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00:07Paramedics couldn't quite believe what they were seeing.
00:12Her injuries were very severe.
00:15Her eyes were very, very swollen.
00:17Her hands and her arms were blackened with bruising.
00:20She also had lots of cuts throughout her body.
00:25He then decided at two minutes past three to phone the ambulance.
00:33What was really bizarre about this scene
00:35was there was not only a young woman barely alive on the sofa,
00:39but there was a wheelbarrow in the living room.
00:45I don't know, it's just like I had this horrible feeling.
00:50I said, she's gone, isn't she?
00:58When a murder's committed, it's always a race against time
01:02to find the truth, to separate fact from fiction,
01:06to catch the killer,
01:08and to make sure that justice is served.
01:12But what if the truth disappears when the victim dies?
01:17I'm Dr. Richard Shepard,
01:19and I've spent my whole career as a forensic pathologist,
01:22performing over 23,000 autopsies.
01:26I've learned that the dead don't hide the truth,
01:29and they never lie.
01:32With the aid of a state-of-the-art laboratory
01:34and using groundbreaking technology,
01:37I'll be investigating a series of appalling crimes
01:41and examining the trail of evidence
01:43left behind on the victim's bodies
01:45to reveal the truth behind their murder.
02:14Mid-afternoon, on the 29th of September 2009,
02:18a call came into emergency services
02:21from the small Valleys town of Mountain Ash.
02:30A man called Terry Andrews
02:32said his partner, Bethan Callaghan,
02:35had been knocked down by a van.
02:39Dorian Lloyd was the senior detective on call
02:42when the report came in.
02:47He told the operator that overnight,
02:49during the early hours,
02:51his girlfriend had run out the rear of their home
02:55into the lane
02:56and that she'd been a victim
02:59of a hit-and-run road traffic accident.
03:02But the victim wasn't out on the road.
03:04She'd been brought into the house
03:05and was in a bad way.
03:08Paramedics were dispatched immediately.
03:16And when they arrived,
03:17they found Bethan lying unconscious
03:19on the living room sofa.
03:24Her injuries were very severe.
03:27Two black eyes.
03:28Her eyes were very, very swollen.
03:29Her hands and her arms were blackened with bruising.
03:33She also had lots of cuts consistent
03:35with having been knocked over by a car
03:37and dragged underneath the car.
03:39And she was covered in black soot and dust.
03:46What was really bizarre about this scene
03:48was there was not only a young woman
03:50barely alive on the sofa,
03:52but there was a wheelbarrow in the living room.
03:57Paramedics couldn't quite believe what they were seeing.
03:59They were absolutely horrified.
04:02They turned to Andrews and said,
04:05why didn't you ring us before?
04:07She had clearly been clinging to life
04:09for many, many hours.
04:11He said, oh, she told me
04:14she just wanted to be on the sofa.
04:16She didn't want any fuss.
04:19He said he just lay there
04:21and, in his words, cuddled her
04:22overnight and throughout the day.
04:24But she'd got to a point
04:25where she was clearly so unwell.
04:27He then decided that two minutes past three
04:29he'd have phoned the ambulance.
04:32This was highly unusual behaviour,
04:34but not unheard of in cases of extreme shock.
04:41Bethan was rushed,
04:43blue lights flashing into accident and emergency
04:45where a trauma team was waiting for her.
04:48Andrews followed the ambulance to the hospital.
04:5914 miles away in Caerphilly,
05:01Bethan's mother, Gayna,
05:03was out shopping with her younger daughter, Chloe.
05:07I was putting my stuff
05:10onto the conveyor belt.
05:14My phone started ringing
05:15and I couldn't quite understand
05:16the person on the other end.
05:18And I went,
05:19oh, you are, Chloe.
05:20I said,
05:21have that.
05:22And I could do,
05:24well, Bethan.
05:25And she just looked at me
05:27and said,
05:27ma'am,
05:28she said,
05:29Bethan's been run over.
05:31All I could remember
05:32was just
05:33leaving my bags there.
05:34I said to the woman,
05:35I said,
05:35I can't pay for that.
05:37I just run to my car.
05:38I don't know how she got to the hospital.
05:40I was saying,
05:40ma'am,
05:41you need to slow down the car.
05:43I could just see her tap in the steam
05:45and I was going,
05:45I'm going to lose her,
05:46I'm going to lose her.
05:47I don't know,
05:48it's just like
05:48I had a horrible feeling.
05:51And then you got
05:52to the hospital.
05:54And they said,
05:55oh, can I ask who you are?
05:56And I said,
05:57well, I'm Beth's mum.
05:59And you went,
05:59all right,
05:59I think you need to...
06:01Took you into the room then,
06:02didn't I?
06:03You didn't say nothing.
06:03We was in the room for hours.
06:05And it was taking so long
06:07and I'm like,
06:08I just kept thinking
06:09it was a van.
06:10And I'd,
06:10like,
06:10going through my head,
06:11it was like,
06:12did she have a drink?
06:13Did she stagger?
06:14Did she fall onto the road?
