π Australian Crime Stories: The Investigators (2023) - Season 3 Episode 5
Behind every headline is a story of courage, investigation, and the relentless pursuit of justice. In Episode [5], [brief hook: see episode-specific hooks below]. Follow detectives, forensic experts, and survivors as they piece together the truth in some of Australia's most compelling cases.
πΉ Episode Highlights:
β’ [E01 Hook: "A cold case reopens: new evidence brings hope to a grieving family"]
β’ [E05 Hook: "The final piece falls into place: how investigators cracked the code"]
β’ Exclusive access: interviews with detectives, forensic analysts & key witnesses
β’ Investigative process: from crime scene to courtroom, the journey to justice
β’ Human impact: stories of resilience, loss, and the power of truth
πΉ Series Info:
β’ Format: True Crime Documentary / Investigative Series / Crime Journalism
β’ Original Network: 7plus / Seven Network (Australia) / International Streaming
β’ Series Launch: 2023 | Season: 3 | Episodes: 1 & 5
β’ Focus: Real Australian Cases, Police Investigations, Forensic Breakthroughs
β’ Setting: Across Australia β Urban & Regional Crime Scenes
β’ Language: English (Original Audio) + Subtitles Available
β’ Runtime: ~45-60 minutes (full) | Clip/Highlight version: ~10-15 min
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Behind every headline is a story of courage, investigation, and the relentless pursuit of justice. In Episode [5], [brief hook: see episode-specific hooks below]. Follow detectives, forensic experts, and survivors as they piece together the truth in some of Australia's most compelling cases.
πΉ Episode Highlights:
β’ [E01 Hook: "A cold case reopens: new evidence brings hope to a grieving family"]
β’ [E05 Hook: "The final piece falls into place: how investigators cracked the code"]
β’ Exclusive access: interviews with detectives, forensic analysts & key witnesses
β’ Investigative process: from crime scene to courtroom, the journey to justice
β’ Human impact: stories of resilience, loss, and the power of truth
πΉ Series Info:
β’ Format: True Crime Documentary / Investigative Series / Crime Journalism
β’ Original Network: 7plus / Seven Network (Australia) / International Streaming
β’ Series Launch: 2023 | Season: 3 | Episodes: 1 & 5
β’ Focus: Real Australian Cases, Police Investigations, Forensic Breakthroughs
β’ Setting: Across Australia β Urban & Regional Crime Scenes
β’ Language: English (Original Audio) + Subtitles Available
β’ Runtime: ~45-60 minutes (full) | Clip/Highlight version: ~10-15 min
π§ Prefer audio? Listen to true crime recaps & investigative podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts.
π Enjoying the series? Hit LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and comment: "What case would YOU like to see investigated next? ππ" Turn on notifications π so you never miss the next breakthrough!
#AustralianCrimeStories #TheInvestigators #TrueCrime #CrimeDocumentary #SevenNetwork #S3E[X] #ColdCase #Forensics #BingeWatch #JusticeServed #AustralianTV #CrimeJunkie
β οΈ Copyright Disclaimer: This video is shared for promotional, review, and informational purposes only. All rights to "Australian Crime Stories: The Investigators" belong to Seven Network and the original production company. This upload complies with Fair Use guidelines (Section 107, U.S. Copyright Act). No copyright infringement intended.
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00:26In my mind, he had murdered Christine.
00:29He wanted a new partner.
00:31He wanted a new house.
00:33He wanted all these things in the absence of Christine.
00:41Police emergency, this is Linda.
00:43I found my wife on the floor.
00:47She's dead.
00:50There was no obvious signs of death.
00:53Ryan's explanation was, this must have been suicide.
00:57That's not true.
00:58But if Christine had committed suicide,
01:02he would have taken receipt of the life insurance policies.
01:06A policy worth $568,000.
01:11Did you give her anything?
01:13No.
01:15We had to prove them out of beyond reasonable doubt.
01:30This is Shane, take one.
01:34My name's Shane Green.
01:35I'm a detective, senior constable attached to Camel Town City criminal investigations.
01:42Tell us what you were doing New Year's Day 2010.
01:45I was rostered to work at 7 o'clock in the morning.
01:51At 9.15am, we got a phone call informing us of a suspicious death at Woodbine.
01:59So we made our way there.
02:06We arrived at Clontarf close at Woodbine, where we spoke with uniformed police.
02:14They were called to the premises by Brian Cricket.
02:38When we first arrived there, we went inside the premises.
02:43We found his wife, who was deceased, in the bedroom.
02:49This picture, it shows Christine laying on her left side, with her left arm under her body.
02:58She's in her nightie, with her right arm sitting on top of her body.
03:06Her head is actually wedged between the bed and the set of drawers right next to her.
03:12Which seems very odd, if you notice the space between the bed and the set of drawers.
03:22Another photograph, taken from a wider angle, shows the bed next to Christine's body.
03:28The sheets on her side of the bed have been folded back, suggesting Christine may have been lying there, possibly
03:34sleeping at one point.
03:37But on the other side of the bed, it doesn't appear that it's been moved at all, with sheets still
03:43appear to be made.
03:49Now, that was a red flag for me, because of what Brian Cricket had told our uniformed police about the
03:56previous night.
03:58He said that, after watching a movie with his wife, and then arguing with her, they'd gone to bed together.
04:07Later, he got out of bed, and drove to a park near his work, where he'd slept in his car.
04:17Before going back home, finding his wife dead, and calling police.
04:25There was nothing ordinary about the way Brian Cricket behaved that night.
04:31Including the fact he apparently made his side of the bed before he left.
04:35You're not making your bed before you're going for a drive at the early hours of the morning.
04:42There were many red flags to come.
04:45The whole scene in the bedroom, including the position of Christine's body, looked to me like it had been staged.
04:53And there was something off about Brian's demeanour.
04:57Things weren't just sitting right.
05:02There was no obvious signs of death.
05:06In relation to circumstances like that, I don't like going too much around the scene.
05:15I left the initial search to others while Cricket watched on.
