Man charged with murder of Jo Yeates

[Jordy]

A man has been charged with murdering landscape architect Jo Yeates.

Avon and Somerset Police said 32-year-old Dutch national Vincent Tabak, who was arrested on Thursday, will appear at Bristol Magistrates Court on Monday.

Miss Yeates, 25, was found dead on Christmas Day, eight days after going missing from her home in the Clifton area of Bristol.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12257299

Great news really, one of the more obvious people involved it turns out in the end. Glad to see this murder hunt brought to an end at last. The motives etc are still very questionable though, I look forward to the trial which will no doubt be in a very long time :(

[GommeInc]

That was rather quick :S They must of found a lot of evidence or he admitted to doing it, considering he was only pulled in on Thursday :/

[Mrs.McCall]

Must've worn him down. Be interesting to hear more about the reasoning etc. Liz Jones will be toasting with her expensive wine tonight *eyeroll*

[-:Undertaker:-]

I wonder how long he'll get if convicted, probably a 'harsh' sentence as its such a high profile case to show how 'tough' on crime we are.

[.x.miss.angel.x]

Thank god for that! Now Jo can RIP and her family can grieve. I remember reading somthing about finding saliva on Jo's body and the attack was thought to be unplanned (explaining why they nabbed him so quickly)

[Ajthedragon]

Seems a bit odd, I hope the family are ok.

[Mrs.McCall]

I wonder how long he'll get if convicted, probably a 'harsh' sentence as its such a high profile case to show how 'tough' on crime we are.

That's always the issue with high profile cases and no doubt the question of how fair his trial is going to be will be raised.

Makes you feel sorry for her landlord though. His picture was on the News and everyone pretty much concluded it was him. He could sue if he wanted. Heck, he only needs to Twitter search his name and he'll have thousands of people he could sue!

[Arron]

I wonder how long he'll get if convicted, probably a 'harsh' sentence as its such a high profile case to show how 'tough' on crime we are.

He'll get sent to life imprisonment maybe but I'll give it ten years before he's released.

[GommeInc]

That's always the issue with high profile cases and no doubt the question of how fair his trial is going to be will be raised.

Makes you feel sorry for her landlord though. His picture was on the News and everyone pretty much concluded it was him. He could sue if he wanted. Heck, he only needs to Twitter search his name and he'll have thousands of people he could sue!
Wasn't he branded as being "mental" and a "nut job"? I remember seeing that splashed on the front pages of The Gazette and The Sun... That's not going to make them look very good, seeing as he's innocent:/

[Slowpoke]

I wonder if they'll still show the reconstruction on Crimewatch this week which apparently cost £10,000 to film

[Jordy]

I wonder if they'll still show the reconstruction on Crimewatch this week which apparently cost £10,000 to filmDoubt it, I can't really see much point in it especially when the airtime could be better spent helping someone else.

£10,000 is a small sum compared to the overall cost of this case which I've little doubt is well into the millions (I'm not disputing this, just pointing it out).

[Mrs.McCall]

Wasn't he branded as being "mental" and a "nut job"? I remember seeing that splashed on the front pages of The Gazette and The Sun... That's not going to make them look very good, seeing as he's innocent:/

I know, I sort of hope he sues now. They need to be more careful, it was irresponsible journalism.


Doubt it, I can't really see much point in it especially when the airtime could be better spent helping someone else.

£10,000 is a small sum compared to the overall cost of this case which I've little doubt is well into the millions (I'm not disputing this, just pointing it out).

They might show one of those 'solved' things. I dunno.

[Slowpoke]

Doubt it, I can't really see much point in it especially when the airtime could be better spent helping someone else.

Has he just been charged or has he admitted it? I still think its important they show it - he may not be the killer. Discount this post if he has admitted it, of course

[MattHoskins]

I am one of those people who know alot about murders and murderers, and for some reason I don't think it was him, I don't know why, but it seems a little too correct, his front window was overlooking the front garden and the path round to her door, so if he was looking out his window he would know every move she would make, when she would get home, when she would leave. He has a easy way of knowing if she was in the house or not, because the walls are really quite thin so he would know.

But it does look bad for him, she looks like his current girlfriend, the blonde hair, glasses she looks similar, and after she was murdered he went away on holiday with his girlfriend. I am glad they have caught someone though, I think he would have only murdered her, I don't feel he would have murdered anyone else, because if he would, he would have done it already. But like they have said; once you kill one person, who's to say you won't someone else.

[Slowpoke]

There's a thing I really don't get about this case and before I say it, I'd like to be clear that I'm seriously not trying to be funny.

What the hell happened to the pizza? The receipt for it was found at the house and her keys, mobile phone etc were all there. She obviously took it into the flat because the receipt was there so what the hell happened to it? It's so weird!

[MattHoskins]

There's a thing I really don't get about this case and before I say it, I'd like to be clear that I'm seriously not trying to be funny.

What the hell happened to the pizza? The receipt for it was found at the house and her keys, mobile phone etc were all there. She obviously took it into the flat because the receipt was there so what the hell happened to it? It's so weird!

I know what you mean like, the cider was drunk a little bit, but there was no pizza left. It is friggin' weird. How has a glass of cider then eat a whole pizza and just hops out?

[GommeInc]

I know what you mean like, the cider was drunk a little bit, but there was no pizza left. It is friggin' weird. How has a glass of cider then eat a whole pizza and just hops out?
^ Is it bad I find it amusing that these tiny details seem like something written in one of the "read-along-adventure" books? :P

£10,000 for a reconstruction seems about right. An actor in a small TV ad can fetch about £1,000 for about an hours work (obviously work is far and few between).

[Jordy]

Has he just been charged or has he admitted it? I still think its important they show it - he may not be the killer. Discount this post if he has admitted it, of courseI think it's unknown, because you get charged either way and the Police aren't really saying much. Admitting the crime doesn't make you a killer anyway till you're convicted by a court, it has been known for people to admit crimes they didn't commit to cover for someone else (Yes I watch a lot of Silent Witness). Very little is known in terms of motive etc, it's quite mysterious.

[ifuseekamy]

He probably killed her and stole her pizza