06:16Did the bank up on the kerb?
06:26This nurse
06:27come up to me then
06:28and I just looked at her
06:29and I said,
06:31I said,
06:32she's gone,
06:32haven't she?
06:34And she just gave me
06:35the look and said,
06:37yes,
06:37she's gone.
06:44they tried resuscitating her 13 times
06:49but it was just
06:50nothing.
06:51And I could just remember
06:52losing,
06:53leaving the hospital.
06:57I was just on the floor
06:58and I was
07:00dragging my hair
07:01to feel the pain
07:03and
07:05after that,
07:05I don't know anything,
07:06I just went into
07:08the shell.
07:15when a road accident
07:16results in a death,
07:17police always launch
07:19a full investigation.
07:23One of the first priorities
07:24as a senior investigating officer
07:25is to visit the scene
07:27because you need to understand it,
07:29you need to see it
07:31and
07:31and you need
07:32with the support of others
07:33to be able to navigate
07:34through it.
07:37The house
07:37is a typical
07:38mid-terrace
07:39Valley's home.
07:40The front doors
07:41to the left
07:42of the property.
07:45There's two floors
07:46at the front
07:46on the main road.
07:48At the rear of the property
07:49there were three floors
07:51with a kitchen
07:51in the basement.
07:53The kitchen
07:54led to a path
07:55in the garden
07:56out then
07:57into a lane
07:57at the rear
07:58of the row of houses
07:59the dirt track lane.
08:03This is where
08:04Terry Andrews
08:05said a speeding van
08:06had hit Bethan.
08:10It was plausible
08:12that a van
08:13could have
08:14sped down it
08:15although it was
08:16a very narrow lane
08:18and actually
08:19pretty overgrown.
08:21It allowed access
08:22to the rear
08:23of all the properties
08:24and led up to
08:26the Tint Hotel
08:28pub
08:29at the end
08:30of the street.
08:33From the initial
08:34assessment
08:34there was evidence
08:36to suggest
08:37that she had been
08:37involved
08:38in a road
08:39traffic collision.
08:41We were
08:41undertaking
08:42fast track inquiries
08:43with neighbours
08:44with witnesses
08:45etc.
08:46So we made a decision
08:47to interview
08:48Andrews
08:49as a witness
08:49and that's what we did
08:51whilst he was in hospital.
08:53Police urgently
08:54needed to know
08:55more about
08:56Bethan's injuries.
08:56if they were to have
08:58any chance
08:58of tracking down
08:59the vehicle
09:00that had knocked
09:00her over.
09:02Her body was taken
09:03for a post-mortem.
09:09When Bethan came
09:10into the mortuary
09:11there were twigs
09:12and leaves
09:13in her hair
09:14which was also
09:15stained
09:16and matted
09:17with blood
09:17suggesting
09:18a significant
09:20head injury.
09:22she was also
09:23covered in dust
09:24which indicated
09:25that Bethan
09:26had come into
09:26contact
09:27with the surface
09:28like that
09:29of the back lane
09:30behind the house
09:31in Mountain Ash.
09:32Her body was
09:33covered in bruising
09:34but the most
09:35serious injury
09:36was to Bethan's head
09:37where there were
09:38cuts and bruises
09:39and abrasions
09:40and there was also
09:42an abrasion
09:43to the bridge
09:43of her nose
09:44which is caused
09:45by a harsh
09:46rubbing
09:47against a rough
09:48surface.
09:48Her lips
09:50were swollen
09:51and bruised
09:52and there was
09:53a cut
09:53in the corner
09:54of her mouth.
09:55This bruising
09:56and abrasion
09:57and the considerable
09:58trauma to Bethan's head
10:00associated with
10:01the dirt staining
10:02over all of her body
10:03gave the appearances
10:04of a collision
10:05followed by the body
10:06being forced
10:06against the surface
10:07of an unpaved road
10:09as you might expect
10:11in a hit and run
10:12incident
10:13and that's what
10:14traffic police
10:14had been told
10:15by Andrews
10:16but surprisingly
10:17there were no
10:18major fractures
10:19or internal damage
10:21found on the examination
10:22that would be
10:23usually associated
10:24with a road collision.
10:28These missing injuries
10:30raised serious doubts
10:31about how Bethan
10:32had died.
10:33Was this an unusual
10:35hit and run
10:35or had something
10:37else happened?
10:46with the lane
10:47offering few answers
10:48about the possible
10:49hit and run
10:50police needed
10:51to cast the net
10:52wider
10:53and find out
10:54if Bethan's background
10:55could provide
10:56any clues.
11:04Bethan's little sister
11:05and Chloe
11:05knew her better
11:06than anyone
11:07there were seven
11:08years between them
11:11She'd do anything
11:12for me?
