In a BBC East Midlands show broadcast on Monday, filmmaker Ray Gosling strode in front of the camera amidst a cemetery and shared with the world an awful secret: he once killed a man. Gosling said he smothered his gay lover with a pillow when the unnamed man lay dying in a hospital.
Nottinghamshire Police are working with the BBC to investigate the confession.
Some critics wonder why the BBC didn’t inform police of the admission when the show was filmed in December. The BBC believes it is under no obligation “to report to police ahead of broadcast but would co-operate with the inquiry.”
During the Inside Out show, Gosling walks into the camera’s view and begins his confession: And maybe, this is the time to share a secret that I’ve kept for quite a long time.
I killed someone, once. He was a young chap, he had been my lover, and he got AIDS.Gosling then describes how his lover said he was in “terrible terrible pain” and told the doctors to leave.
Gosling went on: And I picked up the pillow, and smothered him until he was dead. The doctor came back, I said, ‘He’s gone.’ Nothing more was ever said.
Apparently, this is the first time Gosling has ever spoken about this murder.
Euthanasia, or assisted suicide, continues to be a hot-button issue in the UK. The BBC reported Right Reverend Tim Stevens, Bishop of Leicester, stating the Church of England was against euthanasia in order to protect the vulnerable.
He said: “The moral case is based on the fact for the Christian, all human lives are of equal value under God, regardless of whether people are sick, fragile or healthy.”
