Deceit review – Rachel Nickell drama probes the ethics of entrapment
Niamh Algar puts in a phenomenal performance in this four-parter about the controversial undercover police operation which followed Nickell’s death, and events that beggar belief
July 2011
Phone-hacking: Colin Stagg targeted by News of the World
Man wrongly accused of murdering Rachel Nickell in 1993 says he will fight back aggressively through courts
June 2010
IPCC orders police to apologise over Rachel Nickell murderer
Scotland Yard told to apologise for decisions relating to Robert Napper, who killed mother and daughter after Nickell
November 2009
Saturday interview
'My son was in danger. So was I'
He left Britain after his girlfriend Rachel Nickell was murdered 17 years ago, to escape the trauma and the press. This week André Hanscombe returned – to force the police to face their mistakes
December 2008
The consequence of trial by tabloid
Police errors allowed Nickell murder
Pressure on police to find Wimbledon killer put the wrong man in the frame
When travesty becomes tragedy
Duncan Campbell
Rachel Nickell killing: Met apology a long time coming, says innocent Stagg
News blog
Rachel Nickell: a case history
August 2008
A loner whose life was ruined
Emine Saner
Emine Saner: Colin Stagg's compensation is the very least he deserves. He should now receive some high-profile apologies too
Colin Stagg timeline
Early suspect in Rachel Nickell murder case wins £706,000 compensation after 16 years of being haunted by accusations
Colin Stagg wins £706,000 payout over Rachel Nickell murder charge
Stagg spent year in custody before judge threw out case due to police tactics
January 2008
A fair cop?
John Grieve looks at the changing face of British policing through Colin Stagg's Pariah and Stephen P Savage's Police Reform
December 2007
I'm getting back to before it started, says former suspect Colin Stagg
Notorious 1992 murder and police investigation changed several lives
November 2007
Relief at last after years of smears and harassment
For years, he was 'the man who got away with murder', spat on in the street, shunned by neighbours and denied even the most menial job. Now Colin Stagg, wrongly accused of the murder of Rachel Nickell, is finally able to savour his vindication
December 2006
Remember Colin Stagg
Mark Lawson
Mark Lawson: Media antics in Ipswich risk not just contempt of court but contempt for suspects' future lives.
June 2006
With police and tabloids in cahoots, Colin Stagg became a sacrificial lamb
Nick Cohen
Nick Cohen: A few days after an incredulous judge threw out the case against Colin Stagg in 1994, I saw the police descend into denial.
November 2004
Writ large
Honey-traps and spooky coincidences
Marcel Berlins: Colin Stagg deserves an apology, life sentences for killers, and Aids treatment in South Africa.
October 2002
Murder hunt adviser denies breaking rules
A criminal psychologist who advised police over the "honeytrap" designed to establish if Colin Stagg killed Rachel Nickell "vigorously denied" acting unprofessionally, a disciplinary committee was told yesterday.