11:13She would
11:14we was really
11:14close for me
11:15Yeah
11:17She treated me
11:18like her daughter
11:19she'd say like
11:21come on your dinner's
11:22done now babe
11:22you need to come
11:23home now
11:23or your boss run
11:24and she'd look
11:25after me
11:28Well on my 40th
11:29we went out
11:29for my birthday
11:30I was fancy
11:31dressed
11:32and then we
11:33took her
11:33down to Cardiff
11:35and I showed
11:37her into the
11:37gay clubs
11:37and dancing
11:39and laughing
11:41chatting
11:41to the people
11:42you know
11:43and they all
11:44just loved her
11:46She just wanted
11:48to have a
11:48perfect relationship
11:49kids
11:51happy
11:51because she was
11:53fantastic with her
11:54nieces
11:54she'd always look
11:55after them
11:56and she'd always
11:56have them
11:57and she just
11:58wanted to be loved
12:04Bethan left school
12:05at 16
12:06and worked
12:06in the local
12:07fish and chip shop
12:08in Coffilly
12:09Neighbours always said
12:11she was a lovely girl
12:12with a big smile
12:13for everyone
12:14but generally
12:15a quiet young woman
12:19Bethan was 20
12:20years of age
12:21she'd been
12:22in a relationship
12:24with Terry Andrews
12:25for a little while
12:25who was
12:26some 16 years
12:27older than her
12:29their relationship
12:30was a whirlwind
12:32they'd only been
12:32together three or four
12:33months
12:34and in that time
12:35Bethan had moved
12:36from Coffilly
12:37up the valley
12:37to Mountain Ash
12:38to live with Andrews
12:43there was nothing
12:44there was nothing in
12:45Bethan's home life
12:46that immediately
12:46rang alarm bells
12:47but house to house
12:49inquiries in this
12:50close-knit community
12:51were providing police
12:53with valuable
12:54new information
12:58it was clear
13:00that Terry Andrews
13:01was giving conflicting
13:02accounts
13:03to different people
13:04he told some people
13:06that Bethan had run
13:08out of the house
13:08because she was
13:09chasing burglars
13:11he told one for example
13:13that Bethan had taken
13:15the rubbish out
13:15into the lane
13:17and was knocked over
13:18by the car
13:18during that process
13:21he was very confused
13:23in the accounts
13:23that he was giving
13:24to different people
13:25as well as changing
13:26his story
13:27evidence was also
13:28emerging
13:29that Andrews
13:30had been behaving
13:31suspiciously
13:32on the night
13:32Bethan sustained
13:33her injuries
13:36we interviewed
13:36one witness
13:37who was
13:39present at the time
13:40the paramedics
13:41attended
13:41at around that time
13:44Andrews
13:44went into a cupboard
13:46in the corner
13:47of the lounge
13:47took out a pair
13:48of white Adidas
13:50trainers
13:50handed them
13:51in a plastic bag
13:52to this witness
13:53and asked him
13:54to take them away
13:55and give them
13:55to a friend
13:57the witness's wife
13:58took them
13:59to the friend
14:00and the friend
14:00rejected him
14:01immediately
14:01said I don't know
14:02anything about
14:02these trainers
14:03they're not mine
14:03I don't want
14:04anything to do
14:04with them
14:04can you take
14:05them back
14:07so the lady
14:08took them
14:08and handed them
14:09to the police
14:12with this important
14:13new evidence
14:14alongside the wildly
14:15conflicting versions
14:17of what had
14:17happened that night
14:18Terry Andrews
14:20story was starting
14:21to unravel
14:23it was clear
14:24he'd given
14:25different accounts
14:26in order to try
14:26and cover his tracks
14:30police urgently
14:32needed to confirm
14:33whether or not
14:34Bethan had been
14:35hit by a vehicle
14:36this would determine
14:37what direction
14:38the investigation
14:39would take next
14:43in my work
14:44as a pathologist
14:45I've seen
14:46many tragic
14:47road traffic
14:48collisions
14:48and every time
14:50I'm shocked
14:51at how much
14:52damage a vehicle
14:53can do
14:54in a collision
14:55with a van
14:56travelling about
14:5620 or 30 miles
14:58an hour
14:58on the back lane
14:59as described
15:00by Andrews
15:01I would have
15:02expected to see
15:03any number
15:03of injuries
15:04fractures of the
15:06tibia
15:06fibula
15:07femur
15:08and pelvis
15:09injuries to the
15:11knees
15:11with breaks
15:12and dislocations
15:14around the torso
15:16and abdomen
15:16if someone's been
15:18involved in a
15:18vehicle collision
15:19we often see
15:21fractured ribs
15:21that may puncture
15:23the lungs
15:24and in the abdomen
15:25there may be
15:26lacerations
15:27to the internal
15:28organs
15:29like the liver
15:29and the spleen
15:31resulting in
15:33haemorrhage
15:33we would also
15:34see fractures
15:35of the lower
15:36spine
15:37but also
15:38of the upper
15:39spine
15:39and skull
15:41that could be
15:42associated
15:42with concussion
15:44and bleeding
15:45inside the brain
15:46all of which
15:48can be fatal
15:49Bethan clearly
15:51had injuries
15:52that resembled
15:53the superficial
15:54secondary injuries
15:55we see in road
15:56traffic collisions
15:57cuts and bruising
15:59and abrasions
15:59when a body
16:00is forced
16:01over a rough
16:02and dirty
16:03road surface
16:04but there were
16:05no bone
16:06fractures
16:06to the legs
16:07and the pelvis
16:08and internal
16:09examination
16:10of the head
16:11showed no evidence
16:12of skull fracture
16:13or brain damage
16:14these were not
16:16the typical injuries
16:17you'd expect to see