05:20When I was ready, I introduced myself to Brian Cricket, and asked him to tell me his account of the
05:26previous evening.
05:28He actually told me that he'd been driving all night, following an argument with his wife.
05:34Another red flag.
05:36That's not what Cricket told uniformed police.
05:41He told them that when he left the house, he drove straight to the park, near his work, and slept
05:47in his car.
05:48Now, he's saying he drove around all night, and then slept in his car.
05:56There was a different version to which he gave to the uniformed police.
06:02And there was something else.
06:05Brian Cricket, we discovered, was a doctor.
06:09He worked at the Campbelltown Medical and Dental Centre.
06:13And when he got home that morning, to find his wife lying on the floor, the doctor didn't render any
06:20assistance.
06:22He just made the ruling she was dead.
06:25You think of your loved one, and you see them like that, you do everything, anything, to try and bring
06:34them back to life.
06:35But he said, no, she was dead.
06:41Having made that judgement, he waited 30 minutes before calling Triple O.
06:46And, when the operator picked up, he didn't ask for an ambulance.
06:51He asked for police.
07:04The midnight fireworks ended the decade known as the noughties.
07:09Happy New Year!
07:12The first time in two decades, we'd had a full moon on New Year.
07:23I remember New Year's Eve.
07:27You know, I was just unsettled.
07:29And I said, Sean, I don't know what's wrong, but something is wrong.
07:33I just don't feel right.
07:34I feel like something's wrong.
07:36Yeah, the next day was just life-changing.
07:39Life-changing.
07:43I got the phone rang, and it was Brian, and he sounded like he had a cold.
07:50I said, oh, Brian, are you OK?
07:52You sound not well.
07:54And he said, no, I'm all right.
07:57Is John there?
07:58And I said, yeah.
07:59And he said, I found your mum dead this morning.
08:07Just like that.
08:09I found your mum dead this morning.
08:11Who says that?
08:12And I think I went into shock.
08:17All I could think about was I've got to get to mum.
08:22We just jumped in the car.
08:25John drove.
08:25I wasn't even dressed properly.
08:27I just could not process, could not process what I'd just heard.
08:36Got there to the house, and I remember seeing the ambulance,
08:41and the house was taped off, and there were police.
08:48I remember trying to get out of the car, get up to the house,
08:52and they just wouldn't let me in.
08:54I said, I have to see my mum.
08:56My mum is in there.
08:57I need to see my mum.
09:00They said, no.
09:02You can't come in at the moment.
09:04We can't let you see.
09:06I said, it's about my mum.
09:08I need to see her.
09:12And they just said, oh, look, we know you're upset.
09:16They were ever so kind, and they just explained that we can't let you in.
09:21Can you tell us anything about your stepdad?
09:25What was their marriage like?
09:28And straight away, it was just like being winded.
09:33The first word that came to my mind was homicide.
09:36That's why they're asking me these questions.
09:53My mum was musicalist, and she was a very good singer.
09:57She loved country and western.
10:00Not everyone's cup of tea, but there's the country girl in her.
10:04I remember her as a fun mum.
10:10She was also a bold person.
10:14If something wasn't right, she would be very happy to call it and speak up.
10:21When our nana was staying in hospital, given my mum's nursing training,
10:26she could see they weren't doing things according to what they should be doing.
10:31And mum took the powers that they eat to task.
10:35So she was honest, but she was also fair.
10:39She was very compassionate.
10:44When and how did your mum meet Brian Cricket?
10:48Well, our family were going to a church in Minto.
10:56And Brian and his family were going to the same church.
11:06Mum and dad were having some natural struggles,
11:12which is not unusual.
11:15I guess the difference was my mum started talking to Brian about that.
11:19And I think my mum formed an emotional attachment in that situation.
11:26They must have connected.
11:42They must have connected.
11:58What was happening was mum was calling me to say,
12:02you know, he didn't come home again last night.
12:04He said he was just driving around in his car.
12:07And then she would say he told her on other occasions he got a motel.
12:14I think she was quite lonely.
12:19She was quite desperate in a sense.
12:22So she was sort of sharing that they weren't having relations anymore.
12:29So I said to her, well, mum, do you think he could be seeing somebody?
12:33She said, ah, he hasn't got time for that.
12:37He's exhausted.
12:52During conversations with Dr. Brian Cricket,
12:55he stated that she suspected that he was having an affair,
12:58which he denied at the time.
13:01I wanted to hear more from Brian Cricket
13:04about the argument he had with Christine the night before.
13:07So we took Brian back to Cameltown Police Station,
13:11where we conducted an interview.
13:18Record of interview between Detective Senior Constable Shane Green
13:21and Brian Cricket.
13:44Cricket acknowledged the tensions in his marriage to Christine,
13:48and he acknowledged his wife had confronted him the night before
13:52with her suspicions he was having an affair.
13:55Yeah, she did.
13:56I said, no, I'm not.
13:59It's not what I'm...
14:01It's her renouvel that you tell us I'm concerned.
14:05Clearly, this was a line of inquiry we had to investigate.
14:13But there was a more immediate issue.
14:15Where to drop Cricket after our interview?
14:18Because the house in Woodbine, where Christine had died,
14:22was still being in protest.
14:25I explained to Brian, it's still going to be a few hours.
14:27We haven't finalised there.
14:29Is there anywhere else you can go?
14:31He said he got a friend that lives nearby, near Le Mere.
14:36We went to those premises at Le Mere
14:39and dropped Brian off there where a lady lived.
14:44He's getting us to drop him off at a lady's friend's house.
14:48More alarm bells are ringing for me
14:50and for Christine's daughter, Tracy,
14:53who also went to the friend's house.
14:55I remember thinking that was really strange
14:58because, one, we'd never heard of this person before.
15:03And I remember she knew how Brian had his tea.
15:07I remember the way they walked past each other,
15:10brushed past each other.
15:13I suddenly was on tender hooks
15:16and feeling like I just want to get out of here.
15:20The lady we've later found out
15:22was a former patient of his.
15:25Her name was Linda Livermore.
15:28I asked her to come into the station for an interview.
