Most life sentences are given for murder. so we have a lot of murderers here. many of the men convicted of murder here are young, still in their 20s, and claim drug and alcohol led them to kill. drugs played a role in the incarceration of 29-year-old chris hutchison. but he was on the supply side and his crimes made headlines. so you were a drug dealer? a drug dealer, aye. a wee bit. yeah. but hutchison was a drug dealer with a sadistic streak. he s serving a 25 to life sentence for two murders, attempted murder, kidnapping and torture. how did those two people die? one fell off a bridge and the other one died. one fell off a bridge. would that be an accident? aye. what happened? fell off a bridge. were you there when he fell off the bridge? aye.
i choose. it must have been pretty bad what he did. he wants us to stop. the interview is suddenly stopped by a shotts correctional officer providing security. it was one of the strangest experiences i ve ever had filming in a prison, to have the officer interrupt an interview, take the inmate away and confer with him. i later found out in scotland the inmates actually have a very good chance of making parole and this officer was concerned that if chris became too descriptive in his crimes, it wouldn t bode well for him. when the interview resumes, hutchison discusses why he killed his cousin. my cousin and his dad, came on drugs. my brother died in my arms, so it affected me. so that s what s created this
how d the other one die? the other one just died, didn t he? he choked. on his food? ha, ha, ha. no. so basically you threw somebody off a bridge and you choked somebody to death. aye. chris was very flippant when describing his crimes. he seemed to take them very casually. and he had this odd habit when there was a break in the interview of kind of half-singing a song and belching. but as we probed deeper into his crimes, we soon learned that hutchison s murder victims were not the only ones who suffered. those who did not pay up on their drug debts often met especially sadistic consequences. how long have you held
the other one just died, didn t he? he choked. on his food? no. so basically, you threw somebody off a bridge and you choked somebody to death? aye. chris was very flippant when describing his crimes. he seemed to take them very casually. and he had this odd habit when there was a break in the interview of kind of half singing a song. bop, bop, bop. and belching. [ belch ]. shah, la, la, la. [ belch ]. but as we probed deeper into his crimes, we soon learned that hutchison s murder victims were not the only ones who suffered. those who did not pay up on their drug debts often met especially sadistic consequences. how long had you held somebody hostage? i kept them for 24 hours
Most life sentences are given for murder. so we have a lot of murderers here. many of the men convicted of murder here are young, still in their 20s, and claim drugs and alcohol led them to kill. drugs played a role in the incarceration of 29-year-old chris hutchison. but he was on the supply side, and his crimes made headlines. so you were a drug dealer? a wee time drug dealer, aye. did a wee bit. yeah. but hutchison was a drug dealer with a sadistic streak. he s serving a 25-year to life sentence for two murders, attempted murder, kidnapping, and torture. how did those people die? one fell off a bridge. another one died. one fell off a bridge? wouldn t that be an accident, not murder? aye. what happened? fell off a bridge. were you there when he fell off the bridge? aye. how d the other one die?