16:18from a hit and run
16:19there was no grease
16:21or paint
16:22or glass fragments
16:24present in the hair
16:25or on the body
16:25and no patterned injuries
16:27caused by the tyres
16:29to suggest that a vehicle
16:30had been involved
16:32after this close examination
16:34carried out
16:35with the utmost care
16:36the post-mortem
16:37confirmed that
16:38Bethan had not
16:39been involved
16:40in a road traffic collision
16:41far from it
16:43the bruising
16:45around the eyes
16:46and the head
16:47was more consistent
16:48with punching
16:49and kicking
16:50so Bethan
16:51had not been hit
16:53by a car
16:53something
16:54or someone
16:56had caused
16:57these injuries
16:59so now the investigators
17:01knew that
17:02Andrew's account
17:03was a lie
17:04but they still
17:06needed to find
17:07the truth
17:11I suspected
17:12that Andrews
17:13may have been
17:14involved
17:15in assaulting
17:15Bethan
17:17but police
17:18needed more
17:19than suspicion
17:20they needed proof
17:21they retraced
17:23the night
17:23that Bethan
17:24was injured
17:27witnesses placed
17:28her with
17:29Terry Andrews
17:30at their local
17:30the Tint Hotel
17:33and accounts
17:34of what happened
17:35inside
17:35would become
17:36crucial witness
17:37evidence
17:37for the investigation
17:44they were seen
17:45to be arguing
17:46and Bethan
17:47was very distressed
17:48some said
17:49that she thought
17:50that Andrews
17:51was having an affair
17:52and got his phone
17:54and took the sim card out
17:55and snapped it in two
17:57they were arguing
17:59pretty ferociously
18:01one of the witnesses
18:02in the pub
18:03saw Andrews
18:04gripping his mogul phone
18:06very firmly
18:07in his hand
18:08raising his arm back
18:09as if he was going to
18:10punch Bethan
18:11with the phone
18:12in his hand
18:13and she was clearly scared
18:14she also
18:15told a number
18:16of people in the pub
18:17that he was
18:19assaulting her
18:20had been
18:22assaulting her
18:22regularly
18:23and very recently
18:25Bethan expressed
18:27that she was
18:27frightened about
18:28going back home
18:29with Andrews
18:30and actually
18:31showed some witnesses
18:32bruises
18:33on her arm
18:36Bethan's family
18:37had also long
18:38held deep concerns
18:40about Terry Andrews
18:42you know
18:43he liked
18:43his coke
18:46yeah
18:47his drink
18:47quite a big drinker
18:50and sister Chloe
18:51who was only 13
18:52at the time
18:53had witnessed
18:53first hand
18:54the violence
18:55he was capable of
18:57towards Bethan
18:58one day
18:59I walked up the stairs
19:00because I could hear
19:00my sister screaming
19:01and I opened the door
19:04and Terry slammed it
19:05back in my face
19:06and all I could see
19:07was Terry
19:08on her neck then
19:10and I just screamed
19:12and I said
19:12just get off her
19:12get off her
19:14and it was one point
19:16then when I went up
19:16to the one weekend
19:17before I had to push
19:18Terry down the stairs
19:19off my sister
19:20and then it was
19:21one evening
19:22that he chucked us
19:23both out of the street
19:24three o'clock in the morning
19:25and Bethan was begging
19:26him for the door
19:27saying look my sister's
19:28is freezing cold
19:30just please let us in
19:31and he left us
19:32outside the doorstep
19:33for over an hour
19:35as well as being cruel
19:36Andrews could also be
19:38very controlling
19:40he just
19:41manipulated her
19:43so night she went
19:44out with my mum
19:45she had a message
19:46of Terry
19:48saying
19:48if we don't come home now
19:50I'm going to hurt the dog
19:52I'm going to kill the dog
19:53and obviously my sister
19:54was her puppy
19:55she obviously went back up there
19:57but there were two sides
19:59to Andrews
20:00at times
20:01he could present himself
20:02very differently
20:03to those around him
20:06he wasn't a
20:08this
20:08macho
20:09neanderthal
20:10thug
20:11all the time
20:12he was also
20:13a man who could be
20:14quite witty
20:15and quite charming
20:17at times
20:19he knew what he was doing
20:20he had that voice
20:21which you think
20:22oh yeah
20:22he had the good words
20:24and you think
20:25oh right okay
20:25you think oh yeah
20:27maybe what if you saw
20:27if you saw your friend
20:29because she would listen to him
20:30do you mean
20:30to go back up there
20:31the things he'd say
20:34based on the evidence
20:36that we're seeing
20:36we do have some examples
20:39of losing emotional control
20:42and the mentality
20:44or the psychology
20:45behind someone engaging
20:46in this type of behaviour
20:47it isn't just constant violence
20:49all the time
20:50it's a cycle
20:51and after this burst of violence
20:54there usually comes a honeymoon period
20:56where things are really nice
20:59and there's lots of apologies
21:00and there's lots of love
21:03Andrews had four
21:04he'd had girlfriends before
21:05and he was with a girlfriend
21:07when he met Bethan
21:08and that girlfriend told Bethan
21:10I hope he treats you
21:12like he treated me
21:13there was violence
21:14in that relationship too
21:16we were able to build a picture
21:18from the community collectively
21:20that Bethan was a victim
21:22of domestic violence
21:23at Terry Andrews' hands
21:25that she was fearful
21:27of her safety
21:28and particularly fearful
21:29of him that evening
21:33but whilst he was volatile
21:35and violent
21:35was Andrews capable of murder?
