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24 Hours in Police Custody S19E04 The Cold Case Murder Part Two
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00:10She used to be a regular on a Saturday, I would pick her up just later to the
00:16addresses then 10-15 minutes we would chit-chat all the way. I was the one that
00:23took her home that day. This is Una's house here. I would wait till she got in the house and
00:35that's the last I see of her.
00:4011 years ago, Una Crown's body was found in the hallway of her bungalow. Officers who first
00:47attended the scene initially thought that it wasn't suspicious. I've worked on lots of
00:51murder investigations over the years and this is one of the worst decisions I've ever seen.
00:56They made a right mess of it. I mean to say that she'd done it herself. Cutthroat,
01:01stabbing and then setting fire. It was a clear homicide. Yeah, we lost the scene. Those golden
01:07hour principles of securing and preserving that evidence weren't adhered to on this job. Years
01:13after she was viciously stabbed to death, the killer has still not been caught. We urge anybody out
01:19there. Anybody that they know came home either with blood on them and smelling of smoke or came
01:25into some money. Importantly, there were defensive type injuries. Could she have scratched? Could she
01:32have reached out at her attackers? We have a list of revisited suspects. Yeah. This is almost like the
01:39last row of the dice then, really. It's crucial that we find the truth.
01:54Got to question everything. Believe nobody. It's almost a game of chess. Trying to slip up. This is your
02:03opportunity to talk to me.
02:12Cambridgeshire Police's major crime unit are investigating the brutal murder of 86-year-old
02:18Una Crown. Detective Inspector Lee Martin visits the lab where testing is being carried out for any suspicious male DNA
02:27present at the scene.
02:31Right. Where are we? We've taken multiple samples. We've not found anything significant that would move us any further from
02:39the clothing. There's not been any breakthrough in the case in that way.
02:44We do, however, we do have something that will be of interest. It's that clutch. This has really protected the
02:52surfaces underneath those fingernails. And we've got out a YSDR result, which has given us a positive funding for a
03:00match to the original suspect that was put forward for comparison.
03:08David Newton.
03:11Eleven years after the unsolved murder of Una Crown, traces of the familial DNA of 69-year-old David Newton
03:19have been identified on her body.
03:22He sets the fire. He sets the fire. The seat of the fire is her back. And her arm was
03:27underneath her chest. So that has then stopped the fire damage.
03:36And...
03:36Whereas everything else, the exposed hand and everything is damaged.
03:39It's damaged.
03:40Yep.
03:40So then the DNA that we've got from under the fingernails hasn't been exposed to the fire.
03:49When Una was burnt after her death, her hand was underneath her body and was away from the fire.
03:58And I like to think that she left that for us.
04:02It's almost like she guarded that hand waiting for us to find that evidence.
04:10With the forensic breakthrough, the new investigation team seek advice from a KC who specialises in complex cold cases about
04:19the best way to build the most effective case against their suspect.
04:25The YSTR profile of David Newton or somebody in his close male relative lineage could be the potential source of
04:34the male DNA detected.
04:36We're effectively saying anybody that's a male relative of David Newton should have the same YSTR profile.
04:42It's a challenge. What I anticipate he is going to do is he's going to say, it's not my DNA.
04:50And you can't prove that it is.
04:52So that's where the battleground is going to be.
04:55Yeah. So that finding has been calculated to 28,000 times more likely to be him than anybody else.
05:04What is unquestionably the case here is that the DNA match in isolation is not going to prove the case.
05:13In usual DNA, juries have become familiar with the idea of matches where the significance is a billion to one.
05:24What we are dealing with can suffer by the comparison, which is a statistical significance of 28,000 to one.
05:31What is one in 28,000 compared to one in a billion? If the jury is going to be persuaded
05:38that this is his DNA, it is going to be because...
05:41This scientific finding of the match combines with other evidence of circumstances relating to this defendant and events that took
05:54place at or about the time of the killing.
05:57This case is going to be an exercise in trying to make sure that the jury put the pieces together.
06:07The DNA result has obviously made all the original circumstantial evidence that bit more important.
06:14And Mac is going to go out and do some witness inquiries because obviously he was linked to the original
06:17investigation just to build up a picture of David Newton that we might not already be aware of.
06:30We had Newton as a suspect back in the day.
06:34Yeah. Strong circumstantial evidence.
06:36Oh, yeah, yeah. We knew it was him. Proven it's a different matter.
06:43Investigating Officer Graham McMillan visits David Newton's closest living family in order to profile the suspect.
