Crime Next Door

In the wake of the trial, the Watsons need peace to grieve Diane. Instead, a series of articles are published that will tear their hearts asunder. And her parents will begin a bitter battle to set the record straight. But for her brother Alan, it’s not enough.

This episode contains references to suicide.

Written and produced by Audrey Gillan and Laurence Cook
Series Editor: Shelley Jofre
Commissioner: Heather Kane Darling
Head of Audio for BBC Scotland: Victoria Easton-Riley
Legal Advisor: Ros McInnes
Editorial Policy Advisor: Nikki O’Donnell
Assistant Producer: Jax Sinclair
Original music, sound design and mixing: Joel Cox
Series Producer: Laurence Cook

Archive Sources:
Hugh Grant: Taking on The Tabloids – Channel 4 (0:10 - 0:26)
Trial By Night - STV (8:09 - 8:33)
The Leveson Inquiry
Contains information licensed under the Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence.

In July 1991, a 15-year-old is tried for murder. Barbara Glover is led into Glasgow’s High Court where her name is revealed. She’s still a child but the judge lifts reporting restrictions. When Barbara gives evidence, she tells a story of jealousy and lies that results in the headline: ‘Blood Over a Boy’.

Written and produced by Audrey Gillan and Laurence Cook
Series Editor: Shelley Jofre
Commissioner: Heather Kane Darling
Head of Audio for BBC Scotland: Victoria Easton-Riley
Legal Advisor: Ros McInnes
Editorial Policy Advisor: Nikki O’Donnell
Assistant Producer: Jax Sinclair
Original music, sound design and mixing: Joel Cox
Series Producer: Laurence Cook

Diane Watson’s best friend Pauline Love helps carry her home, just yards away from the playground. When Diane’s parents – Jim and Margaret - open the door they are horrified to find their child bleeding and struggling for breath. Their son Alan returns to find his big sister lying on the hall floor, surrounded by paramedics.

Audrey meets teachers from Whitehill Secondary to hear about the effect Diane’s death had on the school.

This episode contains content that listeners may find distressing.

Written and produced by Audrey Gillan and Laurence Cook
Series Editor: Shelley Jofre
Commissioner: Heather Kane Darling
Head of Audio for BBC Scotland: Victoria Easton-Riley
Legal Advisor: Ros McInnes
Editorial Policy Advisor: Nikki O’Donnell
Assistant Producer: Jax Sinclair
Original music, sound design and mixing: Joel Cox
Series Producer: Laurence Cook

On the 10th of April 1991, Diane Watson and Barbara Glover stand in the middle of a school playground, surrounded by a circle of children. Barbara has come armed with a knife. Why?

Written and produced by Audrey Gillan and Laurence Cook
Series Editor: Shelley Jofre
Commissioner: Heather Kane Darling
Head of Audio for BBC Scotland: Victoria Easton-Riley
Legal Advisor: Ros McInnes
Editorial Policy Advisor: Nikki O’Donnell
Assistant Producer: Jax Sinclair
Original music, sound design and mixing: Joel Cox
Series Producer: Laurence Cook
Archive Sources:
Hugh Grant: Taking on The Tabloids – Channel 4 (02:50)
The Leveson Inquiry.

In 1991 – a teenage girl takes a knife to school and commits murder in the middle of a playground full of children. The killing of Diane Watson devastates her family and shocks a whole country. Following her trial, the killer, 15-year-old Barbara Glover, is detained ‘without limit of time’.
But, for the Watson family, the grief and pain is far from over.
Audrey Gillan traces the ripple effects of the murder of a child, by a child – uncovering how the words of two journalists spark a bitter and decades-long crusade which transforms a dinner lady into a ferocious campaigner. One who does everything in her power to change the law, take on a whole industry, and right an historic wrong.