#moaty

Soon after murdering Samantha’s new boyfriend Chris and shortly before blinding PC David Rathband (who later hanged himself), Moat decides to head to Rothbury. It’s a place where “the houses are cheap because they get snowed in during winter, and there’s nothing to do . . . where you and Sam were looking at getting a place . . . somewhere different, somewhere nice”. These rare moments of optimism show that Moat was not without options. “I’m an intelligent kid,” Moat concedes. “I could have done so many amazing things with my life.” Yes, you could, answers Hankinson, again and again. You could have done but you didn’t.