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00:00The arrest is the pivotal moment in any investigation.
00:13Stay where you are!
00:14If you get it wrong, then it's game over.
00:17Get in the ground now!
00:22Police officer with a taser!
00:24Taser, taser, taser!
00:30Taser, taser, taser!
00:44Everything they're doing is on body-worn video.
00:46Police!
00:48Everything they're doing would be examined by defence lawyers.
00:52They can't make any mistakes.
00:56I haven't done anything wrong!
01:00I think the reality of firearms-related crime in the UK is that there's a perception, probably from the general public, that it only really happens around big cities.
01:16Around organised crime gangs.
01:18But of course, similar incidents of gun-related crime can happen in very small little villages.
01:21It's a nationwide issue that can happen at any time, in any place.
01:26Hello.
01:27Morning.
01:28Are you Reid?
01:29No.
01:30Does Reid live here?
01:31Yeah.
01:32Is he in?
01:33Yeah.
01:34Do you mind if we come in and have a chat with him?
01:35Is that all right?
01:36Yeah?
01:37Yeah.
01:38In this case, officers went to a house in a small village in Somerset, probably the last place you'd expect to see any trouble.
01:44Do you want to go and wake him up?
01:45And the officers that were sent there that day, this would have been very much a routine visit.
01:50Read wishes and words.
01:51Read wishes and words.
01:52Yeah.
01:53Is he in?
01:54Yeah.
01:55Is he in?
01:56Yeah.
01:57Do you mind if we come in and have a chat with him?
01:58Is that all right?
01:59Yeah?
02:00In this case, officers went to a house in a small village in Somerset, probably the last place you'd expect to see any trouble.
02:05Do you want to go and wake him up?
02:08And the officers that were sent there that day, this would have been very much a routine visit.
02:14Read wishes and was a loner, quite socially awkward, didn't appear to have any friends outside of his home life. He lived with his dad and didn't seem to have many hobbies other than his obsession with firearms.
02:35Police had dealt with Wischusen before, once when he'd sought a weapons permit, then when he applied to become a special constable.
02:46Now, he'd caught their attention a third time.
02:50Do you want to speak to us, speak to us alone or do you want to doubt?
02:54Yeah, I'll speak to you.
02:55Wischusen comes onto the police radar again after they receive a tip off that he has bought a top venting gun,
03:04which is a gun which can fire blanks, but is known that in the criminal world these can be adapted to fire live rounds.
03:16The possibility that Wischusen had a proper functioning gun meant the officers sent to his home were specially trained in handling weapons.
03:27This is not necessarily anything out of the ordinary for a firearms officer to deal with.
03:31Of course, at all times, they are considering what potential risks they are facing, the behaviour of the person that they're speaking to, items that they may see in the address upon their arrival.
03:41But initially, their approach would have been very low-key, it's them looking to make enquiries with this male and to try and keep the tension and the potential for risk as low as possible.
03:52OK, so basically, we've had some information that at some point you've purchased some top venting guns.
03:59Yeah, have you still got those guns?
04:02Oh, I've got one.
04:03Yeah? Just one second, Reid, Reid, Reid, just hold on a second. Just let us come with you, OK?
04:09I think it was vitally important during those early conversations that they main control at all times with Wischusen.
04:17That officer needs to be as close to him as he possibly can because his concern is that if he's inside a property, the officer doesn't know the make-up, the rooms, what's in each room.
04:30So, as best as he can, and as gently as they can, because at this stage, nobody's under arrest, so they're still doing this by consent.
04:37But once Wischusen led the officers into the bedroom, the seemingly routine visit took a sharp and sinister turn.
04:50The house looks in a very bad state of repair. It smells of stale urine. There's clutter everywhere. They find firearms, they find a rifle on the wall.
05:16They find a set of locksmith's master keys that can allow him access to doors. They find a grenade.
05:26Where did you get the police body armour from?
05:30Oh, I got that years ago.
05:33Is that his actual police body armour?
05:37Yeah.
05:38Where did you get it?
