24 Hours in Police Custody addresses online radicalisation

The latest episodes of 24 Hours in Police Custody feature the case of Nicholas Prosper, who used a shotgun to kill his mother Juliana Falcon, 48, his brother Kyle, 16, and his 13-year-old sister, Giselle, at their home in Luton on 13 September 2024.

The 19-year-old, who was arrested in the hours after the murders, was jailed for 49 years in March. A trial heard he intended to carry out a shooting at his former primary school. Prosper was apprehended by police before he could carry out the shooting at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, where he wanted to kill children and teachers, before killing himself.

The trial heard he had a fascination with mass shooters, idolising the perpetrator of the 2012 Sandy Hook killings in the United States, and his internet history included him watching extremely violent content.

Bedfordshire Police Deputy Chief Constable Dan Vajzovic said: "We have seen recently, with programmes such as Adolescence, the power that TV can have in terms of opening up important conversations between parents, carers, young people and society as a whole in relation to the issues our children are facing today.

"The ongoing debate around the dangers of explicit material online and the propensity for young men in particular to be radicalised into carrying out violence without any specific ideology continues, and I hope this show continues to spark debate and legislation change around these issues."

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