The Trial of Lord Lucan
In November 1974, British aristocrat Richard John Bingham, otherwise known as Lord Lucan, became the prime suspect in the murder of his children's nanny, Sandra Rivett. He vanished soon after the incident, sparking one of the most sensational manhunts in British history and as a result, has never faced judge and jury. It's the Trial that never happened... …until now. Using exclusive, never before seen documents and mesmerising testimony, Caroline Cheetham, Stephen Wright and some of the world's most revered legal minds take part in a week long audio event to determine Lucan's fate... and YOU are the jury. To get involved in this innovative True Crime event, head to dailymail.co.uk/lucan immediately.
Fascinating and enjoyable except for wokeism
28 Jun
Enjoyed the revisiting of the evidence and the use of practicing barristers to lay out the case as they would today. As ever, the appeasement of the ‘woke’ who don’t appreciate reality means that rather than simply employing an actor with elocution similar to an upper middle class educated child (i.e., historical accuracy), they’ve used South East Londoner with a strong accent to play the child of aristocrats - distracting from the content.
Another theory perhaps???
18 Jun
Thoroughly enjoyed this podcast, but I’m almost shouting out in despair! Why have you not put forward a theory that Lady Lucan aided and assisted her husband? There is absolutely no doubt the attack was meant for Lady Lucan. Her husband had mistakenly taken the life of Sandra Rivett and out of sheer desperation to survive she managed to convince her husband that she would help him cover his tracks. She most certainly would have put to him that this would be the only way to protect the children and him from prosecution. So he then proceeded to help her clean herself up, they both put the body in the bag (as Lady Lucan’s blood was found on the bag alongside Sandra’s) with a view to disposing of it later. However, once they had moved upstairs to clean up, Lady Lucan took her opportunity and fled. Only then, after realising she had gone he knew he’d been duped!
Fee
24 Jun
I think that lord Lucan was set up . I think that lady Lucan had set the whole thing up . There was so much more to her . She was supposed to have been really badly injured but she still managed to run into a pub and shout that her husband had done it . I really can’t believe this . She has taken to the grave what she really did know
Great idea
12 Jun
I love the idea behind a trial of Lord Lucan. It’s also a timely reminder that Sandra Rivett should have been considered as the focal point of the story, but even at the inquest, she was hardly referred to. Just one concern-when the actor reads from “the document”, the word ‘lieutenant’ is pronounced in American English. That pronunciation is incorrect and would not have been pronounced in that way in the 1970s.
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