15:33She then says,
15:35I'm having an affair with Dr Cricket.
15:42She disclosed that he came to her place
15:44in the early hours of the morning
15:46and stayed there and slept the night.
15:53On the same day, Dr Cricket reported his wife dead.
15:56We caught him out on some big lies.
16:00He was having an affair
16:01and he didn't drive around all night
16:04or sleep in his car.
16:06He slept at Linda Livermore's place.
16:11Next thing I know, Cricket called to say
16:14he wanted to be re-interviewed.
16:19He came back into the station
16:21on the evening of January 1
16:23where a second interview commenced at 9.48pm.
16:28The purpose of this is to clarify some points
16:31from your initial statement.
16:32You indicated there may have been
16:34some of your mistruths
16:37in what you told Detective Green this morning.
16:40Is that correct?
16:40Yeah, that's true.
16:41OK.
16:42And during that interview,
16:44he admitted that they've been having an affair
16:46for the last six weeks.
16:47I guess we were just getting closer
16:49and enjoying each other's company
16:50and I guess some romantic, you know, feelings there.
16:54It was nice compared to what things were like at home,
16:56as far as I'm concerned.
16:58Did you ever speak with Linda
16:59about leaving your wife for her?
17:03We have talked about the future
17:09and being together.
17:12Brian Cricket's backflips
17:13and generally odd demeanour
17:15made him a person of interest
17:16in the death of his wife.
17:18However,
17:20we still did not have an actual cause of death.
17:25There were no obvious signs
17:27of interference with Christine's body.
17:30We only had a circumstantial case
17:32against the doctor,
17:34not enough to charge him with anything.
17:39Christine's body was transported to the morgue
17:41for an autopsy
17:43and that's also where her daughter, Tracy,
17:46was finally able to view her mother's body.
17:52I remember the whole morgue experience
17:56was just surreal.
17:58It was awful.
18:01I saw Linda Livermore
18:03driving my mum's car
18:06to Sydney Morgue in Glebe
18:09with Brian in the passenger seat
18:12and seeing them walk,
18:14holding hands.
18:22That was so distasteful,
18:25so inappropriate.
18:26You just don't do that.
18:33After the morgue the next day,
18:35it was the 4th of January,
18:38I went to the house
18:39and we wanted to offer Brian a lift
18:41to the funeral parlour place
18:44and as we get to the door,
18:45you can just hear him laughing.
18:49His mum, his brother,
18:50his brother's wife,
18:51they were all just having a joke about something
18:54and I just thought,
18:56my mum has just died.
18:58What?
19:17Relevant to our inquiry
19:19into the suspicious death of Christine Cricket
19:22was the fact that her husband,
19:24Brian Cricket,
19:25had been practising as a GP
19:27for some 35 years.
19:32When we re-interviewed Dr Cricket
19:34on the evening of January 1, 2010,
19:38we put a specific question to him.
19:41Did you give her anything?
19:44No.
19:45Did you mix anything with her tea at all?
19:48Tea?
19:48No.
19:49Yeah, any drugs?
19:50No.
19:50No.
20:03The autopsy was conducted by
20:06Dr Rebecca Irvine,
20:08who's one of the head pathologists
20:10at Kaleeb Coroner's Court.
20:14Christine was identified
20:16to have really low-level medication
20:19like anxiety pills.
20:22But there was nothing
20:23that would identify
20:24how she died.
20:30When we'd spoken to Dr Cricket
20:32after Christine's death,
20:34he told us
20:34she had been drinking heavily
20:36the night before
20:37while they watched the movie together.
20:39She'd had some wine before I got home.
20:42I don't know how much...
20:43How do you know?
20:44She told me...
20:45Because I said,
20:45did you want some wine for dinner?
20:47And she said,
20:47I've already had enough.
20:49I can tell she'd had enough.
20:54Just to be clear,
20:55there was no trace of alcohol
20:56in the toxicology.
20:57None.
20:59We also had a witness statement
21:01from Tracy's husband, John,
21:03verifying he spoke to Christine
21:04on the phone
21:05to wish her a Happy New Year.
21:08That was just hours before her death.
21:10She was not slurring her words
21:13when she was talking to him
21:14on the night.
21:17Dr Rebecca Irvine
21:19at Glebe Morgue
21:20concluded the cause
21:21of Christine's death
21:22was undetermined.
21:24It was a frustrating result.
21:27We didn't have
21:29a path
21:32to investigate.
21:34That basically stalled
21:36our investigation.
21:37We didn't know
21:39what's our next line
21:40of inquiry.
21:47But with the arrival
21:48of Detective Harvey Cole
21:50on the case,
21:51nine months later,
21:52everything changed.
21:54Harvey, take me.
21:56I was asked to review
21:58the case involving
22:00what was suspected
22:01at the time
22:02as being the murder
22:03of Christine Cricket.
22:07Personally,
22:07if I'd come home
22:09and found the love
22:10of my life
22:10in that position,
22:12I would certainly
22:12attempt to render
22:13some form of assistance.
22:15I would certainly
22:17touch her,
22:18shake her,
22:19try and see
22:20what was wrong.
22:21I'd make an effort.
22:23Are you checking
22:24her vital?
22:25I just felt
22:27that I couldn't
22:28feel the pulse
22:28and, yeah,
22:30so then I'd just
22:31ring the pulse
22:31and then just wait.
22:32The fact that he,
22:33by his own admissions,
22:35did not do
22:35any of those things
22:37was quite compelling.
22:39For me,
22:40it was quite alarming.
22:48Harvey's
22:48a very confident
22:49detective.
22:50We worked
22:51priestly
22:51at Liverpool
22:52together.
22:54He knows
22:55bad people.
22:57I've known Shane
22:58for a long time.
23:00We are two
23:01completely different
23:01people.
23:03Shane
23:03is a lot nicer
23:04than me.
23:05When dealing
23:06with suspects,
23:06I'm not so much.
23:08So I think
23:09that yin and yang
23:10element
23:10just played out well.
23:16Well,
23:17when I joined
23:18the investigation,
23:19there were two
23:19distinct camps.
