i think it was kind of why i wanted to do, [inaudible] helping others as i could. in my 30 years of police service, i served in various emergency. i investigated robberies, kidnappings, drugs. but there was one case that was very different from anything that i had ever experienced. may 2006, i was handed a file that contained an allegation of fraud against giovanni di stefano. the complaint was coming from a lady called paula gregory date. so, i went to see her, sat down with her, and went through the story. 2003, my husband, paul busch, was found guilty of murder. while in prison, he has seen a documentary about giovanni di
you telling me they are going to let you out from the italian consulate to renew your passport? come on, mr. valentine! obviously when you are arrested and charged, they would take fingerprints. in the archives of scotland yard, there are fingerprints for both. john and giovanni di stefano. and sure enough we ve got a exact match. there is no doubt that john di stefano was giovanni di stefano. it was rather bizarre. because how could somebody who had a string of criminal convictions in the uk, why or how would he end up being part of the sadam hussein s defense team. a good man will read about injustice, a great man will experience injustice and make sure it does not happen to others. and that is what really started
that had caused all this harm. it s a massive breakthrough moment. [speaking foreign language] pretty typical of giovanni di stefano. he had played a tactical game. that s the way i would describe it. i discovered he was to be arrested. the barrister who was prosecuting him contacted me
from the same chambers. they ve been school together. they will tell latin jokes among themselves. and along came this very unusual lawyer. with a love of tv cameras and seeing himself on the screen. one, two, three. giovanni stefano. giovanni di stefano. the first time i came across giovanni di stefano, he was fussing around in the corridors. no time for us reporters. he was a complete and utter outsider. i had heard of giovanni di stefano through the grapevine. and to start with everybody just thought he was slightly a bit of an odd character. i had been introduced to him,
back in those days i was the richest and biggest landlord. i still got all the necessary gang connections. there s no secret about that. his former girlfriend was one of the witnesses who backed out of testifying against him. but despite this, today the jury decided there was enough evidence to convict him of manslaughter. ten years. he got a ten year sentence. they made a big show out of it. we ve got this bastard, at last. nicholas van hoogstraten was convicted. he immediately wants to appeal. but his lawyer said he had a time, wanted absolutely nothing to do with him. and eventually, along came giovanni di stefano. i got a call. nicholas van hoogstraten would