06:52We'd built up what I would say was a very good circumstantial case, but nothing was put before the Crown
06:58Prosecution Service.
07:00Totally disagree with it. I think we should have continued with our line of investigation and taken this to the
07:05CPS.
07:07DNA is clearly very, very important, but it's not the be all and end all because you have to have
07:12context around it.
07:13It's vitally important that we keep looking, we keep reviewing our investigation.
07:19We do it for you and his family and they need to see that justice.
07:29Hello there. Graham McMillan from the police. Is it possible to have a word?
07:32Yeah. Do you want me to save my shoes off?
07:43Hello, mate. How are you getting on?
07:44She actually said to us that her dad ruined her childhood.
07:48Now, that's not something that you say lightly, is it?
07:50Not to strangers, not to say that.
07:53Yeah, we've never spoke to her before.
07:54He said, my dad ruined my childhood.
07:56When her mum passed, she basically said to her dad, I'll probably hardly ever see you again.
08:01Oh, really?
08:02Yeah, she doesn't like the way he treated her mum throughout her life.
08:06But I think the important thing she said was, she doesn't think her dad's capable of murder, but when he's
08:13been drinking, who knows?
08:15Yeah.
08:15That's basically what she was saying, wasn't it?
08:17Yeah.
08:20Yeah.
08:21The partial DNA match needs to be supplemented with other evidence.
08:25So officers revisit materials from the original police investigation, including a statement given by David Newton's late wife, Janet.
08:34Can you just give us your full name, please?
08:36Yeah, Janet Newton.
08:38And your husband's name, what's his name?
08:40David Leslie Newton.
08:42Huh?
08:44Yeah.
08:44Tell me about David and his drinking.
08:47He's a terrible drinker if he gets on whiskey.
08:50And vodka.
08:52Would you have said that David had a problem with drinking?
08:55Yeah.
08:56Would you have gone as far to say that he wasn't at home?
08:58I was.
08:59Yeah.
09:00He was.
09:00I would say.
09:03We used to tell him he needed help, but I'm kind of nervous.
09:08Janet obviously kind of knows what he likes.
09:11Yeah.
09:12She's just being honest.
09:12She probably doesn't even understand the relevancy of it at the moment.
09:15No, no.
09:18Hello, Bert.
09:19It's Craig McMillan.
09:19Nice to see you.
09:20It's just Janet's marriage to David Newton.
09:22Yeah.
09:23Nobody likes a man.
09:24When he's had a drink, he can be very violent.
09:27He's hit Janet several times.
09:29I see a bruise over her eye.
09:31It was quite a big bruise.
09:33Yeah.
09:34From the sort of top of the eye.
09:36Yeah.
09:36And it came down onto her chin.
09:37Yeah.
09:38A lot of the time she was spending in the bedroom,
09:40because she wouldn't want to come out and show her injuries.
09:44Injuries.
09:45Yeah.
09:45Visible injuries.
09:46I would imagine she had a split lip or a black eye or something like that.
09:52This is 2009.
09:54There.
09:55That's Dave Newton.
09:58Yeah, just seeing his face.
09:59He's just a horrible man.
10:01I can remember him standing on my chest.
10:04And I remember the words clearly.
10:06That's 13 and a half stone of pure muscle standing.
10:10I could crush you.
10:11You know when somebody rules the house with an iron fist and...
10:14Yeah.
10:14Would it be fair to say that there was an atmosphere of fear when he was about?
10:18Yeah.
10:19It was pure alarm bells for me.
10:21It wasn't...
10:22That's not normal.
10:23No.
10:23That didn't happen in my house.
10:25Yeah.
10:25And even at that young age, it's like...
10:28This isn't right.
10:30Yeah.
10:31If you had words to describe David Newton now, what would you use to describe him?
10:38A bully.
10:39A beast.
10:41A bully.
10:42A proper bully.
10:43And a beast.
10:53Officers from the Major Crime Unit visit witnesses from the original investigation into the unsolved murder
11:00to strengthen the circumstantial evidence available for a potential prosecution.
11:07You were a witness 11 years ago and you gave four statements.
11:11What we will do today is read through the statements.
11:15Yeah.
11:15You know was a lovely lady.
11:18In 2012, she told me, that man that plays snooker said he was going to come round for tea.
11:23The man she was referring to, the snooker player, was David Newton.
11:27I said, don't have anyone round, don't let people in you don't know.
11:31And that would have included David Newton.
11:33I don't have a problem with Newton, but I have heard some rumours about him hiding in local hedges.
