UK True Crime Podcast

It was late on a Thursday evening when neighbours heard the alarm and called the Fire Brigade, who arrived and made the terrible discovery of a dead body in the flat. This person was soon identified as 29 year old Andrea Waddell, but just who would have any motive to kill such a kind and gentle person as Andrea?Sourceshttps://www.ornaverum.org/family/waddell-andrea/tribute-from-nick.htmlhttps://www.scotsman.com/news/prostitutes-killer-found-guilty-earlier-rape-1699023https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/prostitute-murder-accused-appeared-subdued-1971117.htmlhttps://www.theargus.co.uk/news/8195492.man-denies-harming-brighton-sex-worker/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/8316829.stmhttps://www.theargus.co.uk/news/8269147.man-convicted-of-brighton-murder-claims-he-was-jailed-for-being-scottish/https://birdofparadox.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/andrea-waddell-murder-trial-update-13-may-2010/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/8673249.stm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Southport Sailing Club, like many others around the UK, is a fun place to be a member where people enjoy the sailing and the social side which comes as part of the club. But in the story this week, Paul Longworth - the Commodore of the club - is increasingly cruel to his wife Tina, and openly nasty about her at the sailing club and with friends at work. On the day he celebrated his 37th birthday at the sailing club, Tina was found dead at their home, she was just 29. Had Tina taken her own life?Sourceshttps://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/20-years-on-mersey-sailing-12427769https://www.independent.co.uk/news/yachtsman-gets-life-for-killing-wife-and-faking-suicide-1147093.htmlhttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/YOU%27RE+A+WICKED+LYING+MURDERER%3B+Commodore+gets+life+over+fake+suicide.-a060692827https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/i-found-out-dad-murdered-mum-153936https://dvmemorial.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/tina-longworth/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+BEGGED+MURDERED+TINA+TO+LEAVE+HER+VICIOUS+HUSBAND%3B+Lover%27s...-a060643818 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Affairs often ruin lives and destroy families, but when the affair is between a man and his daughter-in-law, the mother of his grandchild, the feelings naturally run very deep. And this is the case in the story today from Stowmarket, near Ipswich in the east of England. But as the family tried to come to terms with what had happened, they were rocked again by the most shocking events.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Who do you trust in life - who do you really trust? If you are a small business you have to trust your bank which funds you as you grow. But in this episode of the UK True Crime, we look at a Senior Banker who treated small business owners with utter contempt, using them to fund his lifestyle of sex parties and foreign holidays as hard working business owners lost all they had worked so hard to achieve....Sourceshttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sex-lies-and-hbos-gjmrfbnzv                                       https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/30/cash-cruises-sex-parties-hbos-manager-lynden-scourfieldhttps://www.honeycombpsg.com/the-wolf-of-hbos/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4183510/HBOS-banker-jailed-11-years-1bn-fraud.htmlhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-49727008 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week the Uk true Crime podcast heads to a gang dispute in the north-west of London. A normal Saturday evening for 18 year old Jason Isaacs and his friends turns into absolute horror as they are chased by masked men on mopeds and wearing balaclavas. When the group is separated, Jason is brutally stabbed by the cowardly gang members...Sourceshttps://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/jason-isaacs-murder-drill-rapper-who-stabbed-teenager-to-death-in-moped-ambush-is-jailed-for-life-a4153076.htmlhttps://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/gang-member-who-murdered-rival-16213543https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/jason-isaacs-murder-full-story-16147930https://totalcrime.co.uk/archives-all-chris-summers-totalcrime-stories-since-2013/https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16380759/drill-music-sons-murdered-epidemic/https://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/news/17669411.youth-18-given-20-years-murder-jason-isaacs-northolt/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All murder cases are dreadful, with the effects rippling widely, sometimes for generations. But today, from rural Derbyshire, I cover one of those stories almost impossible to comprehend. A random murder and more than this, a murder seemingly just for fun....Sourceshttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1291093/Murderer-Colin-Cheethams-chilling-photo-album.htmlhttp://www.taxi-driver.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12285&start=40          https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/jun/30/gun-fanatic-colin-cheethamhttp://johnhalley.uk/Death%20-%20Stuart%20Ludlam.htmhttps://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11586644/gun-fanatic-killed-innocent-taxi-driver-dies-jail/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/murdered-taxi-driver-stuart-ludlam-may-have-been-victim-of-feud-wmxdzqjtfnf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So how many times have you been on public transport and somebody is behaving badly near you? Has it made you anxious, concerned or terrified? In the story today, we look at a bus travelling from Victoria in Central London to Lewisham. One passenger is agitated and angry and makes all 37 passengers feel uncomfortable. Just the one person on the bus, 56 year old Herbie Williams, spoke up to call out this behaviour, and in this episode of the UK True Crime podcast, I tell Herbie's story....Writing credit: Chris Wood Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The peace and remoteness of The Fens, in the east of England is a big draw to many. And it was to Connie and Janice Fenn, who enjoyed their life of solitude breeding whippets. So just why would anyone want to brutally murder them for no apparent reason? In this episode of the UK True Crime podcast we examine just what happened.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Colleagues of 28 year old Samantha Eastwood were concerned when she failed to turn up for her night shift at the hospital in Stoke on Trent. When she had left them at 07:45 that morning she had been her normal self and this was quite out of character. Her family didn't know where she was and there was no sign of Samantha at her house?  Just what had happened to her? Sourceshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-46424611https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/michael-stirling-samantha-eastwood-murder-2282118https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/harrowing-murder-samantha-eastwood-one-16696176https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/one-year-on-gruesome-murder-3154662https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/22/michael-stirling-pleads-guilty-murder-midwife-samantha-eastwoodhttps://www.nursingtimes.net/news/workforce/murderer-of-midwife-samantha-eastwood-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-04-12-2018/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6454693/Midwife-Samantha-Eastwoods-killer-laid-false-trail-murder.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last week, we looked at the murder of 26 year old Jong-Ok Shin, who was walking home from a Bournemouth nightclub and just metres from the door of her home when she was attacked and she tragically died from her injuries. There were no witnesses to this crime.Shortly afterwards, local drug addict Omar Benguit was arrested and convicted of murder and over 20 years later he is still in prison. But was he guilty of this dreadful crime? He says no and many believe his conviction to be unsafe. But if Benguit wasn't responsible just who was - there are a number of suspects.....Sourceshttp://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2014/690.htmlhttp://www.homepage-link.to/justice/judgements/benguit/Scan%2018.pdfhttps://www.thejusticegap.com/omar-benguit-all-i-ever-wanted-was-the-truth-to-come-out-i-am-innocent/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280658448_A_Briefing_Paper_on_Issues_and_Events_Surrounding_the_Omar_Benguit_Case_Charminster_and_the_Murder_of_Jong_Oki_Shin_12th_July_2002https://thetab.com/uk/2021/05/05/unsolved-an-alibi-for-omar-benguit-true-crime-jong-ok-shin-case-204043http://www.omarbenguit.co.uk/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danilo_Restivohttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jun/29/timeline-daniel-restivo-murder-trial?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487https://casefilepodcast.com/case-114-elisa-claps-heather-barnett/https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/9114927.danilo-restivo-jailed-for-life-for-murder-of-heather-barnett/https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/danilo-restivo/investigationhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jun/29/how-danilo-restivo-was-caught Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.