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54:27Today, the jury must debate the guilt of Fri Palmers. But first Noel confesses he leaked information to the press, which means he must be replaced in the jury by Delphine when they start deliberating. The balance of the jury is suddenly disturbed. What would have been a certain victory for the “Fri is guilty” camp suddenly...
December 2019
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45:27Marc Vogel and his lawyer have important news for the defence lawyer. They have proof that Stefan has committed perjury during his testimony and believe that he is behind the murders. They hand the evidence over to Ari, who promises to use this as his witnesses will be called today. Someone comes to testify that Stefan Mun...
47:40It is now the turn of the expert witnesses. The coroner and the legal psychiatrist are testifying today. Commissioner Helen Pascual presents the reconstruction of the two murders. The public finds out that Fri Palmers could well have committed the murders. Yet there is also a lot of scientific doubt, as it seems that the e...
45:44The last witnesses for the prosecution are Margot and Lutgard Tindemans, Stefan Munk’s new girlfriend and mother-in-law. Lutgard was babysitting Rose when she was attacked. Margot was arriving home after being out for a jog and rang for an ambulance. Ari Spaak for the defense lays into the two women. They both appear to be...
46:12In court, Guy Vanneste, the cattle farmer who was the main suspect in the Britt murder for sixteen years, is called to testify. His questioning doesn’t reveal anything new. The defence counsel themselves admit that he could not have done it. Halfway through the trial, the accused Fri Palmers starts to become increasingly p...
November 2019 46:27
46:27Ghent, 2018. Twelve citizens with different backgrounds are plucked from their daily lives. They come together to make up the jury for the “Millennium Trial”, a controversial assize case. Yuri, Holly, Noël, Delphine, Carl and Arnold are the jury members whose lives will start to take a new course because of the sensational...
46:22In court, the retired cop Donald Vantomme is questioned. He conducted the Britt Vogel murder investigation between 2000 and 2014, but was taken off the case because he was getting nowhere. It was thought he had concentrated too narrowly on the cattle farmers. Donald bears witness along with the current Commissioner of the ...
45:54FJP Commissioner Helen Pascual methodically explains to the court how the police has been able to catch Fri Palmers for both crimes after 18 years. Her explanation is clear and convincing. The jury members are impressed. But did the truth-seeking officer opportunistically bend the evidence in her own favour? And if so, wha...
45:45Marc Vogel, father of the victim, is now the first to testify for the public prosecutor. He confesses that he never believed Fri to be guilty. She was Britt’s best friend and after the latter’s death she had been of great support to Marc. This was very different to Britt’s boyfriend Stefan, whom Marc never could get along ...
49:18Stefan is becoming a main witness in the trial. His ex-girlfriend Britt disappeared in 2000 and was found dead. His daughter Rose died fourteen years later after Stefan and the defendant Fri Palmers were involved in a bitter divorce and battle for custody. In both cases, Stefan is therefore an important element. Moreover, ...