DESCRIPTION:
In 2018, one week after the new year's celebrations, a middle-aged woman enters Cheadle Heath police station in Stockport. She had travelled almost 5 miles on foot from her home in Reddish, Greater Manchester. She has a blank expression on her face. In a quiet and subdued voice, the woman calmly tells an officer that she has killed someone. The body is buried in her back garden…
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Court documents and information from the following news organisations were referenced in this episode: THE GUARDIAN, BBC NEWS, MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS, DAILY MAIL, MIRROR, EXPRESS & STAR, JERSEY EVENING POST, INDEPENDENT, CHESTER STANDARD, WITNEY GAZETTE, SWINDON ADVERTISER, WANDSWORTH TIMES, COTSWOLD JOURNAL, BELFAST TELEGRAPH, DUMBARTON REPORTER, DAILY RECORD, THE SUN, SKY NEWS, METRO, TELEGRAPH AND ARGUS, ITV NEWS, EXPRESS, TELEGRAPH, THE IRISH SUN, HUFFINGTON POST, GLASGOW EVENING TIMES and LANCASHIRE POST.
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MUSIC:
Voices by Patrick Patrikios
The Anunnaki Return by Jesse Gallagher
Maestro Tlakaelel by Jesse Gallagher
Two Moons by Bobby Richards
Decay by Kevin MacLeod
Feels by Patrick Patrikios
Glacier by Patrick Patrikios
Trudging Along by Godmode
Melancholia by Godmode
Thin Places by Jesse Gallagher
Lens by Bobby Richards
On the Island by Godmode
Nebular Focus by Dan Henig
All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
REFERENCES:
LAW PAGES
https://www.thelawpages.com/court-cases/Barbara-Ann-Coombes-23382-1.law
DIGITAL ARTICLES
THE GUARDIAN
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jan/11/stockport-woman-charged-with-murdering-and-burying-her-father
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/11/manchester-woman-barbara-coombes-admits-killing-her-father
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/11/manchester-woman-barbara-coombes-admits-killing-her-father#:~:text=Two%20days%20after%20she%20confessed,like%20a%20%E2%80%9Csex%20slave%E2%80%9D.
BBC NEWS
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42618636
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42646266
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42661143
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-43627806
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-44794426
MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/stockport-body-found-kenneth-coombes-14134237
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/stockport-body-garden-questionnaires-reddish-14136924
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/stockport-garden-reddish-body-found-14137479
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/barbara-coombes-charged-with-murder-14139034
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/barbara-coombes-murder-court-live-14144110
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/barbara-coombes-court-stockport-murder-14485224
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/barbara-coombes-denies-murdering-father-14489028
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/killed-father-buried-body-garden-14895753
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/barbara-coombes-sentencing-court-live-14894148
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/barbara-coombes-was-fathers-sex-14897469
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/locked-up-july-woman-who-14990139
DAILY MAIL
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5250859/Woman-said-killed-man-years-ago.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5253715/Children-played-manhunt-garden-body-found.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5257627/Woman-buried-father-garden-charged-murder.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5262447/Devastated-son-war-hero-buried-garden.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5263595/Footage-woman-accused-murdering-war-hero-father.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5941715/Daughter-63-admits-manslaughter-war-hero-father.html
MIRROR
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/body-found-garden-after-woman-11826731
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/woman-arrested-suspicion-murdering-elderly-11830811
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/woman-charged-murder-elderly-dad-11833126
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/woman-accused-murdering-father-after-11833487
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/a-real-gentleman-granddad-murdered-11837435
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/first-picture-war-hero-grandfather-11839882
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/manslaughter-coombes-jailed-prison-garden-12893466
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/woman-who-killed-dad-buried-12895962
EXPRESS & STAR
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2018/01/10/remains-found-after-woman-tells-police-she-killed-man-and-buried-him-in-garden/
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2018/01/11/woman-charged-with-murder-after-body-found-buried-in-garden/
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2018/01/11/woman-in-court-on-murder-charge-over-mans-body-buried-in-her-back-garden/
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2018/01/12/trial-date-set-for-woman-accused-of-murdering-father-and-burying-him-in-garden/
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2018/04/03/woman-in-court-over-claims-she-buried-father-in-back-garden/
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2018/04/03/daughter-denies-murdering-pensioner-found-buried-in-back-garden/
JERSEY EVENING POST
https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/uk-news/2018/01/10/remains-found-after-woman-tells-police-she-killed-man-and-buried-him-in-garden/
