Post — They Walk Among Us

DESCRIPTION:

On August 10, 2011, the metropolitan police were called to do a welfare check at a flat on New Road in Harlington. The property was close to London’s Heathrow Airport. Officers discovered two bodies. Both victims had been brutally murdered. The hunt for their killer began, but the police did not need to look far...

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This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane. You can listen to Eileen's podcast CrimeLapse here: https://www.crimelapsepodcast.com/

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Court documents and information from the following news organisations were referenced in this episode: BELFAST TELEGRAPH, DAILY MAIL, STANDARD, EXPRESS, BBC NEWS, TELEGRAPH, INDEPENDENT, SKY NEWS, ITV NEWS, MY LONDON, THE GUARDIAN, MAIDENHEAD ADVERTISER, THE TIMES, METRO, SLOUGH OBSERVER, HILLINGDON TIMES, BUCKS FREE PRESS, PRESS READER and EVENING STANDARD.

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MUSIC:

Nuclear Conception by Alice In Winter

Inception by Falls

Crooked Man by Wicked Cinema

Sussex by Stephen Keech

In The Trees by The Stolen Orchestra

The Part Where It Begins by Stephen Keech

Negative Thoughts by Craig Allen Fravel

Darker Days by Alternate Endings

The Predator by Phillip Mount

Emotion Flows by Louis Lion

Scintillation by Elision

You Are Enough by Moments

REFERENCES:

LAW PAGES

https://www.thelawpages.com/court-cases/Attila-Ban-8753-1.law

https://www.thelawpages.com/court-cases/Attila-Ban-8753-3.law

https://www.thelawpages.com/court-case-timeline/crime/8753/Attila-Ban-Central-Criminal-Court-(Old-Bailey)

COURT NEWS

https://courtnewsuk.co.uk/attila-ban-the-killer-under-the-bed/

https://courtnewsuk.co.uk/ban-man-in-court-over-double-hotel-killing/

https://courtnewsuk.co.uk/ban-hotel-worker-denies-killing/

https://courtnewsuk.co.uk/ban-hotel-killer-hid-in-bed-base-for-two-days/

https://courtnewsuk.co.uk/ban-under-bed-killer-cannot-remember-threesome-deaths/

https://courtnewsuk.co.uk/ban-under-the-bed-killer-gets-26-years/

https://courtnewsuk.co.uk/ban-double-life-sentence-for-killer-under-the-bed/

NATIONAL ARCHIVES

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20120904121410/http://content.met.police.uk/News/Man-guilty-of-hotel-double-murder/1400010113324/1257246745756

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20120904122142/http://content.met.police.uk/News/Man-sentenced-to-life-for-double-murder/1400010905812/1257246745756?scope_id=1257246764018

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20120711192737/http://content.met.police.uk/Appeal/CHARGE-Man-charged-with-murders/1400002117978/1257246745782?scope_id=1257246764018

DIGITAL ARTICLES

BELFAST TELEGRAPH

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/murder-probe-after-two-stab-deaths-28645774.html

DAILY MAIL

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2189815/Attila-Ban-trial-Hotel-receptionist-jailed-26-years-murdering-colleagues-hiding-bed-days.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2171015/Attila-Ban-Double-killer-hid-police-inside-bed-Heathrow-hotel-dead-body-2-DAYS.html

STANDARD

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/stabbed-pair-were-friends-of-man-accused-of-their-murder-6432871.html

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/hotel-worker-attila-ban-hid-with-murder-victims-corpses-for-two-days-7958802.html

EXPRESS

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/264856/Man-held-over-murder-of-two-hotel-workers

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/333709/Hotel-worker-guilty-of-two-murders

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/264605/Stabbing-victims-were-co-workers

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/340417/Murderer-who-hid-inside-bed-jailed

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/340478/26-years-jail-for-hotel-worker-who-killed-two

BBC NEWS

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-19292820

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-18888596

TELEGRAPH

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9482466/Heathrow-murderer-who-hid-inside-bed-beneath-naked-victim-is-jailed.html

INDEPENDENT

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/he-killed-them-at-a-sex-party-and-then-hid-inside-the-bed-7957152.html

