Behind The Yellow Tape
True Crime
This is a podcast for those who are interested in the commission of a serious crime, particularly murder, and how they get solved by the Criminal Justice System.And for those interested in the fiction of crime, there is something here for you too.J.A....
Location:
United Kingdom
Genres:
True Crime
Description:
This is a podcast for those who are interested in the commission of a serious crime, particularly murder, and how they get solved by the Criminal Justice System.And for those interested in the fiction of crime, there is something here for you too.J.A. Lovelock is a Barrister-at-Law, an award-winning author, and an award-winning radio presenter. She has spent many years lecturing, training, examining, and adjudicating in the Criminal Justice and Legal System, but most importantly, she is a crime junkie.Welcome to her Podcast – where she takes you Behind The Yellow Tape.Have you ever been anywhere near a crime scene or seen the images on television and wondered, what happened behind that yellow tape? Oh yes, you have! Because you were curious. Nothing wrong with that. We are curious beings. If we were not, we would never learn – anything.And behind that yellow tape, quite a lot happens, more than a lot goes on…This podcast is part of Podcast Radio’s Original (PRO-Shows) programming.
Language:
English
Episodes
From Bench to Bestseller – The Legal Life of Nicola Williams [Part 2]
10/28/2025
Continuing this engaging interview with Her Honour Nicola Williams, she opens up about her transition from real-life legal drama to fictional storytelling and how a lifetime in law sharpened her pen and fuels her fiction. Whether you're an aspiring author or a courtroom drama fan, Judge Nicola Williams's story is both inspiring and entertaining. She also shares personal anecdotes and insights from her diverse professional journey, as well as her involvement in legal education and mentorship programs for disadvantaged youths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:32:40
From Bench to Bestseller – The Legal Life of Nicola Williams [Part 1]
8/18/2025
In this episode, J.A. Lovelock speaks with Her Honour Nicola Williams, criminal law barrister-turned-judge and award-winning legal thriller author. Nicola shares highlights from her multifaceted career as she reflects on her early days and challenges at the Bar as well as her experiences as a Crown Court Recorder. An insightful listen for anyone in law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:16:43
Pulling The Punches: Ending Domestic Abuse – Luke Daniels
8/6/2025
Concluding this mini-series on domestic abuse, J.A. Lovelock meets Luke Daniels, a counsellor, activist and author working in the field of domestic violence. Luke Daniels shares insights from his work with perpetrators, emphasising the impact of childhood experiences, societal factors, and the need for education to address and prevent abuse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:29:55
Male Victims of Domestic Abuse: Mark Brooks OBE on Breaking the Silence
3/11/2025
Domestic abuse is often framed as a women’s issue, but men, too, can be victims of coercion, violence, and emotional abuse. In this episode of Behind the Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock speaks with Mark Brooks OBE, Chairman of ManKind Initiative, a leading UK charity that provides support for male victims of domestic abuse. With statistics often highlighting the tragic reality for female victims, the experiences of men can go unnoticed or unreported due to stigma, shame, and lack of awareness. Mark shares eye-opening insights into the challenges male survivors face, the importance of tailored support, and how ManKind Initiative is working to change perceptions and provide lifesaving assistance. Learn more about the vital work of ManKind Initiative: https://mankind.org.uk Discover more cases and expert insights: Behind the Yellow Tape Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:29:13
Here’s What Happened – Lisa Gerardy
2/11/2025
Even though domestic abuse is still largely hidden and under-reported, it is probably more widespread than you think. Domestic abuse is not just about men beating and abusing women or women beating and abusing men. It is estimated that around 4.5% of children and young people experience domestic abuse in their home. In this episode J.A. Lovelock meets Lisa Gerardy who shares her lived experience of being physically, psychologically and emotionally abused by her mother. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:23:05
Here’s What Happened - Ruchi Singh
2/11/2025
Even though domestic abuse is still largely hidden and under-reported, it is probably more widespread than you think. It is estimated that that one in four women will experience domestic abuse at some point in their lives and on average two women are killed every week by their current or former partner. J.A. Lovelock is joined by Ruchi Singh who shares her lived experience of domestic abuse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:26:58
Fool Me Once. Fool Me Twice – Harold Greenwood
1/6/2025
In 1922 a solicitor Herbert Rowse Armstrong was charged, convicted and hanged for the murder of his wife even though the evidence against him was insubstantial. But before that in 1920, another solicitor, Harold Greenwood was also charged with the murder of his wife Mabel. Two lawyers. Similar circumstances. Same result? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:16:35
CSI: Crime Scene Manager – Andrew Langley
12/9/2024
You will have heard on a previous episode, J.A. Lovelock’s interview with Crime Scene Investigator (CSI/SOCO) Kate Bendelow discussing her work as a CSI. In this episode, J.A. Lovelock meets Andrew Langley, who for many years worked as a Crime Scene Manager. Andrew will recount real-life cases he helped to investigate and shine a light behind the yellow tape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:40:27