23:22So you had
23:22Tim Cricket,
23:23for want of a better
23:24word,
23:24and Tim Christine.
23:26The problem
23:27with Tim Christine
23:28was is Christine
23:29was dead,
23:30so she couldn't
23:30defend herself.
23:32On the other hand,
23:33Brian was alive
23:34and he was able
23:35to say things
23:36about Christine's
23:37personal habits.
23:38It's actually
23:38pretty volatile,
23:39aren't you?
23:40He was able to say
23:40things about Christine's
23:42mental health.
23:42She's been depressed
23:43for as long as I've
23:44known her and no more.
23:46Brian's explanation
23:47was,
23:48must have been
23:49suicide.
23:50She must have
23:50taken an overdose
23:51of medication.
23:52She must have
23:53wanted to end
23:54her life.
23:55So we go back
23:57to the evidence.
23:58There was no evidence
23:59of suicide.
24:01Quite the contrary.
24:02It was clear that
24:03Christine was planning
24:05for a future.
24:13He was trying to make
24:15out in that point
24:16to us that mum
24:17was very unhappy.
24:19I knew that,
24:20but he was trying
24:21to make it out
24:22like that she had
24:24done something
24:25to herself.
24:26And I'm thinking,
24:27no, that's not my mum.
24:28That's something
24:29she would never do,
24:30ever.
24:32So when you do the
24:34case reviews,
24:35you basically start
24:36from the beginning,
24:37which is you have a
24:38look at the crime scene
24:39and then immediately
24:40after that is the
24:41postmortem,
24:42which was produced
24:43by Dr Rebecca Irvine.
24:46So this is a photo
24:47taken at autopsy.
24:49It depicts the
24:51buttocks of the
24:52deceased.
24:54In this photo,
24:55what was interesting
24:56to me was that
24:58there were two
24:58clearly distinct
25:00marks, but one
25:01larger than the other.
25:03On closer examination
25:04of that mark,
25:06I saw that there
25:08was a little red dot
25:09just off centre
25:10of that bruise,
25:13which for me
25:14at the time
25:15was striking
25:15because just
25:17that morning
25:17I injected my wife
25:19with clexane
25:20and she had bruises
25:22on her abdomen
25:22that were almost
25:23identical to this bruise
25:25with that little red dot.
25:26It made me think
25:27straight away
25:28that this was
25:29an injection mark.
25:35So of course
25:36with that,
25:37I really needed
25:38to go and speak
25:38with Dr Irvine
25:39and find out
25:40more about
25:41that particular injury.
25:47when Detective
25:49Cole
25:49had the meeting
25:50with Dr Irvine,
25:52he's actually
25:53got the photo
25:54there
25:54and during
25:56the discussions
25:56he said
25:57that is
25:58a needle mark
26:01and
26:02Rebecca
26:03just went
26:04what have I missed?
26:07Dr Irvine
26:08was able to
26:09say that
26:10she felt
26:10possibly,
26:11probably
26:12that this
26:12was an injection
26:12mark
26:13and that
26:13we were
26:14dealing
26:14with
26:14a subtle
26:15homicide.
26:18I was very
26:19excited.
26:20I thought
26:20that this
26:20was an
26:21incredible
26:21breakthrough
26:23because it
26:23meant
26:24that we
26:24could now
26:25focus
26:25on a
26:25particular
26:26hypothesis
26:27of what
26:27had occurred
26:28and that
26:29was
26:30that
26:30Dr Cricket
26:31had
26:32murdered
26:32his wife
26:33via
26:34administration
26:34of some
26:35toxic substance
26:36through
26:36injecting
26:37her
26:37in the
26:37buttocks.
26:40what was
26:41that substance
26:42and how
26:43come it
26:44didn't show
26:44up in
26:44the toxicology
26:45tests?
26:46These were
26:47the key
26:47questions
26:47we now
26:48had to
26:48answer.
26:54We then
26:55started
26:56looking at
26:56his
26:56computers.
27:01We had
27:02sent them
27:03off to
27:03the
27:03state
27:04electronic
27:05evidence
27:05branch
27:07where
27:08they
27:08were able
27:09to
27:09do
27:10a
27:10download.
27:12Detective
27:13Cole
27:14was able
27:15to
27:15identify
27:16that
27:16on
27:16the
27:1630th
27:17of
27:18December
27:182009
27:2248
27:22hours
27:23prior to
27:24the death
27:24of
27:24Christine
27:25under
27:26the name
27:27Dr Brian
27:28Cricket
27:28he did
27:29a Google
27:30search
27:30in relation
27:31to
27:32insulin
27:32overdose.
27:42This would
27:43become a
27:43vital piece
27:44of
27:44circumstantial
27:45evidence
27:46in our
27:46case.
27:46We had
27:47a needle
27:48mark
27:48on
27:49Christine's
27:49buttock.
27:50We had
27:51Cricket
27:51doing a
27:52Google
27:52search
27:52on
27:53insulin
27:53overdose
27:54and we
27:55knew
27:55that
27:55as a
27:56GP
27:56he had
27:57easy
27:57access
27:58to
27:58insulin
27:59via
27:59prescriptions
28:00for his
28:01patients.
28:03The inquest
28:04was set
28:04down for
28:05May
28:052011.
28:07It was
28:07important we
28:08let Brian
28:08Cricket
28:09know that
28:09he was
28:10right in
28:10the frame.
28:11In my
28:12mind he
28:12had murdered
28:13Christine.
28:14I was
28:15quite happy
28:15to let
28:15him know
28:16that's
28:16what I
28:16felt
28:17and
28:17that's
28:17what I
28:17thought
28:17of
28:18him.
28:19Yes we
28:20are going
28:20to
28:20convict
28:20you.
28:35In the
28:36lead up
28:36to the
28:372011
28:37inquest
28:38I spent
28:39a lot
28:39of time
28:40researching
28:40insulin
28:41and how
28:41long
28:41it stays
28:42in the
28:42body.
