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Wrongly jailed for the murder of Rachel Nickell, Stagg speaks powerfully in Pariah, a hard-hitting account of his flawed trial, agonising imprisonment and failed attempts to rebuild life after his release.
Although cleared of the killing, Stagg - Britain's most hated man - was punished again by a public which doubted his innocence. But now with fresh evidence about the murder emerging due to advances in DNA techniques, and the front page news that a convicted sex killer in Broadmoor, Robert Napper, is to be charged with the killing of Rachel Nickell, Stagg has found the courage to tell the world his truth.
Although cleared of the killing, Stagg - Britain's most hated man - was punished again by a public which doubted his innocence. But now with fresh evidence about the murder emerging due to advances in DNA techniques, and the front page news that a convicted sex killer in Broadmoor, Robert Napper, is to be charged with the killing of Rachel Nickell, Stagg has found the courage to tell the world his truth.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An amazing Story,
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This review is from: Pariah: Colin Stagg (Hardcover)
For those of you who dont know Colin Stagg, this is probably one of the most interesting real life stories you will ever read. For those of you who do know his story, you will be amazed to hear it in his own words to discover exactly what this man went through while being wrongly accused of murder. You can tell from the way it is written that Stagg is slightly bitter about the way he has been treated but after reading the book i must say i cannot blame him! It is an incredibly interesting read, well writted and is a real page turner. I loverd it!
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A well-written account of what it is like to be a falsely accused man,
By D-PAK (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pariah: Colin Stagg (Hardcover)
This excellently written book brings the case up to date, with the latest evidence involving a new suspect that overwhelmingly proves the innocence of Colin Stagg and shows how badly botched the whole investigation was. In addition to the background facts, this book brings out the raw emotion of Colin Stagg the human being - something the police and press forgot about. Reading this book gives a powerful insight into the impact of the police mind-games on an innocent man.
The book is somewhat gentle in handling "Lizzie James", the undercover policewoman who volunteered for an undercover police operation that played with Stagg's mind. Those familiar with the case will recall that Lizzie James told the jury that at one stage Stagg showed her the position of the body (based on a picture the police had shown him). This in itself was not in dispute, but she also claimed falsely in her testimony that he had shown her the position of the hands, which were not visible in the picture. (Interestingly, none of the other police officers nearby were able or willing to back up the Lizzie James claim on the position of the hands, despite the fact that there were THIRTY plain clothes police officers on watch to ensure her safety!). Yet later, Lizzie James secured £125,000 of taxpayers money in "compensation" for "psychological damage" (to which she was not entitled) on a basis that the police were negligent in letting her participate in the operation! This was done with the collaboration of the Police Federation. Colin Stagg was never compensated for the psychological damage that Lizzie James knowingly caused him! However, the strongest criticism in the book is reserved for Paul Britton, the psychologist who designed the undercover operation. The main criticism against him is not for the undercover operation itself but rather for Britton's subsequent attempts to rewrite history. After the new suspect came into the public spotlight with the new DNA evidence, Britton came out of the woodwork and claimed that he told the police at the time of some earlier murders that those murders were linked to the murder of Rachel Nickell. But in Paul Britton's own book he stated that he told the police the exact opposite! This book also exposes Paul Britton's dishonesty in claiming that he was exonerated by the British Psychological Society for unethical conduct. In fact Britton's lawyer got the case thrown out on the technicality that there had been too many delays and it would be "unfair" to proceed now. (This reviewer was at the BPS hearing and can confirm this to be the case.) The book also cogently argues that it was Paul Britton himself who casued the delays. Britton's lawyers argued that Stagg's lawyers had caused the delays. But they did this safe in the knowledge that neither Stagg nor his lawyers would be allowed to challenge this claim. In conclusion then: an excellent book which updates the reader on a tragic and shocking case.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
its ME! Stagg himself!,
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This review is from: Pariah: Colin Stagg (Hardcover)
Paul Britton, A very dangerous individual!
Its such a pity that those poor nickells and hanscombe not to mention their son Alex had to endure such a tragedy which was made even worse by the dangers of gossip mongerers who put me in that situation. The tabloids were wholly to blame for my character assassination, and now that I have been vindicated, I have received no apology to this day from any of my accusers! My sympathy is not for myself, I am not into self pity, but to the Nickells and Alex.
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