05:39I got it years ago, in 2013.
05:42Right, OK.
05:43Do you need to keep that?
05:46Yeah.
05:47Yeah.
05:48You do need to keep it to you, OK?
05:49I'm not even possessed.
05:50No.
05:51All these things are obviously throwing up massive warning signs to the police who are rummaging through this and finding many things that could be turned into very lethal weapons.
06:01Do you ever wear it outside?
06:02No, I don't.
06:03I think they're beginning to piece things together and think that they're going to need more than just the small group who are there at the moment to deal with this arrest.
06:20You can see he is just not comfortable right now with this means of questioning, the way in which he's bending his toes over on his feet.
06:38He doesn't quite know what to do with himself. He doesn't know how to handle himself at this point.
06:43And then you've got, like, all these different component cars with all these different guns.
06:48And you've already made them.
06:50If I just walked into a house and just found it, I'd like to be thinking, what's this person up to?
06:55But that's what I'm hassling, you know?
06:58Later people probably buy it as well. I can't believe anyone, you know?
07:02Wishusen is adamant that he's done nothing wrong, that they shouldn't really be there.
07:07He's just, in his eyes, a collector and is very indignant that they should be questioning why he has these things.
07:15There's nothing actually illegal for what I've done. I've never harmed anyone. I've never threatened anyone. I've been honest with you.
07:23At one point, they are at the bottom of the stairs and Wishusen's jacket is hung on the banister.
07:30Unknown to any of the police officers, there is a firearm in the pocket of that jacket.
07:35And you can see in the police body cam footage that there is a point where Wishusen tries to reach for that gun.
07:46He realises he's being spotted and then tries to play it off as if he's just fidgeting or just changing his demeanour.
07:56I think at that point, he realises that if he grabs it there and then, that he won't be able to carry out whatever it is he wanted to do with that gun.
08:04The village of Wick St. Lawrence on the Bristol Channel coast. When armed officers searched Reid Wishusen's home, they found a frightening cachet of weapons,
08:10and ammunition.
08:11The village of Wick St. Lawrence on the Bristol Channel coast. When armed officers searched Reid Wishusen's home, they found a frightening cachet of weapons and ammunition.
08:35This here is a list of just some of the items recovered. More than 600 blank cartridges, more than 1,000 unfired bullets for a range of different firearms, along with a large quantity of assorted chemicals, timers, metal tubes, pressure cookers and even ball bearings. I mean, that's enough for a small army.
09:01The police first noted Wishusen's unhealthy fascination with weapons when he applied for a gun licence at 18.
09:19They also had concerns about his behaviour at school, where he was disciplined for harassing a 15-year-old girl.
09:26During the application process, the background checks are vitally important to whether or not those applications are accepted and granted or not.
09:36Certainly, some of those early inquiries that established some of the problems that he experienced as a young child growing up, his inability to face rejection, they are red flags and they are strong consideration points that would have led inquiry officers to make that decision on the day to refuse the application for his firearms licence.
09:59Over the next decade, Wischusen would be refused a license a second time.
10:10He'd also be rejected for army service and a job as a special constable.
10:15At 32, a man who'd always wanted to wear a uniform found himself working in a supermarket warehouse.
10:24He was unfulfilled, someone who spent a lot of his spare time on the internet and researching and indulging in his obsession with serial killers, school shooters.
10:38And the thing that he was doing outside of his time on the internet was making homemade firearms.
10:45At work, his boss said that he was a very good worker, he was very happy with him.
10:53But on the warehouse floor, he was becoming a figure of fun.
10:57He had been telling colleagues about his visits to Poland to visit prostitutes and he was getting the mickey taken out of him at work, which he was not happy about.
11:16So what are you doing with all this stuff?
11:18Huh?
11:19What have you got all this stuff? What are you doing with it?
11:21What am I doing with it?
11:22What am I doing with it?
11:23What am I doing with it?
11:24Well, I'm sure there are other people I connect. There's nothing illegal about it.
