24 Hours in Police Custody: Crime of Passion review
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Posted: January 07, 2015
24 Hours in Police Custody: DS Chris Hutton
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Last night’s opening episode of the second series of 24 Hours of Police Custody, filmed at Luton Police Station, was a grisly affair and yet another fascinating insight into the work of Bedfordshire Police.
The episode opened with DS Chris Hutton inspecting a blood spattered domestic dispute crime scene which had left a woman blinded in one eye, a man hospitalised and a hamster unattended to.
More importantly Wtf is happening with the hamsters?? #24hoursinpolicecustody
— Dave The Manager (@discocat32) January 6, 2015
Even hardened detectives gasped at the horrific facial injuries inflicted on the woman but as one of DS Hutton’s colleagues pointed out, the severity of the injuries made the suspect’s claims of innocence easier to refute as he pointed out it couldn’t be a self inflicted injury: “It’s not a self-inflicted injury, is it? Sticking a knife through your f******g eye, out of that eye, through your nose and into the orbit of the other eye?”
From the way the programme was edited, there seemed little doubt as to what had happened, but the police still had to follow a methodical process to prove their believed sequence of events.
I think you might be spending many nights…. #24hoursinpolicecustody #policecustody pic.twitter.com/qSeAbpzR3a
— Auntie Pegg (@AuntiePegg) January 6, 2015
This concluded with DS Hutton managing to persuade the Crown Prosecution Service to pursue attempted murder charges, instead of the CPS’ preferred charge of GBH, which prompted him to perform a celebratory jig around his office, which generated some criticism online.
I dont think the DS on #24hoursinpolicecustody #policecustody did himself any favours with that victory dance and running round the copshop.
— Dave (@DaveyBoi73) January 6, 2015
However the attempted murder charge was not proceeded with after 35 year old Waldermar Szaltynas pleaded guilty to an alternative charge of wounding with intent.
He was sentenced to 11 and a half years in prison.
Wounding with intent? He stabbed her in the head!! He should have gone down for attempted murder!! So stupid! #24hoursinpolicecustody
— Singin’OurHeartsOut (@amyd1987) January 6, 2015
You can read the court reports from the trial, which includes very graphic descriptions of the assault from the links below:
Polish man from Dunstable pleads guilty to GBH on partner
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January 08 2015, 7:32PM
With respect, While the victory dance, to the rest of us, may be in poor taste, he had just beaten the CPS into a sensible and reasoned charge, unfortunately, he may have become hardened to the circumstances by being in the police in Bedfordshire. Fair play to him for getting the right charge, and shame on the court who found him guilty for a lesser, unjustifiably lenient offence.
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