11:38Whether that is true, I do not know.
11:41David Newton, he was a drinker.
11:44He was a queer boy when he was drinking.
11:47He was a different person.
11:48Jekyll and Lloyd, you know.
11:50He was a weird one, you know.
11:53He was not a character that you want to mix with anyway.
11:56I wouldn't want to mix with him.
11:58You were saying that one of the things that you've maintained for the entire time is that Una must have
12:07known her killer.
12:08I was still straight there.
12:09I would have told her to never open your door.
12:12Yeah.
12:15Before arresting David Newton, the team must review the previous interview conducted by investigating officer Graham McMillan
12:23to work out what questions now might reveal the truth of his involvement.
12:30There's a lot of groundwork you've got to do.
12:33You've got to refresh yourself on everything he said in interviewing the first time he was arrested.
12:36Have you ever had what you would consider a drinking problem?
12:41No.
12:42Would any of your family consider that you have had a drinking problem?
12:47No, I don't think so.
12:48I don't think I've got a, you know, drinking problem.
12:51On the forefront of the investigators' minds is the way David Newton is.
12:56The way he conducts himself.
13:00What's your normal routine on a Saturday?
13:02Probably go to the club, ex-serviceman's.
13:06Playing snobber on that.
13:07Have you been up to the serviceman's club after Una's murdered?
13:11Um, no, I don't think so.
13:13I didn't have any money.
13:17Reviewing all the evidence of the cases before me, I constantly ask myself questions of,
13:23was something missed?
13:24Or is there something else that we can do differently to try and solve it?
13:28Did you go back to that?
13:29We went back to the bungalow, yes.
13:31We went back Monday afternoon, and then we started sorting things out.
13:36We found a purse, but there was no money in the purse, which was most unusual.
13:41We couldn't find any money.
13:43She'd probably draw out £200, because she'd like to have that money.
13:48So if anybody did do any job for her, she'd always pay them at the five,
13:53or if they'd just done a favour of any sort.
13:56We know she's a lady who habitually dealt in cash,
13:59so she's not just going to have, you know, just that.
14:02I mean, my grandparents had loads of cash that I'd got around.
14:05They always topped it up.
14:06You know, I suspect there was more than a house at the time.
14:08I know that she would never be without notes.
14:12OK.
14:13Because Julie said there should be some money here somewhere,
14:15but there's no notes in the purse at all.
14:17Mm-hm.
14:26I think it's in Newton here, then.
14:29He's got quite a lot of cash.
14:30He has got quite a lot of cash, yeah.
14:34Fruity.
14:36More money coming out of the wallet.
14:38Which is unusual for somebody who's on, you know, largely on benefits,
14:43pulling out notes.
14:44Loads of notes.
14:45Yeah.
14:47Has that Snoopy key been propped up there the entire time?
14:51Has he actually played?
14:52Or using it as an excuse to say,
14:55I was going to play snooker.
14:56Wow.
14:56He's leaving now.
14:57He's not even used it.
14:58Yeah.
15:00We've got Sunday the 13th,
15:02so you're down the club.
15:04Yeah.
15:04Then on Monday the 14th of January,
15:07can you remember what you did?
15:10Or where you went?
15:11No.
15:12OK.
15:13Exhibit GJM 20,
15:15which is a CCTV still from the Nationwide Bank.
15:18Yeah, that is me.
15:19That's you, yeah. OK.
15:21Can you remember what you're doing there?
15:22You're going into the bank.
15:23This is on the Monday after Ewan has been murdered.
15:28I, erm...
15:30I don't really know what I was doing there.
15:32We've done cheques with the bank.
15:34You're actually paying money in.
15:35Where did that money come from?
15:37It's only at home where my wife lent you.
15:40Your wife's lent the money?
15:41She more than likely has, yes.
15:43But that was the first time you paid money into your account
15:46in over a year.
15:47On the back of four hours in the club on a Sunday,
15:51you are very flushed that weekend.
15:53This is unusual in the fact that I think it's the first transaction
15:56for some time and also the largest for some considerable amount of time.
16:02Which given that he'd also spent what appeared to be a fair bit of money
16:06over the weekend at the club.
16:07Why would he need to pay it in?
16:10Yeah.
16:10That's unusual in itself.
16:11So did he not want to have that cash on him
16:14in case Lees wanted to speak to him or something?
16:17Did you get money from Euna's house?
16:18No, I'd been around then.
16:20Things that don't add up is that within six days of the murder,
16:25you're telling the police, I didn't go out, I didn't have any money.
