UK UK- Farley Mount Rapist, committed 5 rapes & assaults on young couples in their cars @ beauty spots, Hampshire, Jan., 1991- May 1998, *New initiative*

[jojojaja]

Feb 3, 2018
First broadcast on Channel 4 in 2001. Transferred from VHS

I have sleep deprivation and some of their softly spoken voices are like ASMR, no wonder some people like watching crime documentaries when they go to bed.

I don't think the profiles are particularly helpful. There also seems to be a certain lack of gravity which I doubt would have been appreciated by the victims.

 

[Hustling01]

It's The Real Cracker documentary (on the first page of this thread).

The ex cop became a suspect because he ticked a lot of boxes with regards to the profile.

do we know his name?

 

[jojojaja]

Regarding victims saying the perp had no accent, I initially thought maybe they didn't notice an accent because he was local, but that's not true. I have an accent and recognise when people come from where I am from, or even a neighbouring borough.
Having just made the thread about Patsy Morris, her father stated that after her death, I think after her body was found, he received a threatening phone call from a boy with a local accent. People do notice.
So I am thinking he had a neutral accent in some way. Maybe RP as is often hears on tv. I recall many actors stating when going to RADA, they were told to lose their accent.

Is there anywhere in the UK where an accent is close to being neutral?

Don't we also pick up how we talk from our parents and influential adults in our upbringing? I just spoke to a friend's daughter on the phone yesterday and she sounded identical to her mother.

 

[RobinCAL]

Regarding victims saying the perp had no accent, I initially thought maybe they didn't notice an accent because he was local, but that's not true. I have an accent and recognise when people come from where I am from, or even a neighbouring borough.
Having just made the thread about Patsy Morris, her father stated that after her death, I think after her body was found, he received a threatening phone call from a boy with a local accent. People do notice.
So I am thinking he had a neutral accent in some way. Maybe RP as is often hears on tv. I recall many actors stating when going to RADA, they were told to lose their accent.

Is there anywhere in the UK where an accent is close to being neutral?

Don't we also pick up how we talk from our parents and influential adults in our upbringing? I just spoke to a friend's daughter on the phone yesterday and she sounded identical to her mother.

I do find it a bit wild the no accent part of it all - IMO, i think it means he was local...Many people say when they hear someone with the same accent that they had no accent.

Anything else, you would think they would report it. Especially as its reported by multiple victims, is it ?

 

[sportstergirl]

Accents are difficult. A Liverpool (Scouse) accent or London (Cockney) accent have several regional variations. To me being born & living in Lancashire,or most others they would be Scouse or Cockney accents but a local or language expert could narrow an accent down to a particular area of the city!
I don't know of any British accent with no accent apart from the old style BBC newsreaders.

 

[jojojaja]

I do find it a bit wild the no accent part of it all - IMO, i think it means he was local...Many people say when they hear someone with the same accent that they had no accent.

Anything else, you would think they would report it. Especially as its reported by multiple victims, is it ?

I just explained how people recognise local accents, as I do, as Patsy Mottis's father did. Therefore I don't think that's a go-to explanation.

 

[tes1984]

do we know his name?

I don't know the ex cops name, but I do know that a lot of the police didn't like him as a suspect, because he had a strong Northern accent.

I'm more interested in the suspect they found in 2002. This was after a couple came forward to say they had seen FMR's vehicle.

 

[dotr]

Regarding accents, fwiw..

British Accent Coaching | 12 UK accents

www.britishaccentcoaching.co.uk

Can you 'lose' an accent? And more importantly, why would you want to? | Kirsty Major

In England, the southern accent is seen as neutral and aspirational, but we rarely pause to ask why, says Guardian deputy Opinion editor Kirsty Major

www.theguardian.com

''What remains steadfast is the north-south divide in England marked by the “trap-bath split”. It’s the difference between pronouncing grass with a short vowel, as in cat, or with a long vowel, like the sound you make when a doctor examines your throat. This division cannot be separated from the fact that the country’s political and economic power lies in the south, concentrated in a handful of institutions.

The “neutral” British accent is derived from RP, a speech pattern that originated from the public schools and universities of 19th-century Britain. The accent – roughly based on the southern accents of London, Oxford and Cambridge – became associated with the “establishment”, and gained status, eventually being adopted by the BBC as its broadcasting standard.''