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  • 7 months ago
This is the 999 call Alex Rose made to police just hours after the fatal collision in Sunbury Cross. In the call, Rose falsely reported that his black Ford Ranger Raptor had been stolen.
Detectives quickly established that this was a deliberate attempt to mislead officers and cover up his involvement. The vehicle had in fact been used in the pursuit and collision that killed William Birchard and Darren George.
Rose later admitted perverting the course of justice. He has now been convicted of two counts of murder, alongside Charles Pardoe, following the four-week trial at Guildford Crown Court.
Transcript
00:00Good afternoon, Sarri Police. How can I help?
00:04Hello, I need to report a theft of a vehicle.
00:08Okay, so someone's taken your vehicle.
00:12Yeah.
00:16Okay, what's happened?
00:18I came back, parked the vehicle up,
00:22and then I woke up this morning
00:26and left early doors,
00:32and then it was early this morning,
00:34but I didn't think to look this morning, I was in a rush,
00:38and come back and realised that it's not there.
00:42So you parked the vehicle by your property?
00:46Yes, outside.
00:48Okay, fine. Yeah.
00:50Okay, what was your name?
00:52Alex.
00:54Rose.
00:56There's a theft of motor vehicles.
01:06Were the keys taken?
01:08Yeah.
01:10Yeah, so where were the keys?
01:12I haven't, I've not looked for my spare set,
01:18but I know that the ones I had are not there.
01:22They were left on the table.
01:24Where did you leave?
01:26Inside your home?
01:28Inside, yeah.
01:30Wait, so was this a burglary then?
01:34Well, they've taken the car,
01:36so I don't know what it comes under.
01:38So have they come into your home and taken the keys?
01:42Yeah, they must have, yes,
01:44because the keys were in the house.
01:46And you definitely can't find the keys anywhere?
01:48There's no, there's no...
01:50No, I haven't like solidly looked everywhere,
01:54but from where I know I left them,
01:56they're definitely not there.
01:58And no one in the house would have touched them.
02:00There's only one other person who lives in the house.
02:04Okay, so essentially then we're looking at a burglary,
02:06as opposed to a...
02:08Yeah.
02:10Someone has come into your home and taken the keys.
02:12Is that what you are under the impression of?
02:13Yeah.
02:14Someone has come into your home and taken the keys?
02:15Yeah.
02:16Okay.
02:18Okay, are you going to be home for the rest of the day?
02:20Um, no, not at the moment.
02:24I'm at work at the moment.
02:25I'll just pop back out.
02:26We're going to have to send some officers.
02:27This is a burglary.
02:29Okay.
02:30Okay, so the last time you saw the car was, what, yesterday?
02:33Is that what, 24...
02:34What time did you return home last night with the car?
02:36Was it yesterday?
02:37I came home maybe...
02:41What time did I go to that thing?
02:43Got there about nine.
02:45I got home maybe...
02:47I couldn't tell you an exact time.
02:48Maybe after...
02:51What we got there? Half nine o'clock.
02:54Half nine.
02:55Just before 10, 9.45-ish.
02:57Something like that.
02:58Okay, so yesterday, about 10-ish.
03:01And then what time did you notice that the car was missing today?
03:05Um, not long ago, to be honest.
03:07I didn't notice it this morning.
03:10Okay, so roughly what time?
03:11What, like two o'clock-ish or later?
03:14What's the time now?
03:15Yeah, maybe about half past two.
03:19I popped...
03:20I just popped back and just, uh...
03:22I thought, hang on a minute, I swore the car was there.
03:24Before the car was there.
03:25Or parked there.
03:26It's almost a bit weird.
03:28Okay, and it's your car, is that right?
03:31Yeah.
03:33Uh, it's a Ford Ranger.
03:36And the colour?
03:38Black.
03:39And have you been victim to a similar crime in the past 12 months?
03:42Has your car been taken before?
03:44Uh, I've had, I've had, um...
03:49I had a chipper stolen, um, not long ago as well.
03:52You've got stolen?
03:53A chipper.
03:54Like, it was a building tool.
03:57Did you report that?
03:59Yes, I have reported that, yes.
04:01Okay.
04:02Is there anything that's at your home that, you know,
04:05has been left behind by someone?
04:06Any signs of forced entry, footprints, anything like that?
04:09Um, no forced entry.
04:12Uh...
04:15What do you mean by left behind?
04:20Just anything?
04:21So sometimes when people, um, gain access to someone's home,
04:24they might leave behind items, you know, tools that they may have used to get in, or...
04:29No, no, there's nothing there.
04:31No?
04:32Right.
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