DESCRIPTION:
When Sheila Stroud fled the scene with her two accomplices, she thought her problems were over. She could pay off her mortgage, keep her horses that she loved so dearly, and not have to worry about her troublesome ex-partner ever again. She thought that the blaze burning in a Cotswolds beauty spot would bring to end the continuous arguments of an acrimonious separation and allow her to bask in the light of a prosperous future. In reality, her troubles had only just begun...
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Court documents and information from the following news organisations and magazines were referenced in this episode: The Guardian, Liverpool Echo, Dundee Courier, Sandwell Evening Mail, Aberdeen Press and Journal, Newcastle Journal, Daily Mirror, Independent, BBC, UPI and ‘Real-Life Crimes And How They Were Solved’ magazine.
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MUSIC:
Russian River by Dan Henig
Realization of a New Earth by I Think I Can Help You
Decay by Kevin MacLeod
Shasta - Trinity by Jesse Gallagher
The Three Elements by I Think I Can Help You
The Guardian of The Threshold by I Think I Can Help You
The Halloween Dawn by Twin Musicom
The Four Masks by I Think I Can Help You
Space Hunter by Quincas Moreira
Gathering Darkness by Kevin MacLeod
The Path Starts Here by Cooper Cannell
Ice Demon by Kevin MacLeod
Trickle of Water by Underbelly & Ty Mayer
Beyond the Lows by The Whole Other
The Shining in Dubai by Unicorn Heads
Where in Literally by pATCHES
Passing a Foreign Moon by I Think I Can Help You
Wander by Emmit Fenn
It Is Lost by Kevin MacLeod
All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
REFERENCES:
COURT DOCUMENTS
[1994] EWCA Crim J1006-8, 16 CrAppR S 508
NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES
The Guardian - 18 Nov 1991, Mon - Page 2
The Guardian - 10 Mar 1993, Wed - Page 3
The Guardian - 01 Apr 1993, Thu - Page 8
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 16 November 1991 - Page 11
Dundee Courier - Monday 18 November 1991 - Page 8
Sandwell Evening Mail - Tuesday 19 November 1991 - Page 11
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 10 March 1993 - Page 9
Newcastle Journal - Wednesday 10 March 1993 - Page 5
Daily Mirror - Wednesday 10 March 1993 - Page 5
Sandwell Evening Mail - Wednesday 10 March 1993 - Page 2
Newcastle Journal - Thursday 11 March 1993 - Page 4
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 11 March 1993 - Page 8
Daily Mirror - Thursday 11 March 1993 - Page 19
Daily Mirror - Friday 12 March 1993 - Page 7
Newcastle Journal - Friday 12 March 1993 - Page 10
Daily Mirror - Saturday 13 March 1993 - Page 6
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Saturday 13 March 1993 - Page 7
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 18 March 1993 - Page 14
Newcastle Journal - Friday 19 March 1993 - Page 6
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Friday 19 March 1993 - Page 11
Newcastle Journal - Friday 19 March 1993 - Page 7
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Saturday 20 March 1993 - Page 10
Newcastle Journal - Saturday 20 March 1993 - Page 5
Newcastle Journal - Thursday 01 April 1993 - Page 4
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 01 April 1993 - Page 11
Sandwell Evening Mail - Thursday 01 April 1993 - Page 9
Sandwell Evening Mail - Wednesday 02 June 1993 - Page 11
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 02 June 1993 - Page 7
Daily Express - Wed 10 Mar 1993 Page 19
Daily Express - Sat 13 Mar 1993 Page 7
Daily Express - Thu 1 Apr 1993 Page 46
MAGAZINES
Real-Life Crimes… And How They Were Solved [114/121]
DIGITAL ARTICLES
INDEPENDENT
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/car-set-ablaze-with-couple-tied-up-inside-1496696.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/court-visit-1496934.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/fire-trap-man-tells-of-escape-1497358.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/blazing-car-murder-plot-trio-jailed-1452574.html
BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hometruths/contractkiller.shtml
UPI
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/03/12/Jury-watch-Peter-Fonda-film-in-attempted-murder-case/5585731912400/
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/03/13/We-were-engulfed-in-flames-says-man-who-survived-murder-attempt/5040731998800/
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