21:50after leaving the pub
21:51Bethan and Andrews continued arguing
21:54on the way home
21:55and things quickly escalated
21:59the neighbour saw
22:01between midnight and 12.30am
22:05Andrews assaulting Bethan out in the street
22:07saw Andrews kick her twice
22:09while she was on the floor
22:11twisted her arm
22:12neighbours described to police
22:14how they heard Bethan saying
22:16don't hurt me
22:17I'm bleeding
22:18you know
22:19it was horrible
22:20it's amazing
22:21that no one
22:22has stepped forward
22:24and phoned the police
22:25or intervened really
22:26or protected her
22:27you know
22:30police arrested Andrews
22:31who was now
22:32the main suspect
22:33but to build a cast iron case
22:36against him
22:36police needed the post-mortem
22:38to confirm
22:39the cause of death
22:44Bethan's body
22:45was covered in 92
22:46separate injuries
22:48most of which
22:49were the swelling
22:50and bruising
22:51associated with
22:52blunt force traumas
22:54bruising
22:54or the appearance
22:55of bruising
22:56can actually occur
22:57after a person
22:59has died
23:00and it can actually
23:01also occur
23:02if someone is injured
23:03after death
23:04when blood
23:05oozes
23:06from the blood vessels
23:08beneath the surface
23:09of the skin
23:10the injuries
23:11that occurred
23:12at the time
23:12of Bethan's murder
23:14can be most clearly seen
23:16in the terrible
23:17bruising
23:17and soft tissue swelling
23:19all over her face
23:21it was the sheer
23:23extent
23:24and violence
23:25of these injuries
23:26that confirmed
23:27the cause of Bethan's death
23:29was blunt force trauma
23:31to her head
23:32but not all the injuries
23:34had been caused
23:35on the night
23:36Bethan had sustained
23:37the fatal blows
23:40one of the most
23:41affecting aspects
23:42of the post-mortem
23:43were the injuries
23:44that Bethan
23:45had clearly received
23:47before the night
23:48of her murder
23:49which told a story
23:50of abuse
23:52that had taken place
23:53over a long period
23:55of time
23:55there were much
23:57older bruises
23:58distinguished by the
23:59brown and grey
23:59colouration of Bethan's chest
24:01there was bruising
24:03of the front
24:03and the back
24:04of the right upper arm
24:06and bruising
24:07of the left forearm
24:08and there was also
24:10bruising
24:10of the right
24:12lower thigh
24:13it's impossible
24:14to tell precisely
24:15when they were caused
24:17but it tells the story
24:18of regular
24:19physical violence
24:21before that night
24:22a night
24:24when this regular
24:25and awful
24:26regime of violence
24:27went one tragic
24:29step further
24:31South Wales police
24:32have named a woman
24:33who died following
24:34an incident in Mountain Ash
24:35as Bethan Louise Callaghan
24:37paramedics took
24:38the 20 year old
24:39to Prince Charles Hospital
24:40in Merthyr Tidford
24:41on Tuesday
24:42where she later died
24:43the 36 year old man
24:45arrested on suspicion
24:46of murder
24:46is still being questioned
24:48by officers
24:50Dorian Lloyd's team
24:51interviewed Andrews
24:52about Bethan's death
24:55He was just very angry
24:56and dismissive
24:57throughout the whole time
24:58of being in custody
25:00and refused to engage
25:02with the entire process
25:03he refused to give us
25:04any account
25:05refused to support
25:06our investigation
25:07our enquiries
25:08in any way whatsoever
25:08he answered no comment
25:10to all questions
25:14With Andrews refusing to talk
25:17investigators needed to know
25:18where Bethan was
25:20when she sustained
25:21her fatal injuries
25:22and proof that Andrews
25:25had been present
25:28to do that
25:29they needed to piece together
25:31what had happened
25:32in the early hours
25:33of that morning
25:35Another witness
25:36another neighbour
25:37the other side
25:38explained that
25:39between midnight
25:40and 12.30am
25:42he heard
25:43a sound of someone
25:44falling down the stairs
25:45from the lounge
25:45into the kitchen
25:46downstairs
25:47and a tumbling sound
25:49but other than
25:50a recently used mop
25:52the house
25:53looked spotless