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/receptionist-from-heathrow-hotel-gets-26-years-jail-for-murder-of-colleagues-26887985.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/hotel-receptionist-attila-ban-jailed-over-workmate-killings-8056876.html

SKY NEWS

https://news.sky.com/story/evil-double-murderer-hid-inside-divan-bed-10475508

https://news.sky.com/story/heathrow-hotel-worker-jailed-for-murders-10472742

https://news.sky.com/story/man-charged-as-stabbed-couple-are-named-10486690

ITV NEWS

https://www.itv.com/news/london/story/2012-08-17/double-murderer-to-be-sentenced/

https://www.itv.com/news/london/topic/attila-ban/

MY LONDON

https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/heartfelt-tributes-families-whose-lives-5975695

https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/harlington-murders---victims-named-5984158

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/man-faces-hotel-stab-deaths-1699810

https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/hotel-receptionist-attila-ban-convicted-5975664

https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/hotel-worker-slit-wrists-after-5975464

https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/november-court-date-suspect-harlington-5984215

https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/hotel-worker-denies-harlington-double-5980463

https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/man-accused-of-killing-co-workers-5981255

https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/heathrow-hotel-killer-attila-ban-5974822

THE GUARDIAN

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/aug/17/heathrow-hotel-receptionist-double-murder

MAIDENHEAD ADVERTISER

https://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/iver/5292/Double-murder-trial-begins-at-the.html

https://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/iver/5536/Jury-out-in-double-murder-trial.html

https://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/iver/5548/UPDATE--Guilty-verdict-in-double.html

https://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/iver/6326/Two-life-sentences-for-double-murderer.html

THE TIMES

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/killer-hid-at-murder-scene-for-two-days-court-hears-xkwpnbm8r8j

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/heathrow-hotel-receptionist-found-guilty-of-double-murder-qvtq5gljw9d

METRO

https://metro.co.uk/2012/07/09/killer-attila-ban-hid-under-bed-for-two-days-after-stabbing-tibor-vass-and-alice-adams-3372907/

https://metro.co.uk/2012/08/17/heathrow-hotel-double-murderer-attila-ban-who-hid-inside-bed-jailed-for-life-540793/

SLOUGH OBSERVER

https://www.sloughobserver.co.uk/news/13434584.double-murder-trial-underway/

https://www.sloughobserver.co.uk/news/13433336.a-man-is-charged-with-murder-after-the-death-of-an-iver-heath-woman/

https://www.sloughobserver.co.uk/news/13434130.murder-trial-adjourned-after-death-of-receptionists/

https://www.sloughobserver.co.uk/news/13434574.alice-lived-with-joy-and-passion/

https://www.sloughobserver.co.uk/news/13434622.update-picture-released-of-man-found-guilty-of-double-murder/

https://www.sloughobserver.co.uk/news/13434753.hotel-worker-sentenced-to-life-after-stabbing-two-colleagues-to-death-before-hiding-from-police-inside-a-bed/

https://www.sloughobserver.co.uk/news/14230671.black-park-treehouse-tribute-in-memory-of-much-loved-alice/

https://www.sloughobserver.co.uk/news/13434130.murder-trial-adjourned-after-death-of-receptionists/

HILLINGDON TIMES

https://www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/news/9195806.tributes-paid-as-murder-victims-named/

BUCKS FREE PRESS

https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/9828955.playground-tribute-in-iver-heath-for-murdered-daughter/

PRESS READER

https://pressreader.com/article/281698316904636

https://pressreader.com/article/281788511179514

https://pressreader.com/article/281698316433551

https://pressreader.com/article/282059094157498

https://pressreader.com/article/281724086656652

https://pressreader.com/article/282166468339811

https://pressreader.com/article/281797101152263

https://pressreader.com/article/282222302875280

https://pressreader.com/article/283223029827826

https://pressreader.com/article/283351878843436

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/chat/20211021/page/55/textview

NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES

15 Aug 2011, Evening Standard Page 18

19 Jul 2012, The Independent, Page 7

9 Jul 2012, Evening Standard, page 29,