16:28Yeah, I didn't.
16:29But you did.
16:30Well, yeah.
16:30Not only did you have money, you had, for you, lots of money.
16:38I'd like to talk about Euna Crown now for May.
16:40Did David ever say whether he'd ever spoken to her before?
16:43Oh, he spoke to her before, because he got the key broken the lock.
16:47Right.
16:48So he had to go to Anglia Locksmith.
16:49So he was going to Anglia Locksmith to get a key for Euna's.
16:53Yeah.
16:56That key broken the lock, that is compelling.
16:59If he went to get one key cut, he could have got two key cut.
17:02Absolutely.
17:02And then he's got access, immediate access to the house.
17:14I still don't think he knocks on the front door.
17:17It was only really John and Judy that would knock on the front door
17:20and wait for her to go.
17:21Everybody else would go straight round the back.
17:23I suppose he's got a key, hasn't he?
17:25He's got a key.
17:25Yeah.
17:26Why is the clothing disturbed on the front?
17:28Mm-hm.
17:29It's not going to have ridden up that high just in struggles, I don't think.
17:33Because it's above the breast line, isn't it?
17:36Yeah.
17:36Was he grabbing her breasts?
17:38The sexual element I can't move away from.
17:40We know that a few months before, he went to a friend's house.
17:45She opens the front door, kind of invited himself in.
17:49She says, I'm going to go and get ready to go out.
17:52Let yourself out.
17:53Well, he didn't.
17:55He then went and stood outside her bedroom door watching her in her underwear
17:59and then she starts screaming at him.
18:02So the voyeurism bit is there and he just saw the opportunity,
18:06another old lady that he likes.
18:09David Newton, I would suggest, is an alcoholic.
18:14He has violent tendencies.
18:16The way that he treats women makes him a very good suspect for the murder of Una.
18:29Satisfied they finally have the evidence, officers prepare to arrest David Newton for murder.
18:37Thanks for coming. It's the briefing for Operation Valerian, big day.
18:41And the reason why we need so many of you is because of the limitations of YSTR.
18:46All that will tell us is that it's David Newton's Y chromosome
18:49and that's passed down from father to son.
18:52There's 13 relatives that have been identified.
18:54Brothers, cousins, half cousins and their respective children.
18:57We've got as far north as Scotland and as far south as Kent.
19:01They need to be eliminated from the inquiry.
19:03We've found their whereabouts.
19:05The arrest would be conducted by officers from ERSU with support from the MCU.
19:15Mate. Hello, mate.
19:16Just setting off, I'll be Maxine Lane and I'll wait for you guys to come in.
19:22Call.
19:26I think you might have moved away, wouldn't you?
19:29Yeah.
19:35Hello, police.
19:38Hello, police. Is that David?
19:40Yeah.
19:40Hi, David. This is the police. Can I come in?
19:42Hi, David. My name's DC Harper. I'm from the Major Crime Unit.
19:45Yeah.
19:46I'm here to arrest you on suspicion of the murder of the Crown on the 12th of January 2013.
19:53OK.
19:54The investigation's been re-investigated.
19:56New evidence has come to light, so that's why you've been re-arrested.
19:58OK.
19:59OK.
20:00Was he surprised?
20:02Yeah, interest is, er, he was like,
20:05well, I said everything, er, in my last interview.
20:08OK.
20:09Yeah, no, no sudden sort of unburdening of himself or anything.
20:15OK.
20:16Put these on to go in the car.
20:17Oh, it couldn't be no light.
20:28One's red.
20:45The 69-year-old man from West Beach has been arrested, er, on suspicion of murder in relation to the
20:52death of Una Crown, er, 11 years ago,
20:55and that he is being questioned here at Thorpewood Police Station in Peterborough.
21:00She'd been stabbed in the neck and chest, and it's thought that the fire was started to try and cover
21:06what had happened.
21:08Police later apologised to Una Crown's family, er, admitting that the failure to treat it as a murder scene from
21:14the outset had had an impact on the investigation.
21:23Are you all right?
21:24Yes, thank you.
21:24Apart from being here, obviously, but...
21:25Oh, yeah.
21:26Yeah.
21:26Have you ever been arrested before?
21:28Er, yep.
21:29Yeah, OK.
21:30Circumstances?
21:31Er, suspect is alleged to have murdered Una Crown.
21:36It's informed me this, er, gentleman's been arrested for this offence before.
21:39OK.
21:40Following the reinvestigation offence, the evidence has come to light.
