grammar school is a formal north hampton school. cher, that was pretty tough. there is an awful lot of racism in that place. people were always bullying or teasing me, so i became john, because i wanted to be one of the british britis grammar school is a formal school. this was manifested in the wearing of gowns by masters. please stand up straight. corporal punishment was regularly applied. was administered using pieces of wood and gym slippers, which were given familiar names. it increased the mystique around them. you had to wear a proper school uniform. black suit, black socks, white trousers in 1971, i moved in english literature that was a voice sitting next to me. he was identifying with johni di stefano. he was always immaculate. he was a natural performer. he was quite happy on the stage. we had a pop group called chuck wills widow opportunity knocks! we went on opportunity knocks. he claims he went on opportunity knocks. you mean the on
must have laid some loopholes somewhere, and there was some way he could go back and get out of it. di stefano is 57 years of age. born in italy on the 1st of july, 1955. after the prosecution made their speech stage, the defense asked the judge permission to leave and come and sit behind him so he could give instructions better. the judge agreed. and di stefano rose to his feet with a massive smile on his face, as if to say, here i am. i m halfway to winning here already. this trial, more than any trial in my police service, i knew and everybody knew it would come down to personalities.
would they believe di stefano when he took the stand? one of the key elements is when the defendants gives evidence from the witness box. we were expecting big things from di stefano. we showed the bbc documentary called notorious. and the reason for doing that, it was an incredibly powerful piece of television. one of the victims had made me aware the reason she had engaged his services was because of the documentary. five murders. i shall be known as mr. murder. people saw it and came away with the impression that this man is a lawyer. he can t be anything else. let s go to court, come on. it followed giovanni both in
problematic, by the very nature of mi6, they are a secret organization, they don t say much information. it is something that we needed to get to the bottom to. the di stefano case was totally unique, it was jerry against di stefano. while he was out on bail, he took the whole prosecution to another level. i received a call from the crown prosecution service. the lawyer said you will never believe what we just received.
jerry came in, and said mr. di stefano was suing him for averting the course of justice. this was a private prosecution, targeting specifically jerry, no one else was named. it s not something i have ever seen personally. the allegation was, that i had encouraged a particular witness to make a witness statement against him. he was entitled to make that allegation like anyone could. we couldn t ignore it. this was not the city of london police, this was a personal attack on me, a personal corrupt police officer. he has been encouraging witnesses to give statements against me. i thought personally, in that moment in time, i was angry. i had an unblemished police