11:30After nearly an hour and a half inside Wischusen's home, officers remained unhappy with his answers and told him they wanted to take him in for further questioning.
11:41He agreed, but first asked to be excused.
11:45Are you going to go to the first?
11:47Um, go to the downstairs.
11:49Um, yeah.
11:51Which one's the toilet, right?
11:56He's put the jacket on, the same jacket that he appeared to reach towards the pocket of.
12:03So they've allowed him into the bathroom space there. The doors obviously started to close.
12:08The officers left on the landing, waiting for Wischusen to apparently finish going to the toilet until he hears a gun cocking and firing.
12:21F***ing!
12:22F***ing!
12:23F***ing!
12:24F***ing!
12:25F***ing!
12:26F***ing!
12:27F***ing!
12:28F***ing!
12:29F***ing!
12:30F***ing!
12:31F***ing!
12:32F***ing!
12:33F***ing!
12:34F***ing!
12:35F***ing!
12:36That would have been a terrifying experience at that moment for that officer.
12:38The officer was very, very close to the bathroom door.
12:40He doesn't know what weapon that is.
12:42He doesn't know its capabilities.
12:43F***ing!
12:44F***ing!
12:45F***ing!
12:46He's done the right thing.
12:47He's given himself distance.
12:48He's run down the stairs towards his colleague downstairs.
12:50F***ing!
12:51F***ing!
12:52He's shouted to his colleague that he needs to get out as he comes down.
12:55F***ing!
12:56F***ing!
12:57F***ing!
12:58F***ing!
12:59F***ing!
13:00F***ing!
13:01F***ing!
13:02F***ing!
13:03F***ing!
13:04F***ing!
13:05He's brought his pistol up on aim and he's covering the man as he comes out of the bathroom.
13:09So he's in a position right now, if he needs to, he can take a shot in a very controlled
13:12manner because he's on aim and he's moving back very slowly.
13:15F***ing!
13:16F***ing!
13:17F***ing!
13:18F***ing!
13:19F***ing!
13:20F***ing!
13:21F***ing!
13:22F***ing!
13:23F***ing!
13:24F***ing!
13:25F***ing!
13:26F***ing!
13:27F***ing!
13:28So, I'm watching this, even my heart's starting to go a bit.
13:32Those officers have had to react to a situation there where they've engaged him and shot him
13:37with their pistols.
13:38Very, very short range.
13:39F***ing!
13:40F***ing!
13:41F***ing!
13:42F***ing!
13:43F***ing!
13:44F***ing!
13:45F***ing!
13:46F***ing!
13:47F***ing!
13:48F***ing!
13:49F***ing!
13:50F***ing!
13:51F***ing!
13:52F***ing!
13:53F***ing!
13:54F***ing!
13:55F***ing!
13:56I know this sounds cruel, they are shouting at somebody who is now on the floor having
14:00been shot.
14:01What's really important to understand is until that person is under control, he still poses
14:07a threat to these officers and they are going forward straight away, bear in mind, they've
14:10just shot him.
14:11This is where things change and this is where it's so difficult for people to be able to
14:25call for firearms officers.
14:26They have just shot somebody, but with a flick of a switch they now have to turn into caregivers.
14:52The officer now is racing to his car to get the first aid kit to try and stem the bleeding
14:57and save Wischusen's life.
14:59There's people driving down the road, oblivious to what's going on inside.
15:07So much is going through this officer's mind right now, he's literally just shot somebody.
15:19But irrespective of knowing what potentially could happen down the line, he has to focus
15:24on immediately trying to save this person's life.
15:31A man's been rushed to hospital with bullet wounds after being arrested at his home in
15:46Somerset.
15:47It's understood the 32 year old shot himself in the head before confronting police who
15:52then fired at him again.
15:54The officers involved are said to be uninjured, but in a state of shock.
16:06During the four months Wischusen spent in hospital, surgeons removed his own bullet from behind
16:12an ear.
16:13In that time, detectives also found disturbing pointers to his mindset.