21:45Officers search murder suspect David Newton's address for electronic devices.
21:51All right, so shall we just get this clear?
21:52Done.
21:53I think we'll start with this, and then we can have this.
21:55Yeah.
21:56Yeah.
21:58And in the bedroom are going to be the main focus point.
22:06Yeah, it was a bit of a crazy morning, a little bit of a shock.
22:09So I heard a knock at the door, but then I've heard police.
22:12I thought, oh, no.
22:14I thought, definitely ain't answering that, because I know I've done nothing wrong.
22:18Yeah, I don't think he's expecting that.
22:20Well, I wasn't expecting that either.
22:29He'd normally just sit here, having a little drink, a little whisky on his little cabinet here.
22:34On the weekend, he'd spend most of his time, bless him.
22:36If the door was open, he would say, come in, come and have a whisky.
22:41So I would sit on there with him and have a little whisky.
22:47Have you eaten a cell before?
22:48Yes.
22:49Last time, when I was in here.
22:52The first time, I know.
22:54Are you worried about being here?
22:56No.
22:59Past it.
23:00What's going to happen?
23:01What's going to happen?
23:02I mean, I'll tell them the truth, what I know.
23:08Don't really interact with anybody.
23:10I won't say I've got any friends.
23:12I only speak to my daughters.
23:15You've got to love your kids.
23:16Don't matter what they've done.
23:19Well, I don't reason, I suppose.
23:23Are you protective of your guards?
23:24Yes.
23:26No one touches them.
23:29That's why they called me the shovel.
23:32So has me hands.
23:36Let's just talk about relationship-wise, how you get along,
23:39what you do together, what you don't do together, that sort of thing.
23:41No, it's usually what we don't do together.
23:43OK.
23:43We sort of just live our own lives, you see.
23:46All right.
23:47Do you mind telling me why that is?
23:48What caused that to happen?
23:50Well, something that happened years ago,
23:52he had carried on with this woman.
23:55Yeah.
23:57It would appear that they lived separate lives,
23:59so that may add to his sort of, you know, frustration,
24:03and maybe that's led to him seeking out contact with other women.
24:10Well, we know that he'd gone into that female's house
24:15and watching her undress.
24:18When we came round this morning and you were arrested,
24:21you were in separate bedrooms.
24:23Yeah.
24:23Do you still have a sexual relationship with your wife?
24:26No.
24:27How does that make you feel?
24:30You know, it don't really sort of bother me.
24:32Have you ever wanted to have sex with anybody else apart from your wife?
24:35No.
24:36Anybody local?
24:37No.
24:40It's Janet.
24:42That's my wife.
24:43He's put the J in a certain way that it actually looks like the flower,
24:47and it'll forget-me-nice.
24:51We have a plan for whilst David Newton is in custody,
24:55the plan being effectively that there will be a series of interviews
24:59that will also go through some of the inquiries that need to be done
25:02whilst he's in custody.
25:03One of our important lines of inquiries is the bloodline
25:07from David Newton's family.
25:10So we are going to need to get DNA swabs and a statement
25:14from all of the male family members.
25:17We'll be looking to seek a magistrate's authority for an extension,
25:22hopefully up to the maximum 96 hours,
25:25which will afford us the opportunity to get the remaining outstanding inquiries done
25:29and also allow us to fast-track some forensics around siblings.
25:37Officers travel across the country to obtain DNA samples and alibi statements
25:42from male members of David Newton's family in order to demonstrate
25:47that only he was present at the murder scene.
25:50Good morning. My name's Graham McMillan. This is Andy Mackay.
25:54We're investigators of the police major crime unit in Huntington.
25:56If it's okay with you, can we come in to explain?
25:59Because there's a bit of a stutter and there's an ask from us.
26:02You probably won't ever get a visit like this again.
26:04It's about a distant relative and a murder of an old lady in Wisbech.
26:07Hello, I'm a detective with Cambridge Police.
26:12Is David Leslie Newton your brother?
26:15Yeah.
26:16Yeah.
26:18I confirm that David Leslie Newton, born in 1954, is my brother.
26:22Is that right?
26:23Yeah.
26:24I confirm that David Leslie Newton is my brother.
26:29You confirm that David Leslie Newton is your first cousin, is that right?
26:34Yeah.
26:35Because David Newton is your uncle?
26:37That's right.
26:38So you say it's your dad's brother's son?
26:40So your uncle's son, which makes him your cousin?
26:42Yeah, dad's brother's son.
26:43Yeah.
