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Liz Hayes: “Crimestoppers would like us to stop”

Nine series has given some crime cases so much broad exposure that police have been inundated with public tips.

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Under Investigation returns to Nine this week for its sixth season.

Liz Hayes said recently,”Crimestoppers would like us to stop, almost, because they’re getting so many people calling them.

“We met with them and they said ‘Please stop it!’ But that’s a great outcome and we’re very pleased about that. We’ve also had some cases reopened, and I think that’s a major plus.”

There are 8 new episodes this season including, “Death of a Model,” “I Am the Law,” “Spy Nation”.

“Under Investigation is looking into all sorts of crime and our endeavour, I guess is to reexamine, investigate, but also find some resolution and solving the crimes wherever we can. That’s hard to do, because cops should have done that! And quite often we’ve found that they haven’t,” she said.

“It’s been quite an experience because this is a part of our life which is really tough for a lot of people. Under Investigation is quite often the last roll of the dice, in trying to get to the bottom of it, and to find the truth.

“It allows us to gather some of the best minds in the business, to sit around and look at the evidence, question people, and really uncover things that should have been uncovered before. I find it quite extraordinary that a programme can do that. But we are, and we are getting some extraordinary results.

She also teased the first episode, “The Snake and the Shotgun” about a mother fatally shot in the back by her husband while searching for a snake in her garage.

“How do you shoot your wife in the back at point blank range and that’s an accident?”

9pm Wednesday on Nine.

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  1. While I can appreciate Crimestoppers’ position that they are being overwhelmed with tips from the public when Under Investigation features particular cases, I don’t believe that stopping the show is the answer. The fact that this show has led to some cases being reopened is a good thing as it offers the victims of the crimes that the show features another chance at justice that might not have came about otherwise. If I remember accuratley, when Under Investigation first launched, it featured more current affairs topics and didn’t cover as many crimes. Perhaps a reasonable comprimise would be to only have half of the episodes in each season look into crimes and bring back current affairs topics for the other half of the episodes in each season. This would give Crimestoppers some relief from the volume of calls they are getting while allowing the show to continue to look into some crimes and broaden its focus to cover more topics. A win-win for everyone.

  2. Why is it a great out come it obstructs criminal investigations, buries important information amongst irrelevant information and wastes police time and money. Police carefully consider what information to release it to try and minimize this problem.

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