16:20When police search Wischusen's computer files, they find a document that he had written titled
16:27Revenge.
16:32It details a number of people that Wischusen wants to take revenge on.
16:35It's former bullies at school.
16:39It's work colleagues who have made fun of him.
16:44It's the people who had rejected his shotgun license applications, his applications to join
16:51the police.
16:54It's a long list and it covers a wide number of people who he felt had wronged him.
17:00In the document, Wischusen spelled out his plan to carry out a mass school shooting.
17:09Then enter the Avon and Somerset police HQ, where he would open fire on staff and detonate
17:15explosives.
17:18To ease his access to the building, he'd obtained a police uniform, which he intended to wear during
17:24the massacre.
17:29What about the machine gun?
17:36Yeah, that's 9mm.
17:38His demeanor in the interview is odd.
17:40He's smiling quite often throughout them.
17:43He seems to enjoy talking about his interests.
17:47This is the one, the weapon that you referred to in your first interview.
17:51Yeah.
17:52That's the pride and joy.
17:53That's the pride and joy.
17:54Yeah.
17:55Okay.
17:56When police start questioning him about this revenge document, they try and ask him, you
18:09what is this?
18:10What are you writing down here?
18:12Bearing in mind it's a school attack.
18:13Bearing in mind it's an attack on police headquarters.
18:21It, and bearing in mind what we've seen from your address, it's absolutely terrifying.
18:26So you're still standing by, this is just fantasy.
18:33Yes.
18:34He tries to play it off as just something he was doing to let off steam.
18:38He said he would never have the courage to actually carry out any of these things.
18:43We're dealing with something very serious here.
18:44To know you could play the straight back to fantasy here all day.
18:48But we want to know if this is something that's really sinister.
18:53It's all of us as a fantasy.
19:06Following a 10-day trial, the jury found Wishhusen guilty of eight firearms and explosives
19:12offences.
19:13The judge said he believed he intended to carry out the mass shooting and jailed him
19:18for life with a minimum of 12 years.
19:24I think Wishhusen was definitely someone to be feared.
19:29He had spent a long time and a lot of effort creating weapons capable of killing people.
19:36When you look at everything that he was writing about planning to do, it doesn't bear thinking
19:40about really what he could have accomplished.
19:45The judge praised the arresting officers for their bravery.
19:49Wishhusen claimed he never planned to shoot them.
19:53But the trauma of the arrest left a lasting mark.
19:58In a victim statement, one of the firearms officers said he still had flashbacks to the moment,
20:03that the worry of having potentially killed someone weighed heavily on his mind.
20:08He said he still had regular nightmares, that he would wake in the middle of the night
20:13believing that someone was trying to kill him.
20:15I'm going to kill him.
20:19F***!
20:21We're going to kill!
20:22We're back, we're back, we're back.
20:24Buckle me, buckle me!
20:26Yes!
20:28Come to the door!
20:30We've talked this way to me!
20:32In such close circumstances when officers are facing an offender with a firearm,
20:37where they're seeing their face, they're seeing the offender's eyes,
20:41that can have an everlasting effect on those officers.
20:44They are, forever then, realising that they themselves were in a position where they could have lost their lives.
20:59It's a situation that so few people would really want to ever be in.
21:05But firearms officers, they do it, and they put themselves in that position every day,
21:12not knowing what's going to happen.
21:36Police say they're treating the death of a five-year-old boy whose body was found in the river Ogmore near Bridgend as suspicious.
21:45Logan Mwangi, who was five, was reported missing by his mother in the early hours of yesterday morning.
21:50When the police are arresting multiple suspects, there are a number of things that one needs to consider.
22:11What level of violence might you be facing when you go through the door to arrest these suspects?
22:20Has violence been used in the past that the officers may need to protect themselves from that?
22:25And also, if forensic evidence is outstanding or physical evidence is outstanding like a weapon, then you can't hang around.
22:35You need to get hold of those people, get into that address as quickly as possible so that you can start searching for that evidence and that it can't be destroyed.
22:43A community in shock and a family apparently in mourning.
