Season 5 - Episode 29

DESCRIPTION:

Maida Vale, West London, 6:20 pm, Sunday, March 24, 1996 — George Fraghistas locked his blue Lincoln Continental in a secure car park on Lanark Road. He walked to the exit. He had plans that evening and wanted to prepare. George was just about to open the door of the dimly lit concrete building, when a man suspiciously dressed for a spring day, in an anorak, gloves and a balaclava, took him by surprise and tried to wrestle him to the ground. George shouted, made a scene, put up a fight, but the assailant overpowered him. The element of surprise gave his attacker an advantage. For a brief moment they were alone, then a car stopped nearby. Three men hurriedly got out... 

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Court documents, books and information from the following news organisations were referenced in this episode: Liverpool Echo, Aberdeen Evening Express, Aberdeen Press and Journal, Irish Independent, Daily Express, Daily Record, Daily Mirror, Dundee Courier, The Guardian, Reading Evening Post, Kensington Post, The Ottawa Citizen, Independent, iNews, Herald Scotland, UPI and ‘The Juryman’s Tale’ by Trevor Grove.

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MUSIC: 

Traversing by Godmode

Trudging Along by Godmode

Crimson by Sextile

Decay by Kevin MacLeod

Haunting Dreams by Twin Musicom

Creep by Emmit Fenn

Long Note One by Kevin MacLeod

Resolver by Amulets

Feels by Patrick Patrikios

Glacier by Patrick Patrikios

Verve by Benjamin Martins

Growing Space by Astron

Two Moons by Bobby Richards

Pure Potentiality by Benjamin Martins

Vitality by Benjamin Martins

Seclusion by The Tides

All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

REFERENCES:

NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES

Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 3 April 1996

Aberdeen Evening Express - Thursday 4 April 1996

Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 4 April 1996

Irish Independent - Thursday 4 April 1996

Daily Express - Thursday 4 April 1996

Daily Record - Thursday 4 April 1996

Daily Mirror - Thursday 4 April 1996

Dundee Courier - Thursday 4 April 1996

The Guardian - Thursday 4 April 1996

Reading Evening Post - Thursday 4 April 1996

Reading Evening Post - Friday 5 April 1996

Aberdeen Press and Journal - Friday 5 April 1996

Dundee Courier - Friday 5 April 1996

Kensington Post - Thursday 11 April 1996

Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 26 November 1996

The Guardian - Wednesday 27 November 1996

Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 27 March 1997

The Ottawa Citizen - Wednesday 3 August 1998

BOOKS

‘The Juryman’s Tale’ by Trevor Grove

DIGITAL ARTICLES

INDEPENDENT

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/bound-blindfolded-gagged-and-held-in-a-cupboard-for-9-days-1303113.html

INEWS

https://inews.co.uk/news/long-reads/the-trial-secrets-of-jury-service-deliberations-part-three-266026

HERALD SCOTLAND

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12047308.tycoon-may-have-been-mistaken-for-his-cousin/

UPI

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/04/04/Four-men-due-in-UK-court-for-kidnapping/7660828594000/

OTHER / BLOGS

https://www.questia.com/magazine/1P3-30404082/behind-closed-doors

https://www.tes.com/news/case-defencebooks

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