Tag: wrongful conviction

128 – A Questionable Conviction: The deaths of Margaret and Martin Glynn

On By mensreapod@gmail.comIn Cold Case, Controversial Case, Irish Crime, Life Sentence, murder, murder for profit, Vintage murder, Wrongly Accused

On a chilly Sunday morning in December of 1980, Michael Kelly arrived at a neighbours house in a panic. There was a fire in the house he was staying in nearby, and inside were the two elderly siblings who he was there to look after.

Sadly, Margaret and Martin Glynn – siblings in their 80s – were removed from the house and pronounced dead.

But was this a tragic accident, or a malicious act driven by greed?

This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.

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61 – Retrial: The murder of Jong Ok Shin

On By mensreapod@gmail.comIn Controversial Case, Drug-related, Human Rights, Life Sentence, Mental Health, murder, Serial Killer, sex crimes, UK Crime, Wrongly Accused

On 12th July, 2002 Jong Ok Shin a Korean language student was brutally murdered while living in Bournemouth. A local drug addicted man, Omar Benguit was quickly identified as the prime suspect. 

But shortly after, it would emerge that at the time of Ms Shin’s death, a man that had committed two murders, was living just streets away. 

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49 – Wrongful Conviction: Tim Evans & the serial murders of 10 Rillington Place

On By mensreapod@gmail.comIn Capital Punishment, Child Victim, Controversial Case, Domestic Violence, Human Rights, Insanity Defence, Intimate Partner Violence, Landmark Case, Serial Killer, sex crimes, UK Crime, Vintage murder, Wrongly Accused

A man is hanged for the murder of his child, and presumed to be the his wife’s murderer, too. But three years later, in the same house that the couple had lived, more bodies were found.

Six More. 

Including the wife of the man who had been the Crown’s star witness against Tim Evans in his murder trial.

This is the story of the serial murders of John Reginald Christie at Ten Rillington Place. 

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37 – St Patrick’s Day: Crimes & Mayhem

On By mensreapod@gmail.comIn Capital Punishment, Collabouration, Discrimination, Drug-related, IRA/Paramilitary links, Irish Crime, Mental Health, murder, Serial Killer, unsolved, Vintage murder, Wrongly Accused

It’s St Patrick’s day. Worldwide, buildings are being “greened”. Shamrock shakes are being consumed. Guinness is being poured, and we’re drowning the shamrock.

But, this time of year sees a lot of bad behaviour. Some directly as a result of our celebration of all things Irish and some… a little more premeditated.
This week, I’m joined by 4 other fabulous podcasts to tell the story of some St Patrick’s day crimes for you.

Special thanks this week to:
All Crime No Cattle ;
Southern Fried True Crime;
Gone Cold – Texas True Crime; and
Unresolved
for your kind contributions!

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34 – The murder of Una Lynsky, Wrongful Convictions & fight for Justice

On By mensreapod@gmail.comIn Controversial Case, Human Rights, Irish Crime, Kidnapping, Landmark Case, murder, unsolved, Vintage murder, Wrongly Accused

In October 1971, on a rural lane south of the village of Ratoath, Co Meath, Una Lynsky disappeared while walking a short distance from a bus stop to her home. Around that time, screams were heard and a strange car was seen driving up and down the lane. But three local lads, Dick Donnelly, Martin Kerrigan, and Martin Conmey found that they were the ones who had drawn the attention of the notorious Murder Squad of the Garda Siochana.

By the end of the year, two young people from Porterstown Lane would be dead. Two trials would follow and a series of appeals to try and clear a man’s name of guilt that did not belong to him.

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23 – Colin Norris: murderous nurse, or wrongfully convicted?

On By mensreapod@gmail.comIn Controversial Case, Drug-related, murder, Public Inquiry, Serial Killer, UK Crime, unsolved, Wrongly Accused

In 2002, Colin Norris was a young man at the beginning of his career in his chosen field of nursing. But the sudden death of an elderly patient, Ethel Hall, who had been under his care prompted a police investigation which scrutinised the 18 months that he had worked in Leeds General Infirmary, and he was accused of 4 murders and an attempted murder. authorities said he had maliciously administered injections of insulin to elderly patients, police said because he didn’t like old people.

But would there be enough evidence to convict him?

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