25:54at least
25:55to the naked eye
25:57We needed to try
25:58and find
25:59where the blood seam
25:59was
26:00and to try
26:01and link that blood
26:02to an attack
26:04inside that premises
26:07due to the lack
26:08of blood
26:09we used
26:10a blood enhancement
26:11chemical reagent
26:12called acid black
26:16Acid black
26:17is an enhancement
26:18technique
26:19that's used
26:19by forensic chemists
26:21forensic footwear
26:22mark experts
26:23and finger mark experts
26:24to enhance any marks
26:25that may be
26:26in blood staining
26:27I believe
26:28that was the first time
26:29it was used
26:30nationally
26:31in that investigation
26:32it enhances
26:35any previous
26:36blood staining
26:37which has been there
26:38and which may have
26:39been washed away
26:40It'll bind to the
26:41proteins in the blood
26:42and it will just give you
26:43a better footwear mark
26:45a better fingerprint mark
26:46and better for comparison
26:47to either a shoe
26:48or to somebody's
26:49finger marks
26:52When it's been used
26:53in the property
26:54that Beth and Callaghan
26:55lived in
26:55that acid black
26:57was used to treat
26:58flaws in the kitchen
26:59and in the living room
27:01What the chemical
27:02revealed in the house
27:03in Mountain Ash
27:04provided crucial evidence
27:06filling some of the blanks
27:08for detectives
27:10It brought up
27:11a footwear mark
27:12and it also brought up
27:14what looked like drag marks
27:15Now the footwear mark
27:17I believe could be
27:17compared to footwear
27:19that Terry Andrews
27:20had been wearing
27:21and obviously
27:22this drag mark
27:23again was indicative
27:24of somebody
27:25or something
27:26being dragged
27:26through that kitchen area
27:28The direction of the marks
27:30suggested Bethan
27:31had been dragged
27:32across the kitchen floor
27:34and into the garden
27:36and there were also
27:37unexplained injuries
27:38on her back
27:39which would reveal
27:40more about
27:41what had really happened
27:44So what were these
27:46long thin scratches
27:47on the back
27:47of Bethan's body
27:48These multiple
27:50superficial incisions
27:51many of them discontinuous
27:53ran all the way
27:54from the back
27:55of the shoulder blades
27:56they even extended
27:57onto the legs
27:59and down to the ankles
28:00At first sight
28:02they could be taken
28:03to resemble scratch marks
28:04made by nails
28:05but on closer inspection
28:07it was clear
28:08they were too long
28:09and too deep
28:11Looking closer
28:12some of the larger incisions
28:14contained woody plant matter
28:16which was sent for testing
28:18and motivated the police
28:20to employ another branch
28:22of forensic science
28:27Forensic botany
28:28is the analysis
28:29of plant evidence
28:30and can be used
28:31to link suspects
28:33to crime scenes
28:34The forensic botanist
28:36in this case
28:36looked at the body
28:38of Bethan
28:38and there were red marks
28:40and scratches
28:41that she put down
28:42to being caused
28:43by brambles
28:44This happened in September
28:46and the plants
28:47that were in the back garden
28:48of Bethan's property
28:49were older bramble bushes
28:50This wasn't the nice
28:52green growth
28:53that you might find
28:54on the brambles
28:54This was going to be
28:55older thorny growth
28:56and she was able to see
28:58that there were
28:59parallel marks
29:00on her body
29:00and that was indicative
29:01that this was caused
29:03from her being dragged
29:05This confirmed
29:06that Bethan
29:07had been pulled
29:07out of the house
29:08and through the garden brambles
29:11The next question
29:12was whether she'd
29:13already been attacked
29:14when she was dragged outside
29:18If she'd walked
29:19or run through brambles
29:20she might have expected
29:21more chaotic
29:22more random patterns
29:24So the marks
29:25that were seen
29:25to Bethan's body
29:27do suggest
29:28that she wasn't conscious
29:29when she was dragged
29:30across those brambles
29:34So now it was clear
29:35that Andrews
29:36had moved Bethan
29:37out into the lane
29:38but how had she
29:39got back into the house?
