Bill McDonald

And then we both stand there and we're looking at each other and it's like, oh my God, that's that moment, you know?

And then we both stand there and we're looking at each other and it's like, oh my God, that's that moment, you know?

And he said, well, there was the anchor in the net.

And he said, well, there was the anchor in the net.

But interestingly, the anchor wasn't in the net, in with the fish, down at what we called the cod end.

But interestingly, the anchor wasn't in the net, in with the fish, down at what we called the cod end.

We had a local scenes of crime sergeant and he'd been involved in investigation all the way through and he takes the anchor and I can remember coming back in a day or two later and he's very excited and he's clutching the anchor and he's got photographs that have come from the post-mortem and he has a photograph of the anchor laying on the bench next to the body

We had a local scenes of crime sergeant and he'd been involved in investigation all the way through and he takes the anchor and I can remember coming back in a day or two later and he's very excited and he's clutching the anchor and he's got photographs that have come from the post-mortem and he has a photograph of the anchor laying on the bench next to the body

And the anchor shaft perfectly fits the bruising on the thigh.

And the anchor shaft perfectly fits the bruising on the thigh.

And it didn't just match. It was a really, really strong evidential match. It wasn't a question, well, it could be the anchor. It was almost, yes, that's the anchor.

And it didn't just match. It was a really, really strong evidential match. It wasn't a question, well, it could be the anchor. It was almost, yes, that's the anchor.

I said, don't touch it, don't switch it on, don't do anything with it, just box it up, bring it back here.

I said, don't touch it, don't switch it on, don't do anything with it, just box it up, bring it back here.

Not only could they say that that was the date and time that it had been switched off, they could also say the location at which it had been switched off.

Not only could they say that that was the date and time that it had been switched off, they could also say the location at which it had been switched off.

five miles off the coast of Tynmouth, out to sea, virtually contemporaneous on the spot where John Coppock recovers the body.

five miles off the coast of Tynmouth, out to sea, virtually contemporaneous on the spot where John Coppock recovers the body.

She was delicate. She was vulnerable. She was nervous. She was anxious.

She was delicate. She was vulnerable. She was nervous. She was anxious.