26:43One of the dad's brother's sons, yeah.
26:45We have had to approach all of David Newton's living male relatives,
26:52who carry the same YSTR profile as he does,
26:56to establish where they were at the time.
26:59Okay, so up and down, and then backwards and forwards.
27:02Travelling around the country, the team have interviewed and obtained DNA to rule them out.
27:11Do you recall ever having met Luna Crown?
27:14No.
27:14Do you know whether you visited Magazine Lane in Whiz Beach?
27:18No.
27:19He's got nothing to hide.
27:20Which only then points to that male DNA being David Newton's.
27:42He obviously was interviewed back in 2013 a number of times, any sort of variation from that story is going
27:49to look really suspicious.
27:50Once we present him with the DNA findings, is he going to suggest he was actually there that weekend?
27:55Yeah.
27:56Could he sort of say, well, you know, I didn't remember that at a particular time because I didn't think
28:00it was relevant?
28:06I don't think he's got a choice but to go down that route.
28:09He said in his initial interview that he hadn't been in Yuna's bungalow for eight or nine months.
28:16He's going to have to try and tailor the accounts, if he can remember them from back then,
28:21to fit the narrative of why his DNA would be underneath her fingers.
28:27Obviously, if he does provide an explanation as to why his DNA might be there, then we're obviously going to
28:31have to revisit everything,
28:33revisit the scene, anything that we can do to refute that.
28:37And if we can't, then CPS are going to have to see if it's actually a plausible excuse.
28:42Yeah.
28:46The options that David has in interview are really narrowed for him now.
28:52And if he goes what we call no comment, I don't think it puts our case at risk at all.
28:59His initial account from 2013 is still valid.
29:03He said he hadn't been in Yuna's bungalow for around eight or nine months.
29:09DNA doesn't last that long.
29:11So it had to have been within the time period of her death.
29:16He is going to need to account for his DNA's presence at the scene.
29:22Shall we start? Everybody okay?
29:23Yeah.
29:24Okay.
29:29Okay, so this interview is being recorded and it may be given in evidence if your case is brought to
29:34a trial.
29:35We're in an interview room at Fort Worth Police Station.
29:37This interview is being remote monitored.
29:39You're here because you've been arrested on suspicion of murder of Yuna Crown.
29:45On the morning of the 13th January 2013, Yuna was found dead in her home by members of her family
29:52who had planned to take her out for lunch.
29:55Yuna had been stabbed and her body set on fire.
29:59He was previously arrested and interviewed in 2013 and I know that's quite an ask and quite a task to
30:07go back 11 years and ask you to give us an account of what you did in an eight hour
30:11window.
30:12But if you're involved in the murder of Yuna, that's something I would imagine you're going to know.
30:20So, you stated back in 2013 that you did not murder Yuna and today being arrested on fresh evidence coming
30:29to light.
30:30There's a picture of Yuna, 86 years old at the time of her murder.
30:35Is that how you remember Yuna Crown?
30:39No coming.
30:42What you really want to know, David, when was the last time that you saw Yuna?
30:50And when was the last time you was in her bungalow?
30:56No coming.
31:03As you're aware, your brother is currently at the police station.
31:06We've just got some questions in relation to yourself.
31:10Has David ever spoken to you about what happened?
31:15No.
31:16Did he ever mention Yuna to you?
31:18No.
31:19We don't have nothing to do with him anyway, so...
31:22Yeah.
31:23OK, so, have you ever discussed Yuna's murder with David at all?
31:30No.
31:30No, we don't speak.
31:31Never out, God never will do.
31:33I won't trust whatever comes out of his mouth.
31:36He's an evil bastard.
31:39And nothing he's doing.
31:54David Newton is being held in custody on suspicion of murder, while his male relatives are eliminated as suspects after
32:03giving their DNA to police.
32:06No.
32:09I can actually completely switch off and say nothing to anybody.
32:17I won't even talk themself.
32:20I can just...
32:21I can just...
32:21It's just like switching the switch off.
32:28Have you had long enough, David?
32:30Yeah, yeah, yeah.
32:30Yeah?
32:30It's all right, I've just said...
32:32Can't be seen.
32:34Happy to carry on?
32:36Yes.
32:36OK, let's begin.
32:40David, tell me in as much detail as possible, everything you've did on the day that Yuna was murdered, Saturday
32:49the 12th of January 2013.
32:52No coming.
32:53We have a timeline, David, of movements on the 12th of January.
32:59I'll go through what's written on the timeline and you tell me if there's anything incorrect.
