Murder at Christmas: Episode 251

It was late - almost midnight - by a quarry near the forest. The police had arrived as a car had been reported for driving in an erratic manner. The woman was clearly very uncomfortable and didn't want the officers to look inside the two suitcases. The bodycam is startling as an officer opens one of the bags. There is an audible sharp exhale of breath when what he is looking at hits home. The officer says in both horror and astonishment: "What the f***." Find out more about the UK True Crime Podcast: https://uktruecrime.com Buy tickets for my live show on 2 June https://www.customshouse.co.uk/theatre/murder-aint-easy/ Join me at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime Join the UK True Crime Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime Buy my book 'Gone Fishing' about serial killer Angus Sinclair: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gone-Fishing-Unsolved-Crimes-Sinclair/dp/1914277201 Sources https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/full-story-body-suitcase-murder-5373890 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/may/04/gareeca-gordon-jailed-life-murdering-phoenix-netts-dismembering-body https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9540891/Woman-murdered-housemate-28-womens-refuge-demanding-sex-her.html https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/phoenix-netts-killer-sentenced-after-20519173 https://foi.west-midlands.police.uk/murder-of-pheonix-netts-934a-23/ https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/family-release-new-pictures-phoenix-20524226 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-56832573

Lauren Jeska was a fell runner. As a transgender athlete, she had been asked to provide evidence of hormone levels after historical complaints to UK Athletics that she had an unfair advantage competing in women’s events because she had been born a man. The policy of the governing body required the athlete to take a blood test, but she took exception to this and feared being unable to compete. Lauren saw this as an attack on her life and decided to take drastic action. Find out more about the UK True Crime Podcast: https://uktruecrime.com Writing Credit: Megan Grant. See Megan's work on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megathachristie/?igshid=MmIzYWVlNDQ5Yg%3D%3D Buy tickets for my live show on 2 June https://www.customshouse.co.uk/theatre/murder-aint-easy/ Join me at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime Join the UK True Crime Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime Buy my book 'Gone Fishing' about serial killer Angus Sinclair: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gone-Fishing-Unsolved-Crimes-Sinclair/dp/1914277201 Sources https://www.bristolbearsrugby.com/news/bris-legends-interviews-ralph-knibbs/ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qyGzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA168&dq=Lauren+jeska&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKttbz26CFAxVuVEEAHQKIDtwQ6AF6BAgEEAI#v=onepage&q=Lauren%20jeska&f=false https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/live-updates-champion-runner-lauren-12738157 https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/female-athlete-who-tried-murder-11925181 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/mar/17/jailed-transgender-fell-runner-thought-uk-athletics-was-trying-to-kill-her https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-39266777 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/14/champion-runner-lauren-jeska-jailed-for-attempted-of-uk-athletics-official-ralph-knibbs https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/01/27/trans-prisoners-scotland-uk/ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/update-on-changes-to-transgender-prisoner-policy-framework#:~:text=The%20placement%20of%20transgender%20prisoners,prisoners%20according%20to%20their%20wishes. https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/39443-transgender-prisoners-what-do-britons-think-should https://www.bcu.ac.uk/student-info/why-study-at-bcu/living-in-birmingham/facts-you-didnt-know https://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/northwest/series11/week5_manchester_second_city.shtml https://www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk/about-us/latest-news/former-rolls-royce-hr-director-joins-derbyshire-healthcare-board https://www.alexander-stadium.co.uk https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-rugby-star-ralph-knibbs-9198

Lorraine Cox had returned to her home in Exeter to catch up with her family and friends. After a great night out with lots of fun and laughter, Lorraine walked home through the centre of City. But over the next few days, Lorraine seemed to be acting very strangely and it soon became very apparent why. Buy tickets for my live show on 2 June https://www.customshouse.co.uk/theatre/murder-aint-easy/ Find out more about the UK True Crime Podcast: https://www.uktruecrime.com Join me at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime Join the UK True Crime Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime Buy my book 'Gone Fishing' about serial killer Angus Sinclair: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gone-Fishing-Unsolved-Crimes-Sinclair/dp/1914277201 Sources https://vocal.media/criminal/what-actually-happened-to-lorraine-cox https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/partner-murdered-woman-shares-heartbreak-23871153 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-55666623 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-56653435 https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/lorraine-cox-murder-trial-told-5062737 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/partner-murdered-woman-shares-heartbreak-23871153 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-56379374 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/07/lorraine-cox-murder-azam-mangori-sentenced-exeter https://www.exmouthjournal.co.uk/news/crime/20300551.pair-jailed-vigilante-attack-kebab-shop-worker/