29:42She was lying
29:43in the lane
29:45and Terry Andrews
29:47wasn't strong enough
29:47to carry her by himself
29:48so he went to her neighbour
29:50and asked him for help
29:55They lifted Bethan
29:56into the wheelbarrow
29:57and used that wheelbarrow
30:00to wheel head up
30:01around the front
30:02of the property
30:02and into the lounge
30:06Andrews had fed
30:07this neighbour
30:07the same lie
30:09about the hit and run
30:10just so he could
30:11borrow his wheelbarrow
30:14It was becoming clear
30:16that this was just
30:17one lie amongst the many
30:18that he'd told
30:19to cover up
30:20what he'd done
30:21to Bethan
30:23She had been
30:24violently assaulted
30:26by him in the house
30:27and then he had
30:29taken her
30:30dragged her
30:30through the house
30:31through the garden
30:32out into the lane
30:34having beaten her up
30:35so badly
30:37to make it look
30:38as if she'd been involved
30:38in a road traffic collision
30:42A 36 year old man
30:44from Mountain Ash
30:44has been charged
30:45with murdering
30:46a woman from the area
30:47Just days after
30:48he attacked Bethan
30:49Terry Andrews
30:51was charged
30:51with her murder
30:52but police now
30:54needed proof
30:54strong enough
30:55to convince a jury
30:56and forensics
30:58provided them
30:58with the final
30:59crucial piece
31:00of evidence
31:02investigators
31:02discovered blood
31:03on the shoes
31:04he'd tried
31:05to get rid of
31:06We forensically
31:07examined the trainers
31:08and they were found
31:10to belong to
31:12Terry Andrews
31:14and we were able
31:15to confirm that
31:17through DNA evidence
31:17but we also confirmed
31:19that Bethan's blood
31:20was on the outside
31:21of the trainers
31:22therefore those trainers
31:24had been worn
31:25at the time that Bethan
31:26was kicked
31:26and was bleeding
31:40The trial was held
31:41at Merthyr Crown Court
31:42not very far
31:43from the hospital
31:44where Bethan died
31:45some months previously
31:49Despite the overwhelming evidence
31:52against him
31:52at his trial
31:53at Merthyr Tidfield Crown Court
31:55Andrews pleaded not guilty
31:57and submitted a defence statement
31:59that significantly
32:00changed his story again
32:03He admitted to
32:05punching her
32:06a few times
32:07and said it was
32:08in self-defence
32:09and she tripped
32:11and she'd fallen
32:12down the stairs
32:14and the next thing
32:15he knew
32:16she was out in the lane
32:21It was a desperate
32:22final attempt
32:23to evade justice
32:27But again
32:28pathology proved
32:29that Andrews was lying
32:31The pattern of the injuries
32:33simply was not that
32:35of a fall downstairs
32:37You'd expect to see
32:39neck strain or sprain
32:40facial fractures
32:42compression fractures
32:43of the vertebrae
32:44tibia or femur
32:45Not the terrible
32:47bruising and abrasion
32:49to Bethan's head
32:50and face
32:51and especially
32:52knocked those long
32:53thin scratches
32:54down Bethan's back
32:56and legs
32:56which clearly told
32:57the story
32:58of a brutal
32:59and evil killer
33:00who took the life
33:02of his partner
33:03and tried to cover it up
33:04in the most deceitful
33:06and cowardly way
33:09The start of the trial
33:11gave hope
33:11that justice
33:12would be served
33:13But because Andrews
33:14pleaded not guilty
33:16it meant her family
33:17also had to endure
33:19hearing the details
33:20of all that happened
33:22including Bethan's
33:23final moments
33:25When you had said
33:26about a paramedic call
33:27Yeah
33:28Just by hearing
33:29the phone call
33:30in the court
33:31I heard her
33:32breathing in the court
33:33a noise I'd never
33:35heard before
33:35and one one
33:36a year before
33:38if she sounded
33:39like that
33:39how can we
33:40he didn't ring
33:42the ambulance
33:42quick enough
33:43sooner
33:43And then obviously
33:44I was in court
33:45and his defendant
33:47put a page over
33:49on a book
33:51It was a photograph
33:53that showed
33:54Bethan's head injuries
33:56I felt physically sick
34:01I got up
34:02I left
34:02I left the court
34:03the courtroom
34:04I couldn't
34:05couldn't take any more
34:09After eight days
34:10because that's
34:11all it took
34:12for the trial
34:13the jury foreman
34:14stood up in the court
34:15and simply said
34:16one word
34:17guilty
34:20On Tuesday
34:21the 25th of May
34:222010
34:23Terry Andrews
34:25was given
34:25a life sentence
34:26with a minimum
34:27tariff of 16 years
34:28for the murder
34:29of Bethan Callaghan
34:32The judge
34:33Mr John Griffiths
34:34Williams
34:34spoke to the court
34:35after the jury
34:37brought its verdict in
34:38and he said
34:39it had been
34:39a very brutal murder
34:41It's clear
34:42he wasn't impressed
34:43at all
34:43by the number
34:44of versions
34:45he gave
34:46to the court
34:47and to the police
34:48about how