https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/uk-news/2018/01/11/woman-in-court-on-murder-charge-over-mans-body-buried-in-her-back-garden/
https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/uk-news/2018/01/11/woman-charged-with-murder-after-body-found-buried-in-garden/
https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/uk-news/2018/01/12/trial-date-set-for-woman-accused-of-murdering-father-and-burying-him-in-garden/
https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/uk-news/2018/04/03/daughter-denies-murdering-pensioner-found-buried-in-back-garden/
https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/uk-news/2018/04/03/woman-in-court-over-claims-she-buried-father-in-back-garden/
https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/uk-news/2018/07/11/woman-gets-nine-year-jail-term-for-killing-and-burying-father-in-garden/
INDEPENDENT
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/murder-confession-buried-human-remains-garden-reddish-greater-manchester-police-a8151276.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/stockport-murder-latest-dead-body-buried-garden-woman-arrest-greater-manchester-police-gmp-a8152931.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/stockport-garden-murder-kenneth-coombes-barbara-daughter-child-porn-machester-a8442746.html
CHESTER STANDARD
https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/national-news/16133840.daughter-denies-murdering-pensioner-found-buried-back-garden/
https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/national-news/16347459.woman-gets-nine-year-jail-term-killing-burying-father-garden/
WITNEY GAZETTE
https://www.witneygazette.co.uk/news/national/16133042.woman-court-claims-buried-father-back-garden/
https://www.witneygazette.co.uk/news/national/16133840.daughter-denies-murdering-pensioner-found-buried-back-garden/
SWINDON ADVERTISER
https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/national/15818299.neighbours-shocked-body-found-buried-garden-killing-confession/
https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/national/15821751.woman-remanded-murder-charge-father-found-buried-garden/
https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/national/15824622.trial-date-set-woman-accused-murdering-father-burying-garden/
WANDSWORTH TIMES
https://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/national/15822195.woman-court-murder-charge-mans-body-buried-back-garden/
https://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/national/16133840.daughter-denies-murdering-pensioner-found-buried-back-garden/
COTSWOLD JOURNAL
https://www.cotswoldjournal.co.uk/news/national/15821751.woman-remanded-murder-charge-father-found-buried-garden/
https://www.cotswoldjournal.co.uk/news/national/16133840.daughter-denies-murdering-pensioner-found-buried-back-garden/
BELFAST TELEGRAPH
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/neighbours-shocked-as-body-found-buried-in-garden-after-killing-confession-36474797.html
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/woman-remanded-on-murder-charge-after-father-found-buried-in-garden-36478134.html
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/woman-in-court-on-murder-charge-over-mans-body-buried-in-her-back-garden-36478596.html
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/woman-in-court-over-claims-she-buried-father-in-back-garden-36768753.html
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/daughter-denies-murdering-pensioner-found-buried-in-back-garden-36769778.html
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/woman-gets-nine-year-jail-term-for-killing-and-burying-father-in-garden-37105693.html
DUMBARTON REPORTER
https://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/national-news/15818299.neighbours-shocked-body-found-buried-garden-killing-confession/
https://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/national-news/16133042.woman-court-claims-buried-father-back-garden/
DAILY RECORD
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/human-remains-found-after-woman-11826857
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/woman-charged-murder-after-walking-11833332
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/manslaughter-coombes-jailed-prison-garden-12893466
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/woman-who-killed-dad-buried-12895962
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/woman-admits-killing-dad-after-12893717
THE SUN
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5302699/ex-son-in-law-stockport-man-killed-by-daughter-domineering/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5299351/stockport-body-murder-charge-reddish-woman-claim-killed-dad-buried-garden/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5320252/stockport-murder-victim-kenneth-coombes-picture-killed-buried-garden-daughter-reddish-latest/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5325486/stockport-murder-body-found-garden-reddish-victim-kenneth-coombes-daughter/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5332643/childhood-friend-of-granddad-whose-daughter-is-accused-of-his-murder-reveals-how-he-would-write-christmas-cards-to-pals-every-year-saying-how-proud-he-was-of-his-children/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4832636/barbara-coombes-court-stockport-murder-denies-kenneth-death-latest/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6750075/barbara-coombes-garden-grave-bury-war-hero-dad/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5320289/barbara-coombes-dad-kenneth-missing-stockport-matlock-road-reddish/
SKY NEWS
https://news.sky.com/story/remains-found-after-woman-tells-police-she-killed-man-and-buried-him-in-garden-11201942