33:0210 o'clock in the morning, David walks the dog.
33:07At 13.44, so quarter to two in the afternoon, CCTV shows Newton at the ex-servicemen's club wearing a
33:16green jacket and light-coloured trousers.
33:20At 15.41, so a couple of hours later, Newton leaves the club.
33:27At 17.53, that's when you call Aunt Connie.
33:32Right, that's recording now, OK.
33:35At 18.25, you then call her again.
33:38I was all ready for bed, I laid on here, and he rang up and said, I'll be over here,
33:44it'll take about 15 minutes.
33:46And I said, no way.
33:49Do you remember phoning her?
33:51Er, I don't know, I can't remember.
33:52Yeah.
33:53She told you that she had a sore elbow, or a problem with her elbow.
33:57I can't remember that.
33:58And then she said that you said to her, well, I've got some special oil for that, I can be
34:02there in 15 minutes.
34:04And she said that you were keen to come round.
34:07And she said she didn't feel comfy with that, the way you were saying it.
34:11No.
34:11I can't remember.
34:13You know, some of the phones speak to her, but I can't remember saying anything like that.
34:17In the past, she said that you've said to her that you like her a lot, and that she looks
34:22like Marilyn Monroe.
34:23Do you find her attractive?
34:25She is attractive.
34:27You said that you've always had your suspicions that he was...
34:31Yeah, I always had...
34:33Even my daughter said, you can't say anything, Mum, you can't prove anything.
34:37I said, I've just got that feeling.
34:38And I think it was because I knew he'd got a foul temper.
34:44He might have done me in, might he?
34:46We never know.
34:51We're going to go through some accounts that we've got from witnesses.
34:57Around 7.45, 7.50 in the evening, they saw a male headed in the direction of Magazine Lane.
35:10Was that you just before you went to murder Una Crown?
35:15No, I can't.
35:19Jackie, she lived at Magazine Close.
35:23She gave a statement to say, at half past eight, the night of Una's murder, she'd just got back from
35:29shopping.
35:30And you fell over bags of shopping in the pavement.
35:36Can you just go through what you remember of the night?
35:39I'd got four bags of shopping, so I'd have to put them on the path.
35:42Yeah, yeah.
35:42Yeah.
35:43I took two in, and I'm done the door, and then that'll be a couple of minutes.
35:47Yeah.
35:47And then I've gone back out, and he was just walking past them, picking up my shopping.
35:52So I thought it was a bit strange, yeah.
35:54Yeah.
35:55She said you appeared drunk.
35:59Was that erratic behaviour, David, down to the fact that you had just come from Una's bungalow,
36:07having murdered her in a drunken state?
36:12Maybe looking around, has anybody seen me?
36:15Is anybody looking?
36:16Can I get home undetected?
36:18And before you know it, you've tripped over a load of shopping in the middle of the footpath?
36:24She said you'd come from the direction of Una's house, and you was heading in the direction of your house.
36:31Why did you go to Una's?
36:35To watch her getting undressed?
36:38To spy on her?
36:41What did she catch you doing that night?
36:45What caused you to lose control?
36:55You've been lying to us for 11 years.
36:58You said in 2013, you haven't had any form of contact with Una since April 2012, when you fixed that
37:13back door.
37:16Fingernail clippings were taken from Una's right hand.
37:24Found a male Y-chromosome DNA hit under her fingernails.
37:36Means that there's been physical contact.
37:43That DNA cannot have been there more than two days.
37:49The scientist says the major contributor for the DNA found under Una's fingernails was that of David Newton or a
38:02close paternal male relative.
38:05Since you've been in custody, David, we've spoken to a number of people from your male lineage.
38:14Eight people have all given statements today to say that on 12th of January 2013, they were not in the
38:24vicinity of Una Crown's bungalow.
38:28The only person we know from the male lineage of the Newton family who was seen literally 25 metres away
38:39from Una's property was you.
38:42You're uncomfortable now, mate.
38:45And that was at half past eight on the night she was murdered.
38:50We've now got your DNA, David.
38:55We've now got your DNA under her fingernails.
39:01And you have not given any account as to how it got there.
39:08Your DNA has been found under Una's fingernails.
39:14That's because you killed her, isn't it, David?
39:19You killed you in Crown.
39:22No comment.
39:23You stabbed her multiple times in the chest and then you slit her throat three times.
39:31Why did you do that to that 86-year-old woman?
39:34Look at her picture, David.
39:35Why did you do that to her?
