{"id":4741,"date":"2015-02-20T12:37:59","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T12:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=4741"},"modified":"2015-02-20T12:37:59","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T12:37:59","slug":"welsh-police-link-with-walford-after-hoax-eastenders-confession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/02\/20\/welsh-police-link-with-walford-after-hoax-eastenders-confession\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh Police &#039;link with Walford&#039; after hoax Eastenders confession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gwent Police are to &#8220;link\u00a0with Walford Police&#8221; station in the investigation of the murder of <em>Eastenders<\/em> character Lucy Beale, after a Newport man falsely claimed to have handed himself in as the culprit.<br \/>\nThe nation sat on the edge of their sofas last night in anticipation as the plot unravelled on the soap. The story of Lucy Beale&#8217;s death is coming to a gripping climax after a ten month whodunnit.<br \/>\nAdam Cueto, of Newport, took to social media networks Twitter and Facebook to claim he rang\u00a0local police to identify himself as the offender. He claims he was fined \u00a370. The updates went viral.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-20-at-15.14.09.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4820\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-20-at-15.14.09.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-02-20 at 15.14.09\" width=\"545\" height=\"241\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4820\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-20-at-15.14.09.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-02-20 at 15.14.09\" width=\"545\" height=\"241\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4819\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4819\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-20-at-15.16.18.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4819 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-20-at-15.16.18.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-02-20 at 15.16.18\" width=\"575\" height=\"210\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4819 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-20-at-15.16.18.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-02-20 at 15.16.18\" width=\"575\" height=\"210\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Cueto took to both Facebook and Twitter to spread his claim which later proved to be false<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nBut\u00a0Gwent Police deny\u00a0Cueto came forward or was fined.<br \/>\nA Gwent Police spokesman\u00a0said: &#8220;As interesting as this plot twist might be there is no truth to the rumour that someone handed themselves into Newport Police Station in relation to the murder of Lucy Beale.<br \/>\n&#8220;We will link in with colleagues at Walford Police Station to confirm this and ensure that they aren&#8217;t side tracked in their pursuit of the real offender.&#8221;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gwent Police are to &#8220;link\u00a0with Walford Police&#8221; station in the investigation of the murder of Eastenders character Lucy Beale, after a Newport man falsely claimed to have handed himself in as the culprit. 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