22:53Just a day after the discovery of Logan Mwangi's body, police prepare to arrest the three people who lived with him.
23:05John Cole was 40 years old and he started a relationship with Logan's mum in 2019.
23:12So, this is John, OK?
23:14Hi, John. Hi.
23:16He then moved in with her shortly afterwards, effectively becoming Logan's stepfather.
23:20Right, you've obviously got to speak to you. What I need to tell you now, OK?
23:261822.
23:28I'm arresting you on suspicion of the murder of Logan.
23:30What?
23:32Do you want to have to say anything but it may hardly be offence?
23:35If you do not mention a wet question, something which you'll need to rely on court.
23:39Normally, if somebody is innocent and they've been accused of murdering a five-year-old child,
23:43they would protest their innocence straight away, shouting out,
23:46it's not me, what are you doing, this is ridiculous.
23:48Anything you do today may be given in evidence, OK?
23:52Unless I ask you for my arrest due today, it's a proper investigation.
23:58But he's just taking it all in and probably just starting to think about the reality and the consequences of what's going to happen to him.
24:05Why am I getting arrested?
24:09On the staircase, officers arrest Logan's mother.
24:13Can't explain anything further at the moment.
24:16Why is nobody talking to me? You're supposed to be helping find out what happened, not arresting me when I'm telling you my son.
24:22OK.
24:23What is wrong with you guys? You're supposed to be helping me.
24:28As the saying goes, attack is the best form of defence and that certainly seems to be Williamson's strategy here.
24:34She's angry, she's outraged, she's accusatory.
24:37She wants the officers to know just how distressed she is.
24:41Don't be mean.
24:42I understand she's upset, I understand...
24:45Is your son dead? Is your son being found in a river?
24:48OK, I'm harried.
24:49I think Williamson's response wouldn't have come as a surprise to the police officers.
24:54And they'd had interactions with her before.
24:56They knew she was prone to emotional outbursts.
24:59I think they would have been more surprised when they went upstairs.
25:05In a bedroom above, Craig Mulligan.
25:08John Cole's stepson from a previous relationship.
25:11Craig!
25:12I'm under arrest.
25:14Just do as you told me, please.
25:16Craig, you must have nothing wrong.
25:18I know.
25:20This is unbelievable for me.
25:21You know, you've got a 13-year-old boy who's just been arrested on suspicion of murder.
25:26And he's sat there in a sofa, as cool as you like.
25:29Just shout out, I'm under arrest.
25:31I know.
25:33He doesn't seem to be bothered by the seriousness of what's going on.
25:37And then he shows his true colours.
25:39Get the f*** out of my room.
25:41Come on now.
25:42I'm not messing, get up.
25:44He's aggressive towards police officers.
25:46Get the f*** out of my room.
25:49He's verbally abusive.
25:51Making threats to them to get out of his room.
25:53Come on now.
25:54I'm not messing, get out of my room.
25:56He's not messing, he says.
25:57You know, that's a threat.
25:58And this is a 13-year-old boy.
26:00Please, please help me, please.
26:01Where are you?
26:02My son's not here.
26:03My boy's not here.
26:04Williamson made her 999 call shortly after dawn broke, and she sounded distraught.
26:05He's not here.
26:06Okay, take a breath.
26:07When did you see him last?
26:08He's not here.
26:09When did you see him last?
26:10I said he made her 999 call shortly after dawn broke, and she sounded distraught.
26:15Logan!
26:16Okay, take a breath.
26:17When did you see him last?
26:18Logan!
26:19Logan!
26:20Logan!
26:21Logan!
26:22Logan!
26:23I need you to speak to me.
26:25I need you to speak to me.
26:26She's not here.
26:27I ran her 999 call shortly after dawn broke and she sounded distraught.
26:31He's not here.
26:32Okay, take a breath.
26:33When did you see him last?
26:34I started looking at the bed right tonight and I just got up and put my son and the other
26:36one's not here.
26:37Logan!
26:38Okay, take a breath.
