November 27, 2012
The Satanic Backlash
The fatwa on Salman Rushdie forced him into hiding and gave the West its first glimpse of Islamic extremism. As the author publishes his memoir, some of the key people who helped him escape the death squads talk for the first time to David James Smith.
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November 27, 2012
The Rogue Commander
Ali Dizaei has just emerged from jail, where he was abused, assaulted and had excrement poured over him. After being convicted twice for misconduct and sacked from the Met Police, why does he think he can get his old job back? By David James Smith.
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November 27, 2012
He had all to play for – The life and death of Gary Speed
Gary Speed was a father of two, a successful former footballer, the manager of Wales and universally respected. So why, at the age of 42, was he found hanged at his home after an evening of larking about with friends? David James Smith investigates.
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November 27, 2012
The heat after the storm
On Facebook, Jamie Counsel called for riots in Cardiff. They never happened but now he’s serving a four-year stretch. David James Smith met him in jail and discovers other young people who got carried away in the week of shame.
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November 27, 2012
Watching The Detectives
The coppers in Manchester’s murder squad have seen it all and plenty of it they’d rather forget. David James Smith joins the investigators trying to solve a fatal shooting. As the gruesome picture emerges he witness the trials and tribulations of dealing with random violence and death every day.
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November 27, 2012
“A marriage breaker? That just isn’t the daughter I know.”
Claudia Lawrence, a shy young chef, simply disappeared more than two years ago. In their desperate search for clues, were the police right to concentrate on Claudia’s “complicated” love life?
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