John Warrington was interested in making money and had built up a portfolio of several commercial premises and two houses. But when market conditions took a turn for the worse, he was soon in massive debt and his life was spiralling out of control. He needed urgent results before he lost everything. John's solution was to write a crime thriller - sure, an unusual choice. When the publishers weren't interested and time was running out before he lost everything, he decided to roll the dice one last time by using the storyline of the novel in his real life... Writing Credit: Chris Wood You can buy Chris's second book, 'Death in the Theatre' here: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Theatre-Chris-Wood/dp/1399009117 Watch the True Crime Podcasters Roundtable with Twisted Britain - March 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhDFqCGiBfo&t=1385s Find out more about the UK True Crime Podcast: https://www.uktruecrime.com Join me at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime Join the UK True Crime Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime Buy my book 'Gone Fishing' about serial killer Angus Sinclair: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gone-Fishing-Unsolved-Crimes-Sinclair/dp/1914277201

21 year old Libby Squire, who was studying philosophy at Hull University, had been out with her friends that Thursday evening. They had been drinking around one of their mates houses before heading out. But at the end of the night the bouncers had not let her in the nightclub, The Welly, as they thought she was too tipsy. Nothing unusual here, many of us have been there - so her friends put her in a taxi and paid the fare to ensure she got home safely. But Libby didn't make it home. This week we discover the horrible truth of just what happened to Libby. Watch the True Crime Podcasters Roundtable with Twisted Britain - March 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhDFqCGiBfo&t=1385s Find out more about the UK True Crime Podcast: https://www.uktruecrime.com Join me at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime Join the UK True Crime Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime Buy my book 'Gone Fishing' about serial killer Angus Sinclair: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gone-Fishing-Unsolved-Crimes-Sinclair/dp/1914277201 Sources https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/R-v-Pawel-Relowicz-sentencing-remarks.pdf https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/tv/hull-taxi-driver-relives-heartbreaking-25412756 https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/libby-squire-murder-trial-pawel-4906128 https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/libby-squire-trial-live-pawel-4906929 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9252855/Wife-Libby-Squires-killer-dumped-moved-Poland-two-children.html https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/libby-squire-murder-detective-admits-4995091 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/libby-squire-killer-dangerous-sexual-23449079 https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/all-about/libby-squire https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/11/man-pawel-relowicz-found-guilty-hull-student-libby-squire https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/libby-squire-trial-live-pawel-4893678?_ga=2.171755040.1002923403.1710256093-1114232684.1698000019 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-47114281 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Libby_Squire https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/tv/hull-taxi-driver-relives-heartbreaking-25412756 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jan/12/libby-squire-man-26-raped-and-killed-student-court-hears https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-49373369 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-56042200 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-55637416 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jan/26/man-accused-of-murdering-libby-squire-only-wanted-to-help-court-told https://www.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/news/national/23117623.murderer-student-libby-squire-cancels-meeting-mother/