26:39He's five and he's gone.
26:40Can you see a little bit later?
26:41Logan!
26:42I need you to speak to me.
26:43Okay, take a breath. He's five and he's gone.
26:46Can you see it in any case?
26:47Logan! Logan!
26:49I need you to speak to me.
26:53She managed to tell the operator how Logan must have gone up out of his bed
26:58in the middle of the night, left the house and wandered off.
27:01You can't look at him now!
27:03We're going to get as many people through the area as soon as we can.
27:06When police arrived, John Cole was at a field adjacent to the home.
27:15He appeared to be looking for Logan, calling his name.
27:19I'm just kidding!
27:21But when police searched the river, they found Logan's body.
27:30Now, doctors had yet to confirm that he had passed away,
27:34but it looked pretty certain that he was sadly dead.
27:41Well, I'm not allowed to see my own biological son!
27:45I heard. Look.
27:46He is unconscious! Why is he unconscious?
27:49Listen, I don't know. I don't know.
27:52It's very common for parents to be emotional during these sorts of situations
27:57and the police would have been very sympathetic to that.
28:02Sweet, look.
28:03He's my baby! What's going on?
28:09But they also knew that things weren't starting to add up.
28:13It's very unusual for such a young child to get up in the middle of the night
28:18and leave their house barefoot, walk across a field and onto a riverbed.
28:22There was also a bruise above one of Logan's eyes
28:26that none of the family could explain.
28:28Throughout the rest of the day, police learned more about Williamson and her partner.
28:44She was a 31-year-old single mum who'd cut off contact with Logan's father
28:49after moving from Essex.
28:51John Cole, commonly known as Jay, was nine years her senior.
28:56A white supremacist with convictions for violence,
28:59he made no secret of his dislike for Logan, who was biracial.
29:05Friends and neighbours described Logan as a very happy and smiley little boy.
29:10That very much changed when Cole moved in with the family.
29:15They described how he would often punish Logan, and there were quite bizarre punishments.
29:20Making him do press-ups for hours, stand and stare at a wall.
29:27Some people had noticed that Logan, who had a stutter,
29:31he really struggled to get his words out when he was around Cole.
29:35He also had taken to pinching himself and banging his head against the wall
29:39when he was placed in time-out for long periods of time.
29:44Effectively self-harming.
29:45Logan's life became even more difficult
29:50when Cole's stepson, Craig Mulligan, moved in at the end of July 2021.
29:57Mulligan had a very troubled background.
30:02Prior to moving in, he'd spent time with foster parents,
30:06and they described how he had physically attacked them,
30:09sprayed deodorant in their pet's eyes,
30:11and tried to play murder games with younger children.
30:15He was an extremely disruptive presence in the house,
30:19and despite him being 13 years old, they said that they were scared of him.
30:28In this tight-knit community,
30:31Logan's death has led to an outpouring of grief,
30:34as well as love for who many have called
30:37a polite and popular little boy.
30:39In their initial statements,
30:47the three members of Logan's family
30:49said they were in bed throughout the night he went missing.
30:53But within hours, police recovered CCTV from a neighbour,
30:58casting serious doubt on all their stories.
31:01What came out of that footage was that two figures were seen
31:12coming out of that address,
31:15carrying some sort of object towards the river.
31:18And although the images were grainy,
31:21officers were able to confidently say
31:23that those images were of Cole and Mulligan.
31:27Just as significant was the video footage of the house itself,
31:33which showed a light being switched on and off
31:36and curtains being opened and closed
31:38throughout the early hours of the morning.
31:40And given that Cole and Mulligan were out of the house,
31:43the only person that could have been operating that light switch
31:46was Angharad Williamson.
31:48So when they saw this footage,
31:50they knew she was lying.
31:51Although John Cole lived with Logan's mother at her home in Saan,
32:14he still kept his old house less than half a mile away.
32:18It was here, after the discovery of the CCTV,
32:24that the police prepared to make their arrests.
32:27This was a very delicate operation.