Episode 54: The Laundress of Temple Bar: Killer or Victim? - Sarah Malcolm
11/25/2024
Step back into 18th-century London, where the cobbled streets of the historic Inns of Court witnessed a chilling murder. In this episode of Behind the Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock delves into the case of Sarah Malcolm, a laundress who found herself at the center of a brutal crime. Was she truly the mastermind behind the murders at Temple Bar, or was she an innocent woman caught in a web of deceit and circumstance? Join us as we dissect the evidence, explore the historical context, and challenge perceptions of guilt and justice in an era where the scales often tipped toward condemnation. Discover the untold story of a woman who became a part of London's dark history. Explore more cases and insights: Behind the Yellow Tape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:21:33
Keeping it Real with a Real CSI – Kate Bendelow (Part 2)
2/12/2024
Back in the year 2000 and until late 2015 a new fictional television show about how crimes are solved blazed onto our screens. It so captured the imagination that every man and his dog believed, after watching the episodes, they had the tools and expertise to solve crimes. The show? CSI of course. But here to separate the fact from the fiction is Kate Bendelow, a Scene of Crime Officer, otherwise known as a CSI, Crime Scene Investigator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:20:32
Keeping it Real with a Real CSI – Kate Bendelow (Part 1)
2/5/2024
Back in the year 2000 and until late 2015 a new fictional television show about how crimes are solved blazed onto our screens. It so captured the imagination that every man and his dog believed, after watching the episodes, they had the tools and expertise to solve crimes. The show? CSI of course. But here to separate the fact from the fiction is Kate Bendelow, a Scene of Crime Officer, otherwise known as a CSI, Crime Scene Investigator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:30:12
A Very Unsisterly Love – Catherine Kinrade
1/22/2024
Fairy tales. Cinderella. Wicked Stepmothers and Evil Stepsisters. It’s one thing if your stepsister treats you mean but quite another when your own flesh and blood sister wants you dead. In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape J.A. Lovelock finds out why Catherine Kinrade would want her sister dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:12:49
They Know Not What They Do - Michelle Inniss
1/8/2024
Concluding her series on knife crime and its effects and impact on families and the wider community, J.A. Lovelock catches up with award-winning playwright and author Michelle Inniss to talk about her new play in development They Know Not What They Do. A play whose central theme deals with forgiveness after the murder of a loved one, and the part it plays in the Criminal Justice System. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:36:28
From One Mother to Another - Yvvette Edwards
12/12/2023
Continuing her series on knife crime and its effects, J.A. Lovelock catches up with author Yvvette Edwards, whose teenage stepson, was the victim of a random non-fatal knife attack in 2009. Yvvette’s latest novel, The Mother, is largely based on that real-life experience where she explores the devastating impact of knife crime on a family and how they navigate the Criminal Justice System during this traumatic time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:29:57
A Mother’s Anguish – Michelle McPhillips (Part 2)
11/27/2023
On the 25 th of February 2017 Michelle Phillips’s life changed forever. It was the day her 28-year-old son, Jonathan McPhillips was fatally stabbed while acting as a peacemaker in a brawl outside Islington Town Hall, in north London. In an emotional recollection she tells J.A. Lovelock what really happened and how she copes with her loss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:20:36
A Mother’s Anguish – Michelle McPhillips (Part 1)
11/13/2023
On the 25th of February 2017 Michelle Phillips’s life changed forever. It was the day her 28-year-old son, Jonathan McPhillips was fatally stabbed while acting as a peacemaker in a brawl outside Islington Town Hall, in north London. In an emotional recollection she tells J.A. Lovelock what really happened and how she copes with her loss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:26:45
Reverend John Selby Watson aka The Stockwell Murderer
10/18/2023
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock considers the case of Reverend John Selby Watson, a man of the cloth who bludgeoned his wife of thirty plus years to death. Will this ‘man of God’ meet his maker via the hangman’s noose, or will divine intervention come to his aid? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:13:31
The Curious Case of the Poisoned Dumplings – Catherine Foster
10/2/2023
In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock considers the case of Catherine Foster, a teenage bride convicted of killing her husband of only three weeks by arsenic poisoning. But was she guilty or innocent? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:17:07
Vintage Crime. Ceylon Style – Harriet Steel (Part 2)
7/25/2023
Former lawyer and crime fiction writer of the vintage age Harriet Steel has been described as a modern-day Agatha Christie. In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock catches up with Harriet to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:20:34
Vintage Crime. Ceylon Style – Harriet Steel (Part 1)
7/13/2023
Former lawyer and crime fiction writer of the vintage age Harriet Steel has been described as a modern-day Agatha Christie. In this episode of Behind The Yellow Tape, J.A. Lovelock catches up with Harriet to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:19:46