DESCRIPTION:
In 1976 a boy was photographed. The picture appeared in The Daily Mirror. The 3-year-old was marching up and down in front of a sentry who stood outside Clarence House in London. Wearing a faux Queens Guard uniform, the boy was excited for the trooping the colour ceremony the next day. A snippet in the article mused about the child and his future. It read: "Dreaming, perhaps of the day when he can measure up to the real thing himself ."
That boy was Mark Acklom. He chose a very different path to the one the newspaper and his parents had envisioned. From teenage swindler to one of England’s most wanted fugitives — Mark Acklom, known as an MI6 conman, led a life of audacious scams.
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COURT DOCUMENTS and information from the following news organisations were referenced in this episode: BBC NEWS, TELEGRAPH, THE GUARDIAN. SKY NEWS, GLOUCESTERSHIRE LIVE, THE TIMES, THE STANDARD, DAILY MAIL, DAILY MIRROR, DAILY EXPRESS, NEWCASTLE EVENING CHRONICLE, NEWCASTLE JOURNAL and SANDWELL EVENING MAIL.
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MUSIC:
Stale Mate by Jingle Punks
Hydra by Huma-Huma
Cylinder Four by Chris Zabriskie
CGI Snake by Chris Zabriskie
The Dark Glow of the Mountains by Chris Zabriskie
Little Drunk, Quiet Floats by Puddle of Infinity
Breathing Planet by Doug Maxwell
Eddy by Lish Grooves
Fall Colors by ann annie
Dreaming in 432Hz by Unicorn Heads
Cold War Echo by Kai Engel
Incoming Transition by The Whole Other
A Great Darkness Approaches Can You Feel It by ELPHNT
All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
REFERENCES:
NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES
Daily Mirror - 11th June 1976
Daily Express - 5th July 1991
The Guardian - 5th July 1991
Newcastle Evening Chronicle - 5th July 1991
Daily Express - 3rd August 1991
The Guardian - 3rd August 1991
Newcastle Journal - 3rd August 1991
Sandwell Evening Mail - 3rd August 1991
POLICE PRESS RELEASES
https://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/news/2019/08/career-fraudster-who-conned-woman-of-life-savings-jailed-for-nearly-six-years/
https://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/news/2019/08/it-was-an-act-of-the-utmost-cruelty-designed-to-destroy-my-life-for-his-personal-gain/
https://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/news/2019/11/force-awards-ceremony-recognises-officers-for-successful-investigation-of-attack-on-97-year-old-war-veteran/
DIGITAL ARTICLES
BBC NEWS
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-40137282
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-38518909
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-41719564
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-44693882
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-47691946
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-47339359
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-49265066
TELEGRAPH
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/08/07/conman-marco-acklom-has-pleaded-guilty-defrauding-ex-girlfriend/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/my-mother-was-victim-to-one-of-europes-most-wanted-men---now-wer/
THE GUARDIAN
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/aug/08/serial-con-artist-jailed-for-five-years-after-swindling-ex-girlfriend
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/aug/08/serial-con-artist-jailed-for-five-years-after-swindling-ex-girlfriend
SKY NEWS
https://news.sky.com/story/the-life-and-crimes-of-serial-conman-mark-acklom-11827440
https://news.sky.com/story/uks-most-wanted-fraud-suspect-mark-acklom-in-swiss-arrest-11423574
GLOUCESTERSHIRE LIVE
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/gloucestershires-most-wanted-man-arrested-1741484
THE TIMES
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/conman-mark-acklom-police-seek-wife-who-took-100-yoga-classes-s52s3vwg8
THE STANDARD
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/mark-acklom-conman-who-posed-as-swiss-banker-and-mi6-agent-pleads-guilty-to-five-counts-of-fraud-a4207731.html
DAILY MAIL
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7342461/Con-artist-Mark-Acklom-jailed-five-years-stealing-800-000-life-savings.html
DOCUMENTARY
Conman: The Life and Crimes of Mark Acklom
OTHER / BLOGS
https://www.actionfraud.police.uk
https://marcrosrod.wordpress.com
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