Guilty or not guilty? Don’t miss the chance to pass YOUR verdict on Lord Lucan in the Mail’s exclusive poll
It immediately shot to number one in the true crime charts – and today The Mail’s groundbreaking podcastThe process of Lord Lucanis entering its most exciting phase.
From Friday morning at 7:00 am we invite you, the listener, to join the jury and seal his fate.
It was an extremely successful week for the Lucan podcast. Barely a week ago no one had heard a single episode, but within days it incredibly shot to number two in the all-UK podcast charts.
In a world first, the team behind the Mail’s critically acclaimed series have brought the case against the infamous Count to life.
Every day this week, new episodes have chronicled how the actual Old Bailey trial of Lord Lucan might have unfolded had he been captured.
IS LORD LUCAN GUILTY? DEFER YOUR JUDGMENT NOW
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It’s been almost fifty years since British aristocrat Lord Lucan, 39, disappeared without a trace
The Count disappeared after his children’s nanny, Sandra Rivett, was murdered in the family home
Barrister Max Hardy (right) is prosecuting Lord Lucan at the trial, while Edward Henry KC is acting on behalf of the defence
It is presented by Stephen Wright, editor of the Mail, and journalist Caroline Cheetham. It is based on a never-before-seen 60-page document from Scotland Yard obtained exclusively by Wright, which sets out the evidence collected by detectives in the 1970s.
And to give it the seriousness it deserves, two of Britain’s most eminent lawyers have presented the prosecution and defense cases in compelling detail. But now it’s time for the listeners to decide the fate of Lord Lucan.
Voting can take place until Sunday afternoon to determine his guilt or innocence before the verdict is revealed in a special episode on Monday at 6am.
The drama has captivated audiences, just as the world was captivated by the unsolved murder fifty years ago.
The mystery shocked Britain when Lord Lucan went on the run after the family nanny, Sandra Rivett, 29, was beaten to death with a lead pipe in the basement kitchen of the Belgravia mansion, and the earl’s estranged wife, Veronica – probably the count’s wife. intended victim – suffered serious head injuries before fleeing.
The blood-soaked basement with Sandra Rivett’s body in a mailbag next to a discarded shoe
Lord Lucan’s wife Veronica Mary Duncan was almost fatally attacked that same night
Lady Lucan with Frances and George, two of the three children she had with her husband
Jamie East, The Mail’s head of podcasts, said: ‘The most exciting part is yet to come. The listeners must weigh what they have heard and cast their precious votes. This is the first of its kind, a truly interactive event.”
The Trial of Lord Lucan presents for the first time the prosecution case prepared by the police for each time he was brought to trial. It also reveals surprising new details about the events leading up to the murder and its aftermath.
As prosecutor Max Hardy explains, Lucan alone was responsible for the horrific attacks on November 7, 1974. He had planned the murder down to the last detail, he says, and had even discussed dumping his wife’s body in the Solent and bragging that he would never do that. be caught.
Mr Hardy also claims the last person to see Lucan in the hours after the attack failed to help police due to her ‘crush’ on the aristocrat.
For the defense, barrister Edward Henry KC is urging jurors to judge the case on ‘the evidence alone’, saying Lord Lucan has been ‘maligned… vilified in the press all his life’.
To hear the latest episode and cast your vote, visit dailymail.co.uk/lucan