28:44If
28:44Brian
28:44Cricket
28:45did
28:45administer
28:45an
28:46overdose
28:46of
28:46insulin
28:47to
28:47his
28:47wife
28:47I
28:48needed
28:49to
28:49know
28:49how
28:49he
28:50beat
28:50the
28:50toxicology
28:51test
28:51which
28:52detected
28:52no
28:53insulin
28:53in her
28:54body.
28:56So he
28:57would have
28:57discovered
28:58the two types
28:59of insulin
28:59being slow
29:00acting and rapid
29:01acting insulin.
29:02He would have
29:03discovered that
29:03both insulins
29:05behave differently
29:05in the body.
29:08He would have
29:09discovered that
29:10rapid acting
29:10insulin
29:11has a shelf
29:12life of detectability
29:13in the blood
29:14of up to two days
29:15after death.
29:18Christine died
29:19in the early hours
29:20of New Year's Day.
29:23Dr Cricket
29:24cleverly gambled
29:25that an autopsy
29:25would not be conducted
29:27on a public holiday.
29:30That was quite
29:31cunning
29:32on his part.
29:34The next
29:35opportunity
29:35was probably
29:36going to be
29:37the second
29:38or third
29:38of January
29:39which meant
29:40that all
29:41traces of
29:42insulin
29:42in the blood
29:43would have
29:43long gone
29:43and therefore
29:46potentially
29:47the traces
29:47of his crime
29:48would also
29:49be long gone.
29:50So quite
29:51cunning.
29:53Had Dr.
29:54Brian Cricket
29:55committed
29:55the perfect crime?
29:59We discovered
30:00there was a chemist
30:01with some very
30:01special skills
30:02at the German
30:03Sport University
30:03in Cologne.
30:05This chemist
30:06had developed
30:07a lab technique
30:08to find trace
30:09elements of insulin
30:10past a couple
30:10of days in the body.
30:13So we packaged
30:14up very carefully
30:15the remaining
30:16blood samples
30:20and couriered
30:21them to Germany.
30:27For us
30:27this was a big deal.
30:28We thought
30:29that this was
30:29going to be
30:30the smoking gun.
30:43unfortunately
30:43when he accessed
30:45the blood
30:47he advised us
30:48that the seals
30:48hadn't been sealed
30:50properly.
30:50Oxygen had got
30:51into the blood
30:51samples
30:52and had destroyed
30:54the hemoglobin
30:55so it was
30:55untestable.
30:59Yeah,
30:59that was a big blow.
31:06So we went
31:07to the inquest
31:08on May 16,
31:092011
31:10without our
31:11smoking gun
31:13but still
31:14with a lot
31:14of circumstantial
31:15evidence.
31:19So the inquest
31:20was important.
31:22It's important
31:23for the police
31:24and it was
31:24important for Brian.
31:26For Brian
31:27he would get
31:28a first look
31:28at the evidence
31:30that police
31:30had compiled
31:31against him
31:31thus far.
31:32For us
31:33it was an
31:34opportunity
31:34to see
31:36how our
31:37evidence
31:37withheld
31:38under that
31:38test
31:39and to get
31:40an indication
31:40as how
31:41close were
31:42we to
31:42arresting
31:43Brian
31:43bearing in
31:44mind
31:45that we
31:45had to
31:45prove them
31:46out of
31:46beyond
31:47reasonable
31:47doubt.
31:57We had
31:58to do
31:59some
31:59more
31:59work.
32:02Now bear
32:03in mind
32:04Dr Brian
32:05Cricket
32:05was still
32:05working
32:06as a
32:06GP
32:06throughout
32:07this
32:07entire
32:07period.
32:09He's
32:09still
32:10seeing
32:10patients
32:10at the
32:11Campbelltown
32:11Medical
32:11Centre
32:13but we
32:13knew
32:13we were
32:14getting
32:14in
32:14his
32:14head.
32:17We're
32:18still
32:18hanging
32:18around
32:19we're
32:19still
32:19making
32:20inquiries
32:20we're
32:21still
32:21speaking
32:21with
32:21him
32:22he
32:22can't
32:22seem
32:22to
32:23shake
32:23us
32:23off.
32:24When
32:25Brian
32:25got up
32:26in the
32:26morning
32:27his
32:27first
32:27thoughts
32:28were
32:29of me
32:30and
32:30how
32:31I'm
32:31still
32:31investigating
32:32him.
32:33There
32:34was a
32:34hope
32:34that
32:35down
32:35the
32:36track
32:36with
32:37that
32:37pressure
32:37that
32:38he
32:38was
32:38under
32:38that
32:38there
32:39would
32:39be
32:39a
32:39mistake
32:39there
32:39would
32:40be
32:40an
32:40error.
32:48We
32:48kept
32:48investigating
32:50we
32:50began
32:51an
32:51exhaustive
32:52search
32:52of
32:52Dr
32:52Cricket's
32:53medical
32:53appointments
32:54from the
32:54days
32:55before
32:55Christine's
32:56death
33:00and
33:00we
33:00hit
33:01the
33:01jackpot.
33:04A
33:05matter
33:05of hours
33:05before
33:06Christine
33:06died
33:06he had
33:07filled
33:07a
33:07script
33:07for
33:08fast
33:08acting
33:08insulin
33:09for
33:09one
33:09of
33:09his
33:09patients.
33:12We
33:13identified
33:13the
33:13patient
33:14She
33:15went
33:15and
33:16spoke
33:16to
33:16the
33:16patient
33:18and
33:18we
33:18discovered
33:19that
33:19she
33:20was
33:20diabetic
33:21and
33:22she
33:22was
33:22being
33:22treated
33:23by
33:23slow
33:24or
33:24long
33:24acting
33:25insulin
33:25but
33:26this
33:26prescription
33:27was
33:27for
33:28fast
33:28acting
33:28insulin.
33:30She
33:31doesn't
33:32use
33:32fast
33:32acting
33:32insulin
33:34and
33:34furthermore
33:35to that
33:35when
33:36shown
33:36the
33:37actual
33:37script
33:38itself
33:40she
33:40had
33:40no
33:40knowledge
33:41of
33:41that
33:41script
33:42at
33:42all.
