24 Hours in Police Custody: Full story of Cambridgeshire s Black Widow Victoria Breeden who tried to have her ex-husband killed
39-year-old Victoria Breeden tried to convince several men to murder her husband after she lost custody of her child
18:03, 11 JAN 2021
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24 Hours in Police Custody (Channel 4, Mon/Tues, 9pm), however, and you realise the truth is far less exciting, but no less dramatic.
This first two-parter of a new series followed the case of Victoria Breeden, a Cambridgeshire woman who had been caught on tape – well, phone voice recorder – plotting to murder her ex-partner.
At first, the officers investigating the case were unsure whether the recording was enough evidence, yet as the investigation progressed – checking Breeden’s history, her other ex-partners, her criminal record – they soon saw a pattern.
Victoria Breeden is questioned in 24 Hours in Police Custody
Without the need for undercover officers, firearms or unnecessarily complicated three-letter abbreviations, the detectives compiled a huge dossier of evidence against Breeden.
“Those police officers had the patience of a saint,” added another viewer.
24 Hours in Police Custody followed the story of Victoria Breeden from Littleport who conspired to kill her ex-husband.
- Credit: Channel 4
Each episode in an hour long and aired on TV at 9pm on Monday, January 4 and Tuesday, January 5 – both episodes are now available on catch-up.
Another viewer said: “Her manipulative ways around the police failed.
“The way she had sudden pains prior to an interview was amusing to her. Well done to the police officers for your hard work. Her husband lives.”
“I found it a very interesting watch,” said another.
24 Hours in Police Custody viewers were left infuriated after a mother who tried to manipulate three other men into murdering her ex-husband managed to delay her interview with a series of different tactics and bizarre requests.
In last night s episode of the Channel 4 show, Victoria Breeden, 39, from near Littleport, Cambridgeshire, who is now serving nine-and-a-half years for plotting to have Rob Parkes, 40, killed after he won custody of their daughter, was seen being taken into questioning.
However, viewers were left in shock after Victoria, known as the Black Widow, gave detectives the run around with a series of demands and complaints - including that she needed medication, there was too much air in her hot water bottle and that she d only eat a vegan gluten free sandwich.
Ex-husband of Black Widow feels sorry for men she groomed in failed bid to kill him
Rob Parks has opened up about his relationship with Victoria Breeden, who s currently in prison for trying to manipulate a string of other men into murdering him
Victoria Breeden, 39, is currently in prison for soliciting the attempted murder of her ex-husband (Image: PA)
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