Uk True Crime Podcast

Concluding last weeks story from North London, this week we look at other violent attacks and murders as the feud between the Tottenham Boys and Hackney Bombers continues.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

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-assa

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.shtmlh

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_Rach

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

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-t

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://judici

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/4

February 2013, near Heathrow Airport. Kenneth Regan was a violent criminal, with a history of drug dealing who had already turned on his previous colleagues as he became a supergrass. But on his release from prison, he wanted a company to continue to launder the money from his illicit activity. And nothing was going to stand in his way...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

As humans, most of us have been kind to strangers on some occasions. But rarely as kind as Tracey Wilkinson, from Stourbridge, who took a homeless person into her family home, fed him and her husband even provided him with a job. But what then happened, nobody could ever have predicted....Buy tickets for my 30 January live showhttps://feverup.com/m/81148Referenced siteswww.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSOURCES:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-41497482https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-41488407https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-39632704https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-39593252https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/double-killer-aaron-barley-kicked-13708787https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/watch-homeless-man-hides-before-13712220https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/stourbridge-stabbings-aaron-barley-sentenced-13714533https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u

The two men had both served time for murder but had been released from prison. They now worked together on a legitimate business, near Sunderland. But the evening of horror they had planned for someone they had come across in the course of their work on that August evening is beyond our comprehension.Buy tickets for the live showhttps://feverup.com/m/81148Referenced siteswww.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourceshttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/murderer-free-to-kill-a-second-time-despite-26-police-incidents-8vr9s23k9https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/mcfall-unwin-murder-video-body-14470482https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/story-how-unwin-mcfall-both-14465421https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/should-violent-killers-stephen-unwin-14465213https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/mcfall-unwin-trial-murder-court-14464616https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/smirking-killers-who-murd

In 2004 Bryan Drysdale had decided to end his own life. After finishing work, he drove to a nearby level crossing in Berkshire, stopped on the tracks and turned off his engine. The 300 passengers on the train from London Paddington to Exeter had no idea that their lives were about to change forever....Referenced sites:www.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourceshttps://www.railwaypeople.com/Page/news-article-stanley-martin-remembered-195http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3999723.stmhttps://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/ufton-train-crash-family-speaks-4256422https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/joan-smith/suicide-maybe-naked-no-533126.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ufton_Nervet_rail_crashhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1568045/Suicidal-chef-responsible-for-Ufton-Nervet-crash.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/nov/09/ufton.transport1http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7033312.stmhttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/just-wh

In 2012 Anne Lakey was a highly respected headmistress in County Durham. Then on that normal Monday morning in 2012 she saw the email which she immediately knew could destroy her career, family and her life...Referenced sites:www.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Orkney Isles 10 miles north of Scotland are stunning, offering a peaceful life surrounded by amazing scenery. People are drawn to the Islands for many reasons, often escaping difficult lives and looking for a clean break. Although crime is rare, in today's episode of the UK True Crime podcast we examine a love triangle which resulted in an absolutely shocking outcome.Referenced sites:www.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourceshttps://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/sanday-murder-trial-the-orkney-island-1052099https://www.scotsman.com/news-2-15012/orkney-murder-man-jailed-for-life-for-murdering-love-rival-1-475040https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/man-jailed-for-life-for-murdering-love-rival-on-orkney-1931389.htmlhttps://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/166282/Killer-who-buried-love-rival-s-body-will-die-in-prisonhttps://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/archives/news/31746/it-was-him-or-the-monkeys/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-453010/Fight

As we celebrate three years of the UK True Crime podcast, the story this week comes from Liverpool in 2012. When a couple split, Maureen Smith devises a plan to try to get her partner back. It doesn't go to plan and the events that follow are catastrophic and ruin so many lives....Referenced sites:www.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourceshttps://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/jailed-life-sisters-fail-murder-14379246https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/nelson-brothers-found-guilty-david-3324448https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/1030am-update-liverpool-murder-investigation-3353970https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/david-corridon-murder-father-says-3324494https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/partner-murdered-dealer-david-corridon-3328795https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/three-men-cleared-gangland-murder-3451982https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/fre

In September 1992, life was good for newly married Bob Wignall and his wife Sandra, as they strolled in the woods by their home on a beautiful autumn evening. But Bob was unaware that convicted murderer Terry Bewley was having an affair with his wife. And that Bewley was waiting for Bob in the woods....Sourceshttps://totalcrime.co.uk/real-life-stories/Robin Odell, Paul Connelly. The Mammoth Book of More Bizarre Crimes http://wolfiewiseguy.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-murder-of-bob-wignall.htmlhttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/THE+KILLERS+BEHIND+A+VEIL+OF+TEARS%3B+A+chilling+documentary+looks+at...-a085418856https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/sex-crazed-wife-who-was-stifled-by-kindness-rhys-williams-reports-on-the-fatal-attraction-that-led-1505589.htmlhttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12712372.woman-accused-of-husbands-murder-had-sex-with-her-lover-in-rolls-royce/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was cosy in the 3 bedroom semi in Luton with Saima, her husband, their four children, her parents and sister, Sabah. But the close family got along well and all was going just fine until Sabah started an affair with Saima's husband. This was never going to end well, but nobody could have predicted just how shocking.Referenced sites:www.uktruecrime.comwww.patreon.com/uktruecrimehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrimeSourceshttps://www.lutontoday.co.uk/news/in-full-how-one-sister-s-bitter-jealousy-led-to-murder-1-8216007https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/shows/what-the-killer-did-next/articles/inside-the-pressure-cooker-the-murder-of-saima-khanhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/26/luton-woman-sabah-khan-jailed-for-at-least-22-years-after-admitting-sistershttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/24/care-worker-brutally-murdered-sister-cut-hand-four-children/https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/luton-murder-stabbing-saima-khan-17148481https://www.pressreader.com/uk/real-people/201802