33:44The
33:44signature
33:45that
33:45appeared
33:45on
33:45that
33:45script
33:46was
33:46not
33:46her
33:46signature.
33:48That
33:49evidence
33:49was
33:50significant
33:50and that
33:51was the
33:52breakthrough
33:52that really
33:53we had
33:53been looking
33:53for.
33:54That
33:54was
33:55potentially
33:55the
33:55smoking
33:56gun.
34:00So Shane
34:01came up
34:02with an idea
34:02to get
34:03Brian's
34:03signature.
34:05We went
34:05around and
34:06saw
34:06Brian
34:07and asked
34:08him to sign
34:09some paperwork
34:09legitimately
34:12Brian
34:13signed
34:13that
34:13paperwork
34:14and then
34:15we took
34:15that away
34:15and compared
34:16that signature
34:17to the
34:18signature
34:18that was
34:18on the
34:19script
34:19and there
34:20were distinct
34:20similarities
34:21in both
34:22signatures.
34:35when the
34:36inquest
34:36resumed
34:37in December
34:382011
34:38Detective
34:40Cole and I
34:40were hopeful
34:41the coroner
34:42would agree
34:43with the
34:43police case
34:44that Brian
34:45Cricket
34:45had murdered
34:46Christine
34:46by injecting
34:47her
34:47with a
34:48lethal
34:48dose
34:49of
34:49fast
34:49acting
34:49insulin
34:53but the
34:54coroner
34:54returned
34:55an open
34:56finding.
35:00She
35:01concluded
35:01that
35:01Christine
35:02had died
35:02between
35:03the late
35:04hours of
35:04the 31st
35:05of December
35:06to the
35:07early hours
35:08of the
35:091st
35:09of January
35:092010
35:11by
35:11unknown
35:12means.
35:14We had
35:14to really
35:15find a
35:16little bit
35:16more evidence
35:17to connect
35:17Brian to
35:18the crime.
35:21It was
35:22Brian Cricket
35:23himself who
35:24came to
35:24provide us
35:24with new
35:25evidence
35:25of his
35:26guilt.
35:28It all
35:29related back
35:29to the
35:30actions he
35:30took when
35:31he wrote
35:31the script
35:32for Nova
35:32Rapid
35:32on New
35:33Year's
35:34Eve 2009.
35:36On
35:36the 31st
35:37of December
35:38he issued
35:39the prescription
35:40which he
35:41then signed.
35:42That was
35:42at
35:435.01pm
35:44in the
35:44surgery
35:45at
35:45Campbelltown.
35:46Following
35:47that he's
35:48deactivated
35:49the
35:49prescription.
35:50That was
35:51at
35:515.02pm.
35:54But why
35:55did he
35:55deactivate
35:56the script?
36:01Looking
36:01at other
36:02prescriptions
36:03that Brian
36:03had issued
36:04around that
36:05time
36:05that was
36:06an anomaly.
36:08That
36:08piqued our
36:09interest
36:11greatly.
36:14But here's
36:15the thing.
36:16We didn't
36:16find out
36:17about this
36:17script
36:17deactivation
36:18until June
36:192013.
36:21It took
36:21us all
36:22that time
36:22to track
36:23it down.
36:25The process
36:26had begun
36:26in October
36:272011
36:28when a
36:29court order
36:29was issued
36:30to police
36:30allowing us
36:31to obtain
36:32clinical records
36:33from the
36:33medical centre
36:34where Dr.
36:34Cricket
36:35worked.
36:37When that
36:38court order
36:40was issued
36:40I'm of the
36:42belief
36:42that Brian
36:43was aware
36:44that we
36:45were asking
36:45for this.
36:48Sometime
36:49after
36:49October
36:502011
36:51he's then
36:53reactivated
36:54the
36:55prescription
36:56to go
36:57back on
36:58the system.
37:00Why did
37:01he reactivate
37:02the script
37:02in 2011?
37:04Maybe he
37:05thought he
37:06had made
37:06a mistake
37:06by deactivating
37:08it back
37:08in 2009.
37:11Maybe he
37:12was just
37:12panicking
37:13and trying
37:13to cover
37:14his tracks.
37:16Whatever
37:16the reason
37:17we now
37:18have proof
37:18that Cricket
37:19was tampering
37:20with evidence
37:21and trying
37:21to impede
37:22our investigation.
37:24This was
37:25brilliant.
37:26We had
37:27determined
37:28that that
37:29script
37:29on face
37:30value
37:30had been
37:31maliciously
37:32issued.
37:33I was
37:34extremely
37:34confident
37:35after we
37:35had made
37:36that discovery
37:37got all
37:37the supporting
37:38evidence
37:38that we
37:39were now
37:39in a
37:39position
37:40to arrest
37:40and charge
37:41Brian.
37:52on December
37:533, 2014
37:55Detective
37:56Cole
37:56and I
37:57went to
37:57his
37:58premises
38:01he was
38:01about to
38:02leave
38:02for work
38:02it stopped
38:03him
38:05and I
38:06said
38:06Brian
38:06mate
38:07you're
38:07under
38:07arrest
38:08for the
38:08murder
38:09of Christine
38:09Cricket
38:11I think
38:12he was
38:13a bit
38:13taken
38:13back
38:16he
38:17declined
38:17to be
38:17interviewed
38:20it was
38:20a very
38:21good day
38:21putting him
38:22behind bars
38:32I
38:33remember
38:33on the
38:343rd
38:34of
38:34December
38:35it was
38:35a huge
38:36day
38:36in our
38:36family
38:37that day
38:37because
38:38that was
38:38the day
38:38I got
38:39the call
38:39from Shane
38:40to say
38:41Trace
38:41we have
38:42got a
38:43bail
38:43hearing
38:43we've
38:44made
38:44an
38:44arrest
38:45for
38:45Brian
38:45A
38:46Liverpool
38:46GP
38:47has
38:47been
38:47charged
38:48with
38:48the
38:48murder
38:48of
38:48his
38:49wife
38:49nearly
38:50five
38:50years
38:50ago
38:51Dr.