32:31There was no sirens, no breaking down of doors or anything like that.
32:35The police at this point weren't actually certain of their guilt.
32:39They only had their suspicions.
32:42Williamson may have been actually grieving her son,
32:45and that's where you can hear the officers talking to her
32:48in a very sensitive way.
32:50Why am I getting arrested?
32:53Do you want to have to sit down by there in a minute, right?
32:55Don't want you calling down, right?
32:56Have a sit down by there, OK?
32:59You're supposed to be helping find out what happened,
33:01not arresting me when I'm telling you my son.
33:05What is wrong with you guys?
33:07You're supposed to be helping me.
33:09I understand you're upset, I understand you're upset.
33:11Is your son dead? Is your son dead?
33:13I mean, the police officers are incredibly professional at this point,
33:17and they don't react to her aggressive demeanour there.
33:23They're very calm, reassuring.
33:25So you can see the officers have used real sensitivity around this arrest.
33:41They've not brought marked police vehicles.
33:44They've brought an unmarked car.
33:46They've discreetly put Williamson into the back of that car.
33:49You can see her handcuffs are covered up with a jacket or a coat of some description.
33:55And the reason for that is if anyone was to see them coming out of the house,
33:59it wouldn't look like they're in custody at that point
34:02and they were taken away in unmarked police cars.
34:19I put Logan to bed and I tucked him in.
34:22And then I woke up and Logan wasn't there.
34:29In their interviews, the suspects maintained that they'd all been asleep when Logan disappeared.
34:38But the holes in that account soon appeared.
34:41When John Cole was confronted with the video evidence that police had,
34:46that is when he admitted that actually he'd lied.
34:49And he then told them that actually what he had been doing
34:53was taking rubbish from the garden to fly tip it down to the river.
34:57It was only when he was confronted with the post-mortem results
35:01that showed that Logan had suffered injuries over many months
35:05that he then really began to change his story.
35:11During those months, Britain was in COVID lockdown.
35:15The only people who could have physically harmed Logan
35:18were those who lived with him.
35:20And I think at that point, Cole realised that the game was up
35:27and that he had to come up with an excuse as to why Logan had all of these injuries.
35:32He needs to come up with a story that detracts blame from him
35:37and place it firmly at Williamson's door.
35:41And so he tells officers that on that night,
35:45Williamson had lost her temper with Logan.
35:49On the floor, it's rather than grabbing him's body.
35:52She's picked him up by his T-shirt. It's ripped.
35:57She then placed him in bed
35:59and then woke up in the middle of the night to check on him
36:02and found that he was lifeless.
36:05And it was at that point that Williamson had asked Cole
36:15to dispose of Logan's body in the river.
36:26There's like a little steep on a drop.
36:33I've got him on the edge.
36:35I've got him there and then I went back up.
36:40I didn't really hang about.
36:42I was panicking.
36:46And John is saying,
36:48Ewok, I was to you screaming,
36:50he's dead.
36:51Logan's dead.
36:53This story is very extravagant.
36:56None of it is true.
36:58There's a real point where you can see Williamson realise
37:02that Cole is now throwing her under the bus.
37:05And Harrod, listen,
37:07we need to find out the truth here.
37:09And this is for Logan.
37:10Yes, I know it's for Logan.
37:13And then she turns on him.
37:15Why would John lie?
37:18Because John's a liar.
37:20Because he doesn't want to get done for murder.
37:25When you've got suspects blaming each other,
37:27it's called a cutthroat defence,
37:29where they're not taking responsibility for their own actions,
37:31they're blaming the other party.
37:33Quite frankly,
37:35you know,
37:35it's music to my ears.
37:37It just means you've got the right people in custody.
37:44Ever since Logan was first reported missing,
37:47officers had been combing the house for clues.
37:50Now came a crucial breakthrough.
37:55Although Logan's bedding had been washed,
37:58forensic tests revealed traces of fresh blood.
38:03Faced with evidence that he'd been violently assaulted
38:06just hours before his death,
38:09Williamson gave her most damning statement yet.
