MURDER — when journalists and police work together justice can be served.

Some people in life are, I’m afraid, just plain evil…

In the UK over the last three nights there has been a drama screened on ITV called The Pembrokeshire Murders — it tells the true story of a police detective’s mission to catch a killer of four people and that man, real name Steve Wilkins, was played by the movie star and actor Luke Evans.

Why has this touched a chord with me? Two main reasons. One is that the story also features a journalist, Jonathan Hill, who is known to me professionally and who have worked with at ITV Wales. He co-wrote the book with Steve Wilkins and was involved in this production. For me and anyone who knows Jonathan personally that’s exciting. The second was this was a superb piece of drama, which was mindful and respectful of the victims of this individual, it told a story based on truth, and it reflected the fact that when the police and journalists trust each other — and work together — they can actually change lives. They can make a difference when it comes to crime because they both have powerful tools at their disposal.

Any journalist who has had a crime reporting role as I have in the past will know how important those relationships are — and you wreck them at your peril. This is a balancing act between the need to tell a great story and the need ‘not’ to tell a great story until the right time. In any kind of…