Saturday 30 June 2012

Why does the Daily Mail employ estate agents to write its crime reports?

Spotted by Kj, article here:

Father, 31, charged with murder of gifted PhD student girlfriend, 28, at their £250,000 Georgian home in Bath.

...Keene - who lives just yards from a row of renowned multimillion-pound apartments - was remanded in custody to appear before Bristol Crown Court on July 10. Police were called to a disturbance at the couple's home just after midnight on Sunday. They discovered Ms Miron-Buchacra's body at the attractive terraced property, which is split into five flats worth around £250,000 each...

The address is two doors down from the former home of Admiral Phillip, the first governor of Australia, who lived there between 1806 and 1814. It lies opposite The Assembly Rooms, a magnificent 18th century building, which is now used as a museum and exclusive wedding venue. The Circus, a world famous John Wood development and one of the UK’s most prestigious addresses, also lies just 150 yards away...

Local business owner David Price was shocked such a terrible incident could happen in one of the most affluent parts of the picturesque city...


It's a shame they didn't mention whether Ms Miron-Buchacra's body was found next to the marble fireplace or the fitted Indesit double-fridge and/or whether her blood had stained the cream fitted carpet in the drawing room or could be easily mopped up from the granite-look tiles in the kitchen, but hey.

5 comments:

Tim Almond said...

Knowing Bath, he probably used the Phillipe Starck lemon squeezer. Which would be the first time anyone found a use for one.

Woodsy42 said...

They aren't just estate agents - agents aren't interested in how old everyone is. He seems to be more of a commonweath historian.
Python had this identified years ago - remember the one where every enquiry was accompanied by a question about their shoe size?

JuliaM said...

@The Stigler: You're mean to use them..?

James Higham said...

It's a shame they didn't mention whether Ms Miron-Buchacra's body was found next to the marble fireplace

Simple oversight, I think. They'll do better next time.

sebba63 said...

Ive definetley noticed this as well, it's like there trying to report the news as well as make a possible sale. But I expect this drivel from the Daily Mail.

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