38:13Jay hit him three or four times in the stomach
38:17because he wouldn't talk.
38:20Jay said,
38:21the only way this boy understands his pain.
38:25He was laughing.
38:27That's a good one, isn't it?
38:28Craig hit Logan as well.
38:30He swept him and pushed him to the floor
38:33and he banged his head.
38:34How did that happen?
38:36They both done martial arts.
38:39Jay said he had to do it to get him to listen.
38:47Whilst the two adult suspects blamed each other,
38:51Mulligan also gave his account of the night
38:53and an explanation of what was on the CCTV.
38:57I woke up in the middle of the night.
39:01Then Dad came into the living room with me.
39:04When Mulligan is first questioned,
39:06he's behaving like a typical child.
39:09He's wide-eyed, he has quite a babyish voice.
39:12I know we weren't meant to do it,
39:14but we grabbed some of the rubbish in the back garden
39:17and then dropped it in the river.
39:20But when he finds out what Williamson has said,
39:23his whole attitude and personality changes.
39:26Is there anything you'd like to add or on?
39:28Yeah, can you tell my mum to f*** off for me?
39:31Why is that?
39:32Because she's blaming me and my dad for everything
39:35when we haven't done anything.
39:37Neither has my dad.
39:38Now, I'm just sick of this.
39:40She's just saying whatever she wants
39:42to get out of the f***ing cells.
39:45At this point at the interview,
39:47he's very much the Mulligan that we saw during the arrest.
39:50The innocent, wide-eyed little boy act has now gone.
39:54And this is perhaps what he really is like.
39:56During the suspect's time in custody,
40:19police gathered two crucial new pieces of evidence.
40:23The first, a pathologist's report,
40:25showing that although Logan sustained serious injuries
40:29shortly before death,
40:30they needn't have been fatal.
40:34One of the most shocking aspects of this case
40:36is the fact that the pathologist found
40:38that had Logan been treated,
40:41he could have survived.
40:43Now, he suffered obviously horrific beating that night,
40:46but instead of calling 999,
40:48his parents effectively put him to bed to die.
40:51Was Logan in pain in the day on the day
40:56or in the lead days leading up to his death?
40:58No comment.
41:04The second piece of evidence
41:06concerned Williamson's movements
41:08on the night of the murder.
41:09By the time of the final interview,
41:13Williamson's phone has been analysed by the police
41:16and they've discovered
41:17that during the night that Logan was killed,
41:20she was surfing the internet
41:21and watching reality TV shows.
41:24This, combined with the lights being switched on and off
41:26in the house,
41:27allowed the police to put to her
41:28that she'd been lying consistently throughout
41:31about being asleep the whole night.
41:33Both John and Craig are saying that you were awake.
41:41No comment.
41:42And this is your opportunity to set the record straight,
41:45for you to tell us anything that you feel may help us
41:48get justice for Logan
41:50and to find out what happened,
41:52to find out the truth.
41:57No comment.
41:58Three people have been jailed for life today
42:20for the murder of five-year-old Logan Mwangi.
42:24His mother, Anne Harrod Williamson,
42:25was given a minimum term of 28 years.
42:28His stepfather, John Cole, 29 years
42:31and stepbrother, Craig Mulligan, 15 years.
42:39During the trial, prosecutors likened Logan's injuries,
42:44including internal bleeding and brain damage,
42:46to those sustained in a high-speed car crash.
42:50They said it was impossible to tell
42:52who dealt the fatal blow to Logan.
42:54But all three were collectively responsible for his death
42:57and a calculated attempt to cover it up.
43:03The judge in the trial said
43:05Logan's body had been discarded like a piece of rubbish,
43:09which is really harrowing to think about.
43:11But that wasn't just how he was treated at the end of his life,
43:15but actually how he'd been treated for months prior to his death.
43:19This was the systematic abuse of a little, defenceless boy
43:23whose mother should have protected him,
43:26but did the exact opposite.
43:27The final video of the Tobias
43:57Transcription by CastingWords
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