The rapist claimed to police: his own son was guilty

The crime series Murder Hunt is based on true events.

Called the Night Stalker, Delroy Grant was recorded in a surveillance camera image in August 2009. He was sentenced two years later. Gavin Rodgers / Shutterstock, All Over Press

Police catch the killer in the coming period of the Murderer Yacht from TV1. It can already be found From the arena.

The culprit is Delroy Grant man – in the series and in real life. The crime series is based on a true story of a police investigation into a series of rapes and burglaries of older people in south-east London between 1992 and 2009. The preface tells us that some names, places, characters, and scenes have still been invented for storytelling reasons.

In the series, Delroy Grant tries in an nauseating way to roll the cause of his actions around his own son. Did that happen in reality, or is it just one of the fictional plot twists?

Some artistic freedoms have been included in the series, but his son Delroy Grant was actually blamed. Yle

The answer is given by several British media outlets. Granted after 17 years of horror, Grant really pushed his child under the bus and claimed he was a serial rapist to save his own skin.

The story Colin Suttonin with an investigated criminal commissioner Julie Balfour recalled last fall In the mirrorhow Grant brought up the name of his son, Delroy Junior.

– When Delroy Grant’s DNA sample was taken, he stated that the police should turn to his son. The argument was that their two dna are similar. According to Grant, his son may have been at fault.

Colin Sutton is portrayed in the series by Martin Clunes. Yle

In court, Grant was further heard to have stated to the authorities that the fact that he lived in the same area and was the same size as his father also spoke in favor of Delroy Junior’s guilt.

However, Delroy Junior’s innocence was confirmed very quickly. Just like in the series, he still found out about his father’s lies, of course.

– How did it feel to hear your own father claim to the police that he himself had committed really serious and insane crimes? Colin Sutton stated the same thing.

Murder yacht today on TV1 at 9 pm & in the Arena. See all TV programs and broadcast times in Telku’s TV guide.

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