21 year old Libby Squire, who was studying philosophy at Hull University, had been out with her friends that Thursday evening. They had been drinking around one of their mates houses before heading out. But at the end of the night the bouncers had not let her in the nightclub, The Welly, as they thought she was too tipsy. Nothing unusual here, many of us have been there - so her friends put her in a taxi and paid the fare to ensure she got home safely. But Libby didn't make it home. Watch the True Crime Podcasters Roundtable with Twisted Britain - March 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhDFqCGiBfo&t=1385s Find out more about the UK True Crime Podcast: https://www.uktruecrime.com Join me at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime Join the UK True Crime Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime Buy my book 'Gone Fishing' about serial killer Angus Sinclair: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gone-Fishing-Unsolved-Crimes-Sinclair/dp/1914277201 Sources https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/R-v-Pawel-Relowicz-sentencing-remarks.pdf https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/tv/hull-taxi-driver-relives-heartbreaking-25412756 https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/libby-squire-murder-trial-pawel-4906128 https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/libby-squire-trial-live-pawel-4906929 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9252855/Wife-Libby-Squires-killer-dumped-moved-Poland-two-children.html https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/libby-squire-murder-detective-admits-4995091 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/libby-squire-killer-dangerous-sexual-23449079 https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/all-about/libby-squire https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/11/man-pawel-relowicz-found-guilty-hull-student-libby-squire https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/libby-squire-trial-live-pawel-4893678?_ga=2.171755040.1002923403.1710256093-1114232684.1698000019 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-47114281 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Libby_Squire

Susan and Christopher Whybrow - a wealthy barrister - were the fortunate occupants of a beautiful farmhouse in Leavenheath, Suffolk, set within 12 acre gardens. After almost 10 years of marriage, to many people the couple had it all; the idyllic property and a comfortable lifestyle with no money worries. And yet as we know, in all of our lives things are not often quite as we portray to the outside world. In our story today: flying lessons, an illicit affair, a trial at the Old Bailey - and a lawn mower. Writing Credit: Chris Wood You can buy Chris's second book, 'Death in the Theatre' here: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Theatre-Chris-Wood/dp/1399009117 Watch the True Crime Podcasters Roundtable - February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XsBoMbcpEU Find out more about the UK True Crime Podcast: https://www.uktruecrime.com Join me at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime Join the UK True Crime Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime Buy my book 'Gone Fishing' about serial killer Angus Sinclair: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gone-Fishing-Unsolved-Crimes-Sinclair/dp/1914277201

Todays story is from Liverpool where a shooting outside a nightclub left a number of questions unanswered. Serious players in the underworld were loosely connected and did all they could to make the charges related to the shooting go away. Add to this mix an attempt to bribe a Police Officer and a 90's reality star and that is this weeks story on the UK True Crime Podcast.  Watch the True Crime Podcasters Roundtable - February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XsBoMbcpEU Find out more about the UK True Crime Podcast: https://www.uktruecrime.com Join me at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime Join the UK True Crime Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime Buy my book 'Gone Fishing' about serial killer Angus Sinclair: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gone-Fishing-Unsolved-Crimes-Sinclair/dp/1914277201 Sources TV stars, drug cartels and Merseyside's real Line of Duty cases - Liverpool Echo BBC News | UK | Ex-TV Gladiator and detective jailed BBC News | Entertainment | Portrait of a police force Detective jailed for corruption loses most of pension | The Independent | The Independent Corrupt Cop 5.mpg (youtube.com) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/senior-detective-risked-officers-for-bribe-from-britain-s-top-drug-baron-1200337.html https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/jan/10/10

Bonus Episode. Did you enjoy the RoundTable discussion from January I released yesterday? If so, here is the next one.... Last week saw the second of the UK True Crime Podcasters Monthly RoundTable. Joining me were my follow podcast hosts, Mike - host of the Murder Mile podcast and Paul - host of the True Crime Enthusiast podcast. We were joined by two fantastic guests: Bethan - co-host of the Seeing Red podcast and Stuart, co-host of the British Murders podcast. If you want to watch this conversation on YouTube, here is the link: True Crime Podcasters RoundTable - February (youtube.com)

Bonus Episode. Last month saw the first of the UK True Crime Podcasters Monthly RoundTable. Joining me were my follow podcast hosts, Mike - host of the Murder Mile podcast and Paul - host of the True Crime Enthusiast podcast. We were joined by two fantastic guests: Grace - host of the RedRum podcast and Andy, co-host of the Picture the Scene podcast. If you want to watch this conversation on YouTube, here is the link: UK True Crime Podcasters Monthly RoundTable (youtube.com)