[Amy Jade]

He always gave me the creeps but he's only a suspect so far!

http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a8...ion-of-murder/

[Niamh.]

S**T

[Amy Jade]

[Saph]

lol random

[James]

Apparently he wrote about possibly killing someone in his autobiography, which was published recently, and serialised in The Mirror.

CJ de Mooi, a former panellist on the BBC quiz show Eggheads, has been arrested on a European arrest warrant under his real name Joseph Connagh for an alleged killing, Scotland Yard said.

The 46-year-old from Monmouthshire was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Wednesday, according to Metropolitan Police.

The warrant issued in the Netherlands relates to an allegation of murder.

Mr Connagh will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday.

He revealed in his autobiography that he may have killed a man while he lived on the streets two decades ago.

He said he punched a man who approached him with a knife and then threw him into a canal in Amsterdam in 1988.

He wrote in his autobiography: "He caught me on the wrong day and I just snapped."

He added: "I fully suspect I killed him. I've no idea what happened to him."

Mr Connagh, originally from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, became a panellist on the BBC Two show, which features five quiz champions competing as a team against different challengers, in 2003 after winning a series of game shows.

He adopted the name de Mooi when modelling.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-37437498

[Nicky91]

omg he already looked creepy

[_Tom_]

If you've murdered someone, why would you write about it in your book

[Rob!]

Originally Posted by _Tom_

If you've murdered someone, why would you write about it in your book

Not the brightest move

[bots]

the moral of the story is .... never trust someone with an egg for a head

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by James

Apparently he wrote about possibly killing someone in his autobiography, which was published recently, and serialised in The Mirror.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-37437498

oh, sounds like self defense then?

[bots]

its a bit of a strange thing to talk about in a book is it not? Also, I see that the dutch issued the warrant in May, which implies he has been untraceable until trying to leave the country. Having written that in a book, his defence is a bit stuffed.

[Shaun]

Knew he was in love with himself but never imagined he could actually be capable of casually regaling about killing someone in a ****ing memour. What a nonce.

[Livia]

Fabulous publicity for the book, dahling...

I always liked CJ, I don't mind "weird and creepy", it's the normal-looking ones you've got to watch.

[thesheriff443]

He was not the brightest egg head on the panel.

[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

oh, sounds like self defense then?

Yeah but the fact he kept quiet about it, as well as saying "he caught me on the wrong day" looks pretty bad. What does he even mean by 'caught me on the wrong day'? That his mood should be allowed to dictate whether someone (however much of a scum bag) lives or dies?
I'm really torn though tbh, because I also think if he lived on the street, maybe his view on life was distorted, who knows what you go through on the street. You do get cut off from society, so the usual thinking of 'I'd better call the police' might not apply to someone in that situation. Not that it justifies it, but it makes the fact he kept quiet more understandable.
Whatever the case though he's obviously gone about it in completely the wrong way now, writing about it in an autobiography!

[Alf]

I always thought Barry was the psycho one.

[UserSince2005]

what a fabulous little tale. should have kept it for the house parties and not put it in his book.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Jamie89

Yeah but the fact he kept quiet about it, as well as saying "he caught me on the wrong day" looks pretty bad. What does he even mean by 'caught me on the wrong day'? That his mood should be allowed to dictate whether someone (however much of a scum bag) lives or dies?
I'm really torn though tbh, because I also think if he lived on the street, maybe his view on life was distorted, who knows what you go through on the street. You do get cut off from society, so the usual thinking of 'I'd better call the police' might not apply to someone in that situation. Not that it justifies it, but it makes the fact he kept quiet more understandable.
Whatever the case though he's obviously gone about it in completely the wrong way now, writing about it in an autobiography!

hhmmm I don't know if someone is coming at you with a knife and you react in an aggressive way, it's self preservation and I would have little sympathy for that person tbqh..that is if it went down like he said of course.

[kirklancaster]

Hah.... But... CJ is a very, very, knowledgeable person. He KNOWS that including such an 'admission' will create controversy, which will in turn generate publicity, which will in turn, lead to a considerable increase in demand for his book.

He is also, however, a very, very intelligent person, and his exact wording of his 'revelation' will have been dictated by the possibilities and probabilities of any possible legal ramifications - thus the actual 'vagueness' of his little story.

Methinks, tis all a carefully plotted piece of fiction with book sales in mind.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

Hah.... But... CJ is a very, very, knowledgeable person. He KNOWS that including such an 'admission' will create controversy, which will in turn generate publicity, which will in turn, lead to a considerable increase in demand for his book.

He is also, however, a very, very intelligent person, and his exact wording of his 'revelation' will have been dictated by the possibilities and probabilities of any possible legal ramifications - thus the actual 'vagueness' of his little story.

Methinks, tis all a carefully plotted piece of fiction with book sales in mind.

Probably

[user104658]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

Methinks, tis all a carefully plotted piece of fiction with book sales in mind.

I concur Mr Lancaster. It sounds like a little piece of semi-fictional brag drama to me. Perhaps he once punched a mugger who came at him with a knife, and has added the rest for flair (knowing full well that the mugger did not die).

[bots]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

Hah.... But... CJ is a very, very, knowledgeable person. He KNOWS that including such an 'admission' will create controversy, which will in turn generate publicity, which will in turn, lead to a considerable increase in demand for his book.

He is also, however, a very, very intelligent person, and his exact wording of his 'revelation' will have been dictated by the possibilities and probabilities of any possible legal ramifications - thus the actual 'vagueness' of his little story.

Methinks, tis all a carefully plotted piece of fiction with book sales in mind.

yes, i tend to agree, otherwise it just doesn't make a lot of sense. The dutch have to at least go through the motions of investigation otherwise they are not doing their job, but I would laugh my head off, if they pinned something on him and locked him up for 30 years.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

yes, i tend to agree, otherwise it just doesn't make a lot of sense. The dutch have to at least go through the motions of investigation otherwise they are not doing their job, but I would laugh my head off, if they pinned something on him and locked him up for 30 years.

I was thinking that there's probably bodies pulled out of that river fairly frequently so they'll have to question him and examine those cases again to see if there's anything to it. But almost certainly he'll just tell them that it was something he made up for the book and it'll come to nothing.

[Strictly Jake]

I always hated him

[user104658]

It's a shame he didn't murder that other egg-head. The one that always goes into unnecessary detail to prove that he doesn't just know the answer, but the full topic.

Q: "In which year did Trainy McTrainface make its debut journey?"
A: "1962! It was 1962. In October. October 19th at 3.37pm. The conductor had an awkward erection."