UK True Crime Podcast

The story this week, looks at the battle to win the war for owning the heroin trade in London. This episode of the UK True Crime Podcast looks at the mainly Turkish gangs involved and more importantly, the people who have lost their lives in this war.  Referenced siteswww.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourceshttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/12/family-of-man-shot-dead-by-met-police-criticise-inquiry-delayhttps://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/crime-court/bungling-hitman-jailed-as-judge-berates-particularly-bloodthirsty-feud-between-hackney-turks-and-tottenham-turks-1-3142774http://camdennewjournal.com/article/paytak-double-murder-hitmans-driver-michael-james-jailed-30-years?sp=12&sq=Black%2520Cap%2520Pubhttp://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=317&termRef=Oktay%20Erbaslihttps://metro.co.uk/2009/10/05/drive-by-shooting-terror-for-boy-5-459544/https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/crime-court/convicted-turkish-gangland-assassin-who-littered-innocent-bystander-cem-duzgan-s-body-with-bullets-1-3372582https://5pillarsuk.com/2014/03/07/tottenham-boys-gangsters-convicted-of-2009-murder-of-cem-duzgan/https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/crime-court/tottenham-boys-gang-murder-omar-murat-cleared-of-killing-ali-armagan-by-turnpike-lane-tube-1-3698978https://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/10472189.suleyman-tonbul-and-son-hassan-sentenced-at-old-bailey-after-both-pleading-guilty-to-conspiracy-to-cause-grievous-bodily-harm/https://www.nabis.police.uk/news/Two-Men-Jailed-After-Attempt-Murder-In-Enfieldhttps://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/888905/the-slap-that-led-to-the-bloody-gangland-war-that-ripped-north-london-to-pieces/https://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/11339579.grieving-wife-of-gang-boss-zafer-eren-says-his-murder-left-a-devastating-impact-on-family/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/14/hit-man-jamie-marsh-smith-jailed-murdering-gang-boss-shooting-accomplicehttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/organised-crime-the-godfather-of-green-lanes-476208.htmlhttps://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/crime-court/balaclava-dna-linked-accused-to-holloway-shop-shooting-1-2021614https://www.standard.co.uk/news/devastated-family-see-innocent-fathers-gang-feud-killer-jailed-6537622.htmlhttps://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/north-london-shooting-ahmet-paytak-384159https://www.harringayonline.com/forum/topics/armed-officers-deployed-on?commentId=844301%3AComment%3A127001 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you remember the miners strike in 1984/85? It was the most bitter industrial dispute, ruining friendships, families and communities. The repercussions are still felt today. In this episode of the UK True Crime podcast, I look at the story of 35 year old David Wilkie, a taxi driver in South Wales, and how his job lead to his tragic death one morning in 1984.Referenced siteswww.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourceshttps://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1041/a-death-in-wales/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_David_Wilkiehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/16/newsid_2512000/2512469.stmhttps://apnews.com/1de29685bd7ec13bb43a0c1a0fbf272ahttps://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/11/24/1416851007346/miners-001.jpghttps://capx.co/orgreave-was-not-the-worst-crime/https://caerphilly.observer/news/940348/when-thatcher-broke-the-unions-caerphillys-miners-strike-30-years-on/https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/features/mar04.shtmlhttps://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/miners-strike-changed-everything-140000-13183858http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/21747/1/267064.pdfhttps://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YhczDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT178&lpg=PT178&dq=david+jones+and+joe+green+pickets+murder&source=bl&ots=RBMIWxKaD0&sig=ACfU3U0c3ruYsETFIybr57r26VP37q73BQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwil4oCvoZzoAhUWGsAKHXI4BdcQ6AEwBHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=david%20jones%20and%20joe%20green%20pickets%20murder&f=falsehttps://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wameBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT270&lpg=PT270&dq=paul+womersley+death&source=bl&ots=QbfdS982UT&sig=ACfU3U1qpI4pezEIH-gqF6RxVU_eve6hEQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiom73f35zoAhVDolwKHepuCuQQ6AEwBXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=paul%20womersley%20death&f=falsehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_miners%27_strike_(1984%E2%80%9385)https://www.thefreelibrary.com/TRAGIC+DRIVER%27S+DEATH%3A+%27THE+PAIN+JUST+NEVER+GOES+AWAY%27.-a0113972083https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-13363293 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rachel McLean from Lancashire was a student at St Hilda's College in Oxford in 1991. Studying English - a subject she loved - Rachel thrived on life at the University and enjoyed a wide variety of interests. But then one day, she didn't turn up for college. Just where was she?Referenced siteswww.