39:39What did she do to deserve that level of brutality?
39:46She was an old, frail lady.
39:51You spent 11 years keeping this secret, holding on to this secret.
40:00You thought you'd murdered you in a Crown and got away with it.
40:08Here comes.
40:11There's a look of resignation on the face there.
40:14OK.
40:15The time is 16.55 and the interview is complete.
40:23You're done, mate.
40:25You're done.
40:28We don't give up.
40:30We have continued throughout all these years and the team have worked so hard,
40:37I hope, to get it over the line as a CPS charge.
40:44All right.
40:45How rattled was he?
40:47He certainly screwed it down, wasn't he?
40:49Yeah, he got very fidgety.
40:51So you're on to CPS then?
40:52Yeah, yeah.
40:54Hi.
40:55Yeah, we just finished the interview.
40:57Um, yeah, no comment to it.
40:58So, it's been put to him.
41:00So, yeah.
41:03No, no, it's been put to him.
41:04The evidence that's been put to him is about the DNA and he's got no comment.
41:08It's been put to him.
41:13Brilliant.
41:15All right, thank you.
41:16Cheers.
41:16Bye.
41:18You all good, Dan?
41:19Brilliant.
41:20Yes.
41:21You better ring Mr Moore.
41:34Hi, Dan.
41:35Superb.
41:37Awesome result, Dan.
41:39Well done, mate.
41:41Charge.
41:50Do you think he's expecting this or...?
41:53Yes.
41:57Hello, David.
41:58Great.
41:59So, um, the officers have got a decision from the Crown Prosecution Service tonight.
42:05Okay.
42:05So, David, um, you're charged with the following offences.
42:08So, on the 12th of January 2013, at Whiz Beach in the County of Cambridgeshire,
42:13murdered Unicrown contrary to common law.
42:24Quite emotional, actually.
42:27You live and breathe these cases for a long time.
42:31So, finally got justice for the victim.
42:34This is 11 years worth of waiting.
42:38But definitely one of my proudest days in policing without a shadow of a doubt.
42:43I'll second that.
42:44We can go straight to the house now.
42:51Good evening.
42:52Try to disturb you later at night.
42:53Do you want to sit down?
42:57We had arrested somebody this morning for Ian's murder.
43:01Um, and the CPS have just given us authority to charge that person.
43:05That was murder.
43:09Goodness me.
43:11Um, the name of the person is David Newton.
43:17Did he live then by arm?
43:18He did.
43:26I appreciate that.
43:27That's a lot to take in.
43:29It's been tough, really.
43:32Yeah.
43:32I'm just so relieved.
43:36Yeah, it's taken some time.
43:38You know, 11 years is a long time, isn't it?
43:40But hopefully...
43:40It is a long time, yeah.
43:42I've said it time again, I'll never rest.
43:45Oh.
43:45But...
43:46Hopefully that'll give you some rest.
43:47Oh, for Andy's sake.
43:49Yeah.
43:49Bless her.
43:50What a relief.
44:03Yeah, I've got some news for you, Bert.
44:06David Newton's just been found guilty of the murder of Unicron.
44:12We knew he was lying.
44:15We knew it was him.
44:16We knew everything else in the locality, the fires, the inappropriate.
44:20We knew it was him.
44:22Yeah, amazing.
44:23Amazing.
44:25This statement's made on behalf of the family of Unicron.
44:29In 2013, we heard how our auntie Una had passed away.
44:34We heard it was murder and our world stopped.
44:37An elderly widow feeling warm and safe in her own home.
44:41Since her untimely and savage death,
44:44three close family relatives have sadly passed away,
44:47not knowing her killer has been brought to justice.
44:51We'd like to thank all who have helped us get to this point,
44:54and we can now carry on with our lives knowing justice has been done.
44:58It's really important for the force to be able to right the wrongs of the past.
45:02Everybody is aware of the mistakes that were made.
45:05Every case brings about some learning, and this is no different.
45:08And there were changes in terms of how sudden deaths are approached,
45:12in terms of who attends, how assessments are made.
45:15I'm hoping for the family it will provide closure.
45:19This was a horrific crime on an innocent old lady,
45:22and the impact on the family is unimaginable, really.
45:25And the fact that nobody was brought to justice for such a long time
45:28will have exacerbated that impact as well.
45:31There will hopefully be a sense of relief
45:33that we've managed to bring somebody to justice
45:35and allow them to continue their grieving process
45:38and hopefully bring some healing.
45:52To be continued...
45:55To be continued...
46:09To be continued...
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