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This analysis interrogates the key findings of research focusing on the profound and often contradictory experiences of young people serving community sentences in rural England.

The discussion is grounded in the academic research paper Rurality and Crime: A Qualitative Study Exploring Young People’s Experiences in a Region of England Sarah Lavinia Joseph , Hannah Marshall , Joel Harvey, Caroline Lanskey , Abbie McKennan and Juliette H. Lanskey published in The Journal of Youth Justice.

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It is traced back to a Birmingham flat once rented by John Wainwright and Damion Johnson - a father and son.

As detectives dig deeper, they discover that the truth can be hard to find.

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Once inside, they discover an all too clear explanation as to why the owner is known to friends and colleagues as "Maggot Pete"

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His intervention has prompted me to delay the launch of the new series of Peak True Crime while I worked on this response to his dangerous comments.

In this episode, I tell the story of Operation Retriever; the investigation by Derbyshire Constabulary into child grooming in the city.

Please be aware, this episode is dealing with a subject which may prove difficult and troubling to some listeners.

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With nothing to identify who he is, the questions surrounding the man dubbed by the media "The Man on The Moor" is an investigation which combines cutting edge science alongside old fashioned and dogged police work to not only give the man a name, but also solve the mystery of how he met his death.

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When paramedics arrived at the home of Shannon Marsden and her boyfriend Stephan Boden in the early hours of Christmas Day 2020, it wasn't just the squalor of the place that shocked them. Initial reports suggested that their son, 10 month old Finley Boden, was struggling for breath; possibly as a result of a covid-19 infection.

The reality of his situation however became clear almost instantly. A victim of violence and neglect, how could a child who should have been one of the most protected in the county been allowed to die in such tragic circumstances?

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As 37 year old Sonia Wilson's story unfolds, the true horror of what she experienced is laid bare.

Although a victim, she has to face-up to the part she played in it.

More importantly though, in order to get justice, she is called upon to testify against her tormentor.

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When 37 year old Sonia Wilson sat down in front of detectives at Ilkeston police station, neither they nor her knew where to begin.

She had asked to speak to them about a crime she'd committed.

Surprised that such a respectable middle-class woman was volunteering her own guilt, the shocking story she had to tell left the detectives doubting the truth of what she told them.

What unfolded was a tale of horror and greed, exploitation and duty.

Part two is out next week so be sure to subscribe. You won't want to miss it.

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In this very special Christmas episode, we cover a case from 1866.

Harriet has only been married to her husband Edward for a matter a weeks but when tragedy strikes on a cold Christmas Eve, it's not long before sympathy gives way to accusation and blame.

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A departure from the usual Derbyshire and Peak District cases.

As it's my wife's birthday, I have decided to tell you about a murder that she remembers from growing-up in Lancashire.

In the dead of night teacher Philip Ashcroft, bloody and partially bound, bangs desperately on the door of a neighbour for help.

His family have been the victims of a vicious home invasion. It's an attack that will leave his wife Glenys dead and police unearthing a dark secret.

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A father and son (Geoff and Dan Seggie) from Mackworth in Derby hadn't been seen for days.

When police discover a brutally murdered body in the home they shared, a week-long manhunt takes Derbyshire police the length and breadth country in search of a murdered and also a motive.

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The financial cost of arson in the UK runs at approximately one and a half billion pounds a year.

When a series of fires are set across Derby in the last few months of 2020, both the police and fire services were forced to confront the dark reality that, unless the perpetrators were stopped, it was just a matter of time before harm would come to people, rather than just property.

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How was a teenage boy who lived with his grandad in a small flat in Glossop responsible for the killings of at least 15 people in the United States?

What part did Daniel Harris play in the massacres perpetrated by Payton Gendron and Anderson Lee Aldrich?

Aldrich?

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The Baker of Repton

A discovery in a graveyard while on a location recording sent me down a rabbit-hole.

Did a poetic curse, penned by a murder victim's family, finally see his killer receive his punishment?

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The English Public School is seen as the epitomising all that good about the country.

Loyalty, hard work, honesty and a sense of fair play are attributes parents expect that just such an education will instill in their sons and daughters.