https://news.sky.com/story/neighbours-tell-of-shock-as-dead-body-found-in-garden-11202524
https://news.sky.com/story/woman-charged-with-murder-after-body-found-in-garden-11203136
https://news.sky.com/story/woman-jailed-for-killing-and-burying-father-in-back-garden-11433315
METRO
https://metro.co.uk/2018/01/09/woman-arrested-telling-police-killed-man-buried-garden-7217415/
https://metro.co.uk/2018/01/11/woman-confessed-killing-man-burying-garden-charged-murder-7220537/
https://metro.co.uk/2018/01/12/7224627-7224627/
https://metro.co.uk/2018/04/03/woman-denies-killing-war-hero-dad-whose-body-found-back-garden-7437111/
https://metro.co.uk/2018/07/11/woman-admits-killing-father-burying-body-garden-7702943/
https://metro.co.uk/2018/07/11/daughter-jailed-killing-father-burying-body-garden-7704108/
TELEGRAPH AND ARGUS
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/national/15821751.amp/
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/national/16133042.woman-court-claims-buried-father-back-garden/
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/national/16133840.daughter-denies-murdering-pensioner-found-buried-back-garden/
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/national/16347459.woman-gets-nine-year-jail-term-killing-burying-father-garden/
ITV NEWS
https://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2018-01-09/police-in-stockport-find-body-in-search-of-garden/
https://www.itv.com/news/2018-01-10/reddish-remains-found-garden
https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2018-01-10/neighbours-shocked-after-body-found-in-stockport-garden
https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2018-01-11/woman-charged-with-murder-after-body-found-buried-in-garden
https://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2018-01-12/murder-burial-accused-due-in-court-later/
https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2018-07-11/woman-due-in-court-charged-with-murdering-father-after-body-found-in-garden
https://www.itv.com/news/2018-07-11/woman-gets-nine-year-jail-term-for-killing-and-burying-father-in-garden
https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2018-07-12/woman-gets-nine-year-jail-term-for-killing-and-burying-father-in-garden
EXPRESS
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/902507/body-garden-Reddish-Stockport-Greater-Manchester-Police-arrest
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/987568/murder-abuse-barbara-coombes-uk-news-court
TELEGRAPH
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/09/woman-arrested-telling-police-killed-man-buried-garden/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/10/remains-found-garden-house-woman-allegedly-claimed-have-killed/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/11/body-found-buried-garden-woman-charged-murder-remains-father/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/11/woman-court-charged-murdering-elderly-father-burying-garden/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/11/woman-admits-killing-father-burying-body-finding-stash-paedophile/
THE IRISH SUN
https://www.thesun.ie/news/2025414/body-found-in-stockport-garden-after-woman-marched-into-police-station-and-told-cops-she-killed-her-dad-and-buried-him-years-ago/
https://www.thesun.ie/news/2835002/mum-barbara-coombes-slashed-war-hero-dads-throat-with-shovel-and-buried-him-in-the-garden-over-paedo-pics/
HUFFINGTON POST
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2018/01/10/remains-found-after-woman-tells-police-she-killed-man-and-buried-him-in-garden_n_18970058.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-uk
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/body-found-in-reddish-stockport_uk_5a55d9d4e4b03417e8735d0e
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2018/01/11/woman-charged-with-murder-after-body-found-buried-in-garden_n_18977972.html
PRESS READER
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/stockport-express/20180718/282252371306471
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20180712/282106342406242
http://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-record/20180712/281904478943456
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20180112/281968903086913
https://www.pressreader.com/australia/thats-life-australia/20180816/281578061486892
https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-welland-tribune/20180716/281689730587375
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/belfast-telegraph/20180404/281908773707553
http://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mirror-northern-ireland/20180712/282187946785642
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20180110/282192241381779
http://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-press-and-journal-inverness-highlands-and-islands/20180111/281981787987276
http://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-courier-advertiser-angus-and-the-mearns-edition/20180404/282750587297658
GLASGOW EVENING TIMES
https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/viralnews/15818299.neighbours-shocked-body-found-buried-garden-killing-confession/
https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/viralnews/15821751.woman-remanded-murder-charge-father-found-buried-garden/
https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/viralnews/15824622.trial-date-set-woman-accused-murdering-father-burying-garden/
https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/16133318.woman-stockport-court-claims-buried-father-back-garden/
LANCASHIRE POST
https://www.lep.co.uk/news/crime/woman-court-accused-murdering-and-burying-father-garden-671568
https://www.lep.co.uk/news/crime/woman-gets-nine-year-jail-term-killing-and-burying-father-garden-830549
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