38:51Brian
38:52Cricket
38:52who
38:52admitted
38:53he
38:53had
38:53been
38:53at
38:54his
38:54lover's
38:54house
38:54the
38:55night
38:55before
38:55was
38:56arrested
38:56near
38:56Campbelltown
38:57this
38:58morning
39:00Apart
39:00from his
39:01desire
39:02to start
39:02a new
39:02life
39:03with
39:03Linda
39:03Livermore
39:05we
39:06also
39:06discovered
39:07another
39:07powerful
39:07motive
39:08for
39:08murder
39:10money
39:11the
39:12life
39:12insurance
39:12of
39:13Christine
39:13which
39:14was
39:14close
39:15to
39:16$560,000
39:18which
39:19was
39:19due
39:19to
39:20expiring
39:20in
39:20April
39:212010
39:22only
39:23a few
39:23months
39:24after
39:24Christine's
39:25death
39:32my
39:33brother
39:33and I
39:34discovered
39:35that
39:35two
39:35weeks
39:35before
39:36the
39:36event
39:36happened
39:38he
39:39had
39:39remortgaged
39:40the
39:40home
39:40to
39:4190%
39:41with
39:42my
39:42mum's
39:42signature
39:43on
39:43it
39:44my
39:45brother
39:45and I
39:45both
39:46do
39:46not
39:46believe
39:46that
39:47is
39:47my
39:47mum's
39:47signature
39:52they
39:52had a
39:53real estate
39:53portfolio
39:54that was
39:54negatively
39:55geared
39:55if
39:56Christine
39:57had
39:57committed
39:58suicide
39:58or
39:58died
39:59naturally
39:59then he
40:01would
40:01have
40:01taken
40:02receipt
40:02of
40:02the
40:03life
40:03insurance
40:04policies
40:04and
40:04then
40:05been
40:05able
40:05to
40:05liquidate
40:06the
40:06real
40:06estate
40:07portfolio
40:08so
40:09in my
40:10mind
40:10the
40:11motive
40:11was
40:12money
40:19he
40:20wanted
40:20to
40:20live
40:20his
40:21best
40:21life
40:21that
40:22was
40:22clearly
40:22obvious
40:23he
40:23wanted
40:23a new
40:24partner
40:25he
40:25wanted
40:25a new
40:26house
40:26he
40:27wanted
40:27nice
40:27cars
40:28he
40:28wanted
40:29all
40:29these
40:29things
40:29in
40:30the
40:30absence
40:30of
40:31Christine
40:36as
40:37it
40:37turned
40:37out
40:37he
40:38didn't
40:38get
40:38any
40:38of
40:38those
40:39things
40:40the
40:41insurers
40:41were never
40:41going to
40:42pay
40:42out
40:42until
40:42the
40:43question
40:43mark
40:43over
40:43Christine's
40:44death
40:44was
40:44resolved
40:49Dr.
40:49Cricket's
40:50relationship
40:50with Linda
40:51Livermore
40:51soon
40:52came
40:52to an
40:52end
40:59Brian
40:59met
41:00another
41:00lady
41:00being
41:01Julie
41:02Rule
41:02and
41:03I believe
41:04they were
41:04married
41:05in
41:05early
41:052013
41:15following
41:16his
41:16arrest
41:16in
41:172014
41:18Dr.
41:19Cricket
41:19had been
41:19granted
41:20conditional
41:20bail
41:22but
41:23his
41:23registration
41:23to
41:24practice
41:24medicine
41:25was
41:25suspended
41:25two
41:26weeks
41:26later
41:28in
41:29October
41:302015
41:30he was
41:31committed
41:32to
41:32trial
41:35he
41:35walked
41:36out
41:36of
41:36court
41:36hand
41:37in
41:37hand
41:37with
41:38his
41:38new
41:38wife
41:39after
41:39being
41:39committed
41:40to
41:40stand
41:40trial
41:41for
41:41murdering
41:42his
41:42old
41:42one
41:42will
41:44will
41:44you
41:44be
41:44defending
41:44the
41:44charging
41:45court
41:46I'm
41:46not
41:46coming
41:47now
41:47how's
41:48the
41:48process
41:48going
41:49in
41:49terms
41:49of
41:49you
41:50obviously
41:50wanted
41:50to
41:50still
41:50practice
41:51medicine
41:51are you
41:51worried
41:52that
41:52I guess
41:52this
41:53will
41:53impede
41:53on
41:53that
41:55Dr.
