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Crimewatch UK ‘forced to reflect falling crime rates in its reconstructions’

Official figures showing crime at its lowest rate in 30 years have opened up the BBC to yet more criticism of bias in the reconstructions it uses on its monthly Crimewatch UK television programme.

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Posted: May 7th, 2013
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Method actor kills man during crime re-enactment

Calls are growing for the police to abandon the use of Method actors in crime re-enacments after a Cambridge man was killed in an identical murder that occurred on the same spot one week earlier.

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Posted: Aug 30th, 2012
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Mugging targets urged to carry more cash to avoid ‘social death’

It’s a nightmare scenario – to be violently robbed and murdered and then have the tabloids scream: ‘Socialite killed for 85p and a TV Guide.’

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Posted: May 13th, 2012
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