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourceshttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/john-mark-tanner-murder-girlfriend-rachel-mclean-new-zealand-domestic-abuse-strangled-floorboards-a8532551.htmlhttps://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12122989https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/crime/rachel-mclean-murder-bright-student-world-her-feet-578474https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/crime/man-who-strangled-blackpool-student-and-hid-her-body-under-floorboards-jailed-again-strangling-his-new-partner-577855https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/history/nottingham-forest-fan-who-watched-2000649 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Rachel_McLean Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We see it on Facebook and other social media all the time just how perfect the lives of our friends/family are, don't we.  But of course, it isn't true. We just see what they want us to see and have no reality about what really happens in their lives. Which is why it was so shocking when Paul Crymble from a small village in Northern Ireland was murdered in the summer of 2004. He lived a quiet life with his wife and children and had no ememies - just why was he killed?Referenced siteswww.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourceshttps://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5a8ff87060d03e7f57ec069ehttps://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/jacqueline-crymble-black-widows-daughter-2010043https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/jailed-husband-killer-crymble-banned-from-funeral-of-brother-34911165.htmlhttps://www.irishnews.com/news/2017/05/16/news/mother-of-paul-crymble-dies-almost-10-years-to-the-day-that-pair-found-guilty-of-his-murder-1026980/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6244548.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6272209.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/3824975.stmhttps://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/abduction-claim-of-woman-accused-of-husbands-murder-294045.htmlDavid M.Kiley. More Bloody Women. Ireland’s Deadliest Females  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Every town in the UK has some less desirable estates, and Stratford Upon Avon is no different. Beyond the tourists flocking to the place of Shakespeare's birth, life on the Clopton estate was pretty miserable for most. The Erskine family lived on the estate and were a hard-working, kind and respectful family. But they soon become a target of abuse for some of their less savoury neighbours. And on 3 January 1996, events took a terrible turn....Referenced siteswww.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourceshttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12082366.mother-says-nightmare-continued-despite-prison-sentences-for-peacemakers-killers-two-jailed-for-brutal-murder/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/gang-thugs-jailed-for-torment-that-turned-to-murder-1350256.htmlhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1939799.stmhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/gang-thugs-jailed-for-torment-that-turned-to-murder-1350256.htmlhttps://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/ian-and-anthony-erskine-twins-in-life-twins-in-death-1293737.htmlhttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/Killer%27s+brother+in+drug+death+riddle%3B+PARAMEDICS+CALL+POLICE+AFTER...-a060464038 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

They say that blood is stronger than water. But when one brother is blamed by two others for the events leading to their death of their mother in 2006, someone has to pay. And in this shocking story, the family ties count for nothing in a tale of revenge, violence and murder.Sourceshttps://www.pressreader.com/uk/real-people/20190131/281539407177646https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/csi-inspired-wife-gets-year-jail-4253131https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/accused-admitted-murder-to-friend-4831285http://www.farnhamherald.com/article.cfm?id=48&headline=Murdered%20man%20found%20decapitated&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2007https://metro.co.uk/2008/01/14/csi-fan-used-tips-from-show-for-murder-493425/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-508180/Men-murdered-mutilated-half-brother-covered-tracks-using-techniques-seen-CSI.htmlhttps://www.bracknellnews.co.uk/news/13449846.brothers-killed-as-practical-joke-court-told/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This was the time. Sameena Imam knew that her lover Roger Cooper felt the same as her and he was going to leave his partner this Christmas Eve 2014. They were then going to spend Christmas together in Birmingham and live happily ever