Chris Summers

Crime Reporter and Editor of Totalcrime.co.uk 

Chris is an experienced crime reporter who started out in local newspapers in 1990 and got his big break when covering the Fred and Rose West murders at the Gloucester Citizen. He covered the trial at Winchester Crown Court and put together a special supplement which was published after Rose was convicted.

He spent 18 years at the BBC before leaving in 2015 and in that time he interviewed Stanley “Tookie” Williams (co-founder of The Crips) on Death Row at San Quentin – Williams was executed two years later – and also met the “Rettendon Two” (Jack Whomes and Mick Steele) in prison while researching the alleged miscarriage of justice they suffered. He also investigated the wrongful conviction of Thomas Bourke (MOT murders in Manchester).

Among the trials he covered were the Securitas Robbery case, Operation Crevice (terrorism case, jury out for record number of days), the 21 July 2005 failed suicide bombers in London and Obina Ezeoke (convicted of double murder in 2020 after a record five trials).

Chris is an expert on organised crime, miscarriages of justice, serial killers and also fires. He works as a crime reporter and broadcaster and is looking to enter the world of true crime podcasting.