34:49Bethan died
34:50I still don't think
34:52he's in long enough
34:53you know
34:54it's
34:55he took my daughter's
34:57life
34:57and why
34:58should he
34:58come out
34:59and have his life
35:01like 16 years
35:03is not enough
35:05for him
35:05it's not
35:08This case
35:09didn't seem
35:09to get the news
35:10coverage
35:10it deserved
35:11and I often
35:12ask myself
35:13why
35:13and I think
35:14it's because
35:15it's just
35:15too familiar
35:16cases like this
35:18tragically
35:18happen
35:19far too often
35:20and I think
35:21it says
35:22something
35:22about the
35:23communities
35:24and the
35:24culture
35:25in which
35:25we live
35:26we don't
35:27want to get
35:27involved
35:28we don't
35:28want to
35:28interfere
35:31Bethan's family
35:31would have done
35:32anything to
35:33protect her
35:33but Andrew's
35:35grip on her
35:35was strong
35:38you can't
35:39just
35:39get someone
35:40out of that
35:40relationship
35:40because they
35:42know the
35:42right words
35:43to say
35:43to them
35:44and they'll
35:45go back
35:45it's hard
35:47to get out
35:48of a domestic
35:49abuse relationship
35:49it really is
35:52I used to
35:53say to her
35:53just please
35:53leave him
35:54he's really
35:54hurting you
35:55I used to
35:56say just
35:56please
35:56stay away
35:57and she
35:57said it's
35:58hard
35:59I remember
35:59them words
36:00it's hard
36:00and I said
36:01she said
36:02just don't
36:02tell mum
36:03because obviously
36:04my mum
36:04she would have
36:05done something
36:06about it
36:06but I was
36:07young
36:07didn't know
36:08nothing about
36:08it
36:08and I kept
36:09things from
36:10mum
36:11I wish I
36:12didn't know
36:13but
36:14I do live
36:15with regret
36:16of not telling
36:16my mum
36:17things
36:18it's 16
36:19years since
36:20Bethan's
36:20death
36:21Gaynor
36:21recently
36:22came across
36:22Bethan's
36:23old phone
36:24she hoped
36:25it might
36:25hold
36:25precious
36:26memories
36:27but instead
36:28there was
36:29a chilling
36:29reminder
36:30of Terry
36:30Andrews
36:32I was in the
36:33Arctic
36:33in a suitcase
36:34for her
36:34holidays
36:34and as I
36:35went like that
36:36I went
36:36oh look
36:37I said
36:37her phone's
36:37by her
36:38and she said
36:39oh I wonder
36:40how photos
36:40are still on
36:41there
36:41and then
36:42she said
36:43oh look
36:43ma'am
36:43there's a
36:43video
36:44by her
36:44and there's
36:45a video
36:45and I
36:46started
36:46listening
36:46I was
36:47like
36:47I can't
36:47do
36:48no more
36:50in the
36:50days before
36:51Andrews
36:52attacked
36:52Bethan
36:52he'd
36:53filmed
36:53a video
36:54of himself
36:54on her
36:55phone
36:55but Chloe
36:56fears
36:57it may even
36:58have been
36:59filmed
36:59on the
36:59night
37:00of the
37:00fatal
37:00attack
37:02he's
37:03in the
37:03bedroom
37:03there's
37:04music
37:04in the
37:04background
37:05blasting
37:05music
37:06what he's
37:06making
37:07on the
37:07camera
37:08I
37:08I love
37:08I love you
37:09babes
37:09I
37:10have been
37:11the
37:11best
37:11I've
37:12never
37:13ever
37:13tried
37:14I swear
37:15to God
37:15you never
37:16need
37:16a person
37:17like me
37:17in my life
37:17I do
37:18worship
37:19you
37:19I love
37:20you
37:20all
37:20my
37:20life
37:21I tell
37:22them
37:22I write
37:23I do
37:23I never
37:24forget
37:25you
37:25never
37:26you're
37:27one
37:27of the
37:27best
37:28people
37:28I've
37:28ever
37:28been
37:29with
37:29you
37:29because
37:30God
37:30you
37:31do
37:31anything
37:31for me
37:32I've
37:32got
37:32some
37:33perspective
37:33I
37:34thought
37:34I can
37:35say
37:35you're
37:35right
37:35I'm
37:36sorry
37:36for
37:36I lost
37:36it
37:36right
37:37I
37:37popped
37:38my
37:38heart
37:38right
37:38I
37:39love
37:39her
37:39more
37:39than
37:40anything
37:40in
37:40the
37:40world
37:46I'm
37:47really
37:47shooting
37:47those days
37:50never
37:50hurt
37:51you
37:51and
37:51it's
37:52really
37:52the
37:53best
37:54school
37:54I've
37:54ever
37:54had
37:55and
37:58if
37:58this
37:58helps
37:59one
38:00or
38:01ten
38:01people
38:01you
38:02know
38:02if
38:03you
38:03feel
38:03like
38:03getting
38:04abused
38:04by
38:05your
38:05partner
38:06please
38:06just walk
38:07away
38:09you
38:10know
38:10it's
38:10not
38:10just
38:10them
38:11that
38:11loses
38:11their
38:12life
38:12it's
38:13the
38:13people
38:13around
38:14them
38:19I
38:19never
38:19thought
38:20I'd love
38:20my daughter
38:20through
38:22domestic
38:22violence
38:24and I
38:25don't expect
38:25anybody else
38:26to as a
38:26mother
38:27because
38:28the pain
38:28is
38:28you
38:29know
38:29it
38:30lives
38:30with you
38:31forever
38:34just
38:34get out
38:36just
38:37get out
38:37just
38:38out
38:41and
38:42don't
38:42know
38:42you
38:42you
38:42you
38:42you
38:42you
38:43you
38:45you
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