Episode 5 - Jack Whomes
Jack Whomes was convicted in 1998 of the triple murder of Pat Tate, Tony Tucker and Craig Rolfe, 3 local drug dealers. However, to this day he maintains his innocence. He believes phone data proves he was at a pub nearby when the murders took place. The witness, Darren Nicholls, who accused Whomes had plenty of reason to falsely accuse him - to avoid himself going to prison. Nicholls had acted as the getaway driver, but he claimed he knew nothing of the plan to murder. Join us as we unpick the evidence with defence barrister, Matt Stanbury and former Met police detective, Colin Sutton.
Episode 4 - Omar Benguit
Oki was walking home from a nightclub in Bournemouth in July 2002 when she was attacked from behind without warning. She was stabbed in the back 3 times, she bled to death. She was still alive when the emergency services arrived, and in her broken English, she explained she’d been attacked by a masked man.
Eventually, Omar Benguit would be tried and convicted for her murder. A known drug user, Benguit had already racked up 60 convictions, including one for stabbing a man in the chest and threatening another with a syringe.
The main evidence used to convict him came from another known drug user with a history of false allegations. She started drip feeding information to the police about the murder of Jong-Ok Shin - Oki, as she was known. The witness was to become part of a story which led to 3 trials, 2 appeals and the involvement of a magazine and hugely popular TV programme (BBC Three’s Unsolved: The Man With No Alibi). Listen to the facts of the case, would you convict Omar Benguit of murder?
Episode 3 - Andrew Feather
In the early hours of the night in October 2013, Barry Selby and his wife awoke to the terrifying site of 3 screaming masked men pointing a gun at them…
Episode 2 - Susan May
The campaign to clear her name is backed by 100 MPs and peers, but she died before her case could get to appeal. So-called 'bloody handprints' left by Susan May at the scene are now being questioned, weren't those just the dusty fingerprints left by somebody regularly entering the home to look after her beloved aunt? The appeals process continues after her death, but they are yet to reach a conclusion. Listen to new evidence in this podcast and decide for yourself, was Susan May really guilty of murder?
Episode 1 - Ben Geen
“Ben Geen is walking into work and is called by one of his supervisors to one side…”. A police investigation has been started into the deaths and respiratory arrests of 18 patients in his care.
The Anastasi Mystery - Part 2
This Maryland murder mystery twists and turns in ways you won’t expect. We found out in the last episode that Ann Marie’s husband of around 2 decades had moved his much younger lover into their family home. Listen to her voice when she calls 9-1-1, is this the voice of a murderer? Find out in part 2 of the Anastasi Mystery.
The Anastasi Mystery - Part 1
It’s 2013, a summer’s day, when Ann Marie Anastasi is confronted by an ugly scene... her husband had moved his mistress into the family home in Maryland. Ann Marie seemed cool about it, some said, even joined in the sex games. She was cool, too, when she made a 9-1-1 call.
Had she stumbled across the classic murder-suicide? Had her husband killed his lover and then shot himself? Or was it the other way round...?
Or was Ann Marie Anastasi hiding something…? Join us as we unpick the truth of a Maryland Murder.