after....Sourceshttps://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/wj3ym9/the-secret-relationship-that-ended-in-a-christmas-murderhttps://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/sameena-imam-mentor-guide-counsel-10298683http://tv.bt.com/tv/tv-from-bt/5-shocking-moments-from-robbie-coltranes-critical-evidence-on-sameena-imams-murder-11364246008236https://coventryobserver.co.uk/news/secret-lover-and-colleague-allegedly-murdered-costco-boss-sameena-imam-9106/https://www.theasiantoday.com/index.php/2015/08/18/sameena-imam-murder-2/https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/chloroform-used-kill-coventry-costco-9982107https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-costco-murder-brothers-jailed-10307312 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was September 2011 in Chatham, Kent. Melissa Crooks, her son Noah and the rest of the family had gone to bed when the fire started. The flames soon took hold and afterwards, detectives suspected arson. But who would possibly want to hurt this family.  And why? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2017 in Northern Ireland. This episode looks at two men who had been part of a paramilitary organisation and how they tried to leave the group. It is a tragic tale of intimidation, violence and ultimately murder. Leaving two sets of families utterly devastated as two men lost their lives. Ticket for live show, 19 February:https://feverup.com/m/81148Referenced siteswww.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourceshttps://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2019/05/31/news/three-men-found-not-guilty-of-the-uda-feud-murder-of-loyalist-rival-geordie-gilmore--1631669/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/the-northern-ireland-town-holding-its-breath-after-uda-murder-case-acquittals-38180921.htmlhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-46958901https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/colin-horner-killers-must-all-serve-at-least-15-years-1-8788654https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/colin-horner-mother-speaks-out-15688246https://judiciaryni.uk/sites/judiciary/files/decisions/Summary%20of%20judgment%20-%20R%20v%20Wilson%20Smyth%20Blair%20Ralph%20Price%20and%20Aicken%20%28Colin%20Horner%20murder%29%20-%20290119.pdfhttps://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/cctv-footage-shows-murder-victim-colin-horner-holding-hands-with-son-moments-before-brutal-killing/ar-BBSTUhohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UDA_South_East_Antrim_Brigadehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-37969405http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8442746.stmhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-37969405https://www.thesun.ie/news/1059775/man-dies-after-being-shot-in-front-of-a-child-in-sainsburys-car-park-in-bangor-after-horrified-witnesses-heard-six-blasts/https://seachranaidhe1.blog/tag/colin-horner/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/ireland/phone-call-from-car-sent-gunman-to-supermarket-fg8lnpflkhttps://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/colin-horners-mum-and-partner-taunted-by-supporters-of-his-uda-killers-as-men-jailed-for-slaying-in-bangor-car-park-37760816.htmlhttps://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/cheers-in-court-as-trio-cleared-of-murdering-gilmore-in-uda-feud-38164871.htmlhttps://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/crime/judge-watches-final-recorded-movements-of-murder-victim-geordie-gilmour-1-8724676http://www.irishnews.com/news/2017/03/15/news/gilmore-was-part-of-deadly-faction-of-uda-with-long-history-of-feuding-964654/https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5ca6e7d02c94e01e252695c6               Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The shocking conclusion of the story from last week from the South of England in 2003.  At the UK True Crime Podcast we hear many tales of greed and ruthlessness. But in this case, the lengths someone will go to for financial gain is really hard to comprehend....Ticket for live show, 19 February:https://feverup.com/m/81148Referenced siteswww.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSOURCES:https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/regan-kenneth.htmhttps://courtnewsuk.co.uk/ken-regan-bill-horncy-and-peter-rees/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jul/02/ukcrime.rosiecowan1https://www.standard.co.uk/news/trail-of-drugs-and-violence-7223778.htmlhttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/killers-made-victim-tell-his-wife-that-he-was-ok-court-told-jflrs85rm3mhttps://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/7262672.panicking-wife-may-have-been-calmed-by-her-husbands-killer/https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/6249185.drowned-fathers-business-links-probed-in-murder-case/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4104436.stmhttps://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/Lr81eAH30WDuSv4rN9SFtO/The-tale-of-the-Chohan-murders.htmlhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-354299/Underworld-killer-dubbed-Captain-Cash.html          https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1478665/Paula-Yatess-friend-tells-how-she-was-wooed-by-murder-gang-leader.html   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.