41:55Cricket
41:56no longer
41:56works
41:56here
41:57at the
41:57Campbelltown
41:58Medical
41:58Centre
41:58he was
41:59suspended
42:00by the
42:00Medical
42:00Council
42:01of
42:01New
42:01South
42:01Wales
42:02late
42:02last
42:03year
42:03in
42:04a
42:04separate
42:04hearing
42:04he
42:05is
42:05now
42:05trying
42:06to
42:06challenge
42:06that
42:07decision
42:07he'll
42:08find
42:08out
42:08if
42:09he's
42:09allowed
42:09to
42:09practice
42:09again
42:10later
42:10this
42:11month
42:33the
42:33murder
42:33trial
42:34has
42:34begun
42:34for
42:34a
42:35Campbelltown
42:35doctor
42:36accused
42:36of
42:37murdering
42:37his
42:37wife
42:38of
42:3819
42:38years
42:39with
42:39a
42:39lethal
42:40injection
42:47Mark
42:48Tedeschi
42:48was the
42:49senior
42:49Crown
42:50prosecutor
42:50for the
42:51DPP
42:53probably
42:53considered
42:54at the
42:54time
42:54to be
42:54the
42:55best
42:55Crown
42:56prosecutor
42:56the
42:56DPP
42:57had
42:58so to
42:58have
42:58him
42:59allocated
42:59to
42:59the
42:59case
43:00was
43:01incredible
43:04today
43:04Crown
43:05Prosecutor
43:05Mark
43:06Tedeschi
43:06QC
43:07told the
43:07court
43:08the
43:08accused
43:09was
43:09motivated
43:09to
43:10murder
43:10his
43:10wife
43:11so
43:11that
43:11he
43:11could
43:11be
43:12with
43:12Linda
43:12Livermore
43:13and so
43:14that
43:14he could
43:14claim
43:14the
43:15life
43:15insurance
43:16a policy
43:17worth
43:18$568,000
43:20Cricket
43:21Cricket's
43:21new
43:21wife
43:22Julie
43:22watched
43:23from
43:23the
43:23gallery
43:23as
43:24court
43:24heard
43:24he
43:24was
43:25also
43:25seen
43:25holding
43:26hands
43:26with
43:26his
43:27mistress
43:27outside
43:28the
43:28morgue
43:29when
43:29he
43:30went
43:30to
43:30identify
43:31the
43:31body
44:00crickets
44:06in
44:07In the
44:07end
44:07the
44:08judge
44:08saw
44:08it
44:09exactly
44:09as
44:09we
44:10had
44:11that
44:11on
44:11the
44:11night
44:12of
44:12December
44:1231st
44:132010
44:15Dr
44:15Brian
44:16Cricket
44:16had
44:17murdered
44:17his
44:17wife
44:17Christine
44:20that
44:21he
44:21had
44:21conducted
44:22a search
44:23on
44:23Google
44:23in
44:24relation
44:24to
44:25homicide
44:25and
44:26insulin
44:27and
44:27the
44:27shelf
44:28life
44:28of
44:28that
44:28insulin
44:29after
44:29death
44:29that
44:30he
44:31had
44:31obtained
44:31insulin
44:32and it
44:32was
44:32rapid
44:33acting
44:33insulin
44:33he
44:34did
44:35take
44:35that
44:35insulin
44:36and
44:36the
44:36syringes
44:37used
44:38to
44:38administer
44:38that
44:38insulin
44:39home
44:39that
44:39night
44:40yes
44:41they
44:41watched
44:41the
44:41movie
44:41there
44:42was
44:42evidence
44:43of
44:43an
44:43argument
44:45but
44:45at
44:45some
44:46point
44:46in
44:46the
44:46early
44:47hours
44:47of
44:48the
44:48first
44:48he
44:49injected
44:49Christine
44:50with
44:51an
44:51amount
44:51of
44:51insulin
44:52and
44:53then
44:53he
44:53left
44:53he
44:54left
44:54her
44:54to
44:55die
44:55and
44:56he
44:56went
44:56and
44:56spent
44:57time
44:57with
44:57his
44:58mistress
45:01now
45:02that
45:02six
45:02hour
45:02window
45:02was
45:03enough
45:03for
45:04the
45:04insulin
45:04to
45:04take
45:05its
45:05effect
45:05and
45:06kill
45:06Christine
45:09he
45:10has
45:10come
45:10home
45:10and
45:11he
45:11has
45:11found
45:12Christine
45:12in
45:12this
45:13rather
45:13peculiar
45:14position
45:15he's
45:16rendered
45:16no
45:16care
45:18he's
45:18got rid
45:19of the
45:19insulin
45:19he's
45:20disposed
45:20of the
45:21syringes
45:22and he's
45:22tidied up
45:23his tracks
45:23and then
45:24when everything
45:25is as he
45:26wants it to be
45:26he's called
45:27police
45:29police
45:29emergency
45:30this is
45:30venda
45:30I
45:31my
45:32wife
45:32on the
45:34floor
45:34to
45:34his head
45:40a
45:41Campbelltown
45:41doctor who
45:42killed his
45:42wife with a
45:43lethal dose
45:44of insulin
45:44will spend
45:45at least the
45:46next 20
45:46years
45:47behind
45:47bars
45:48the
45:49offender's
45:49motivation
45:50to murder
45:50his wife
45:51was essentially
45:52based on
45:52self-interest
45:53and what he
45:54perceived would
45:54make his
45:55life better
45:55in the future
45:56as Brian
45:57Cricket
45:58realised he
45:58would be
45:59well into
45:59his 80s
46:00before he
46:01tasted
46:01freedom
46:02again
46:02his
46:03victim's
46:03family
46:03applauded
46:05most people
46:07would
46:08seek
46:09counselling
46:10or a
46:11divorce
46:12it achieved
46:13nothing
46:14except
46:14leaving us
46:15without our
46:16mum
46:20why didn't
46:21you think
46:21about the
46:22fact that
46:22mum would
46:23never see
46:24her great
46:25grandkids
46:25never see
46:27her grandkids
46:28achieve
46:29she would
46:30have been
46:30so proud
46:32it's not
46:32just taking
46:33away a
46:33life
46:34it's taking
46:35away a
46:35future
46:36it's taking
46:36away
46:37future
46:38family
46:51I'm being
46:52polite here
46:54he
46:54is a man
46:56of absolute
46:57no moral
46:58boundaries
46:59or compass
47:02and in this
47:03circumstance
47:04just a cold
47:05ruthless killer
47:05and he's where
47:07he deserves
47:07to be
47:13when they
47:14were bringing
47:14Brian out of
47:15the court
47:16he was in
47:16handcuffs
47:17her great
47:18Tracy
47:19and just
47:20brought her
47:21to the
47:21door
47:21and I
47:25said
47:25we got him
47:26Tracy
47:29it was really
47:30really good
47:35I just
47:36think
47:36my mum
47:37tried to
47:37do the
47:38right
47:38thing
47:39all her
47:39life
47:44you never
47:45think it's
47:46going to
47:46end like
47:46that
47:47she was
47:48a great
47:48mum
47:49and
47:51I'll
47:51always owe
47:52her for
47:52everything
47:53she taught
47:53me
47:55everything
47:58coolly
47:59pale
48:02the air
48:04becomes
48:05still
48:05in this
48:06sea
48:06space
48:11shivering
48:15stars
48:17like
48:18rain
48:20my eye
48:22is the moon
48:23and it
48:23slowly turns
48:25spinning
48:26me
48:28now
48:28is
48:29so
48:29and
48:29Itloe
48:39can
48:39know
48:39about
48:40you
48:41can
48:42you
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