Hold off, we've got Stagg, though.
For the benefit of all units,
India 2 is approaching RV from the green aspect.
All units, India 2 approaching.
All eyes on India 2 and India 1.
You must be Colin.
You must be Lizzie.
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