How then, does a former pupil of one of the leading public schools in the country go from being a shining star of the 1st XI cricket team to being a convicted drug smuggler who was caught trying to import 1.5 tons of cocaine into the UK?

Is the fall from grace of Jonathan Arnold all the more dramatic given his mother used to be a deputy Police and Crime Commissioner?

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William Yeomans and his wife Sarah are dead on the floor of their parlor; blood pooling around their bodies Neighbours suspect they know what happened but for now, only one person does.

The whole terrible scene played out before the eyes of a young boy whose chilling retelling of what he saw left everybody who heard it in no doubt as to the enormity of what had occurred and at who’s hand blood had been shed.

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In late April 2023, the remains of a man were discovered buried on farmland near Sutton-in-Ashfield in Nottinghamshire. After weeks of painstaking work at the site, and with the help of the public, the remains were identified as that of 52 year old Alfred Swinscoe, a Derbyshire miner who had been missing for over half a century.               

In this first of what will be an occasional series, we look into what’s known about Alfred, his life and the challenges an investigation like this represents to detectives.

Although they haven’t contributed directly to this episode, I would like to thank Alfred’s family for taking the time to listen to the episode in advance of publication and corroborating the biographical information I’ve been able to unearth.

If you are able to help Nottinghamshire Police in any way to find the answers the family are so desperately looking for, please call the enquiry team on 0800 096 0095.

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He had threatened to kill her and they knew that.

Like Tania Moore five years previously, Derbyshire Police failed to act on these warnings.

As a result, an entirely avoidable tragedy occurred. A tragedy that left a community shocked and a family scared by grief.

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He had threatened to kill her and they knew that.

Like Tania Moore five years previously, Derbyshire Police failed to act on these warnings.

As a result, an entirely avoidable tragedy occured. A tragedy that left a community shocked and a family scared by grief.

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Alkmonton, 2005

This episode sees the start of a weekly mini-series on Intimate Partner Homicide.

When show jumper Tania Moore split from her fiance, she hoped and rightly expected to be able to move on with her life.

She didn't envisage the campaign of intimidation that would be unleashed upon her or the extent to which she would be failed by the police.

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Chaddesden, 1922

When Maud discovered her husband Percy's secret, her life was turned upside down.

Doubling down on the deceit, Percy finds himself backed in a corner. With his options limited, he decides on a fatal course of action.

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I interview Ken Davies, the creator of the incredible real-time investigative podcast The Mysterious Case of Fred The Head.

The body of an unknown man was discovered in Burton, Staffordshire in 1971.

Ken explains the case -spoiler free - and the fact that along with his merry band of helpers the podcast is undertaking a real-time investigation which goes much further than the police ever did.

Ken also talks about his other podcast which looks into an unidentified man who's body found at sea off the shores of the German island of Heligoland in 1994

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Thank you those who let me know.

I am so sorry.

Buxton, 1982

A crime unsolved is justice denied; a murder unsolved is a tragedy compounded on tragedy.

The murder of 20 year old Elaine Wakefield remains just such a tragedy.

How much did the assumptions of the detectives hinder their progress in identifying Elaine’s killer?

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Since the death of his wife, Joseph Smith had worked hard to build a successful business and provide his children and extended family with a secure and comfortable future.

That one of them should be responsible for his murder not only leaves a family devastated but a community in shock.

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A quiet suburban village is rocked when a violent home invasion leaves a loving husband and father fighting for his life.

With no obvious motive, the police's investigation takes a shocking turn with the discovery of a hidden photograph.

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When two officers from Derbyshire Police turned-up to inspect the reservation records at the Travelodge in Alfreton on Sunday afternoon, there was only one name and one date that was of interest.

The name was Matthew Ashton (husband of business analyst Jia Ashton) and the date was 10th March 2011; the day Jia was last seen alive.

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On a dark October night, passing drivers notice a fire burning in an isolated layby.

Sifting through it's charred embers, police begin to piece together a case of greed and deception; murder and deceit.

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With the Easter Weekend of 1979 drawing to a close, a young

couple disappear.

After a series of mysterious phone calls, the police are left to

wonder whether the key to the case lies closer to home than they first thought.

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