DESCRIPTION:
From the start, it was clear to detectives that this was a murder inquiry. Officers were immediately dispatched to search the area for a possible suspect, maybe someone in bloody clothes or acting suspiciously. Onlookers had seen a man fleeing the scene. They noted he was wearing a light beige waist-length jacket. But despite a quick response from the Kent constabulary, asking all potential witnesses near the scene if they had seen anything, officers drew a blank…
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Court documents and information from the following news organisations were referenced in this episode: BBC NEWS, THE GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT (IRELAND), THE STANDARD, ITV NEWS, BELFAST TELEGRAPH, KENT ONLINE, BOURNEMOUTH ECHO, THE SUN and DAILY ECHO.
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MUSIC:
somber beauty by fwimmygoat
Jazzmasters and Delay Pedals by Rest You Sleeping Giant
Old Tape Loops by Rest You Sleeping Giant
Giant Wyrm by Kevin MacLeod
Night I by Swelling
Themes From Frost by Rest You Sleeping Giant
Dead Waters by Rest You Sleeping Giant
Night II by Swelling
Blue Sizzle by Kevin MacLeod
Hell Slime by ROZKOL
What Fades by Rest You Sleeping Giant
machine n3 by Fashionfacts
Lithium by Kevin MacLeod
Songs for a Sad Guitar by Rest You Sleeping Giant
Awkward Silences version a by Lee Rosevere
End of Winter by Rest You Sleeping Giant
All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
REFERENCES:
COURT DOCUMENTS
[2014] The Queen-v-Colin Ash-Smith - Sentencing Remarks of Mr Justice Sweeney
[2015] EWCA Crim 2472
DIGITAL ARTICLES
BBC NEWS
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-30230512
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-kent-30417048
THE GUARDIAN
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/dec/12/claire-tiltman-murderer-jailed-life-colin-ash-smith
INDEPENDENT (IRELAND)
https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/milkman-branded-pure-evil-as-jailed-for-murdering-schoolgirl-more-than-20-years-ago-30823107.html
THE STANDARD
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/claire-tiltman-killer-jailed-for-life-for-frenzied-and-remorseless-attack-9920106.html
ITV NEWS
https://www.itv.com/news/london/2014-12-11/claire-tiltman-murder-timeline-of-events
BELFAST TELEGRAPH
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/evil-killer-pictured-at-claire-tiltmans-funeral-faces-rest-of-life-in-jail-30824914.html
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/man-to-be-charged-with-1993-murder-30003248.html
KENT ONLINE
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/schoolgirl-killer-jailed-for-life-28521/
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/work-begins-on-youth-centre-in-memory-of-claire-240722/
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/work-begins-on-youth-centre-in-memory-of-claire-240718/
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/kents-55-unsolved-murders-222370/
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/funeral-flowers-from-a-killer-96436/
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/schoolgirl-murderer-colin-ash-smith-could-94896/
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/road-renamed-after-beloved-schoolgirl-94327/
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/residents-call-for-road-to-93198/
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/how-claires-killer-was-brought-92387/
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend/news/former-milkman-to-appeal-schoolgirl-47027/
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/jurors-in-teens-murder-trial-26692/
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/murder-jury-face-difficult-task-27596/
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/london-trial-for-man-accused-14222/
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/claire-tiltman-12636/
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend/news/claire-tiltman-would-have-been-3-a57022/
BOURNEMOUTH ECHO
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/11826888.amp/
DAILY ECHO
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11044487.amp/
THE SUN
https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/598398/jailing-of-killer-milkman-comes-too-late-for-mum-and-dad/
NEWS SHOPPER
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/10670491.claire-tiltman-murder-police-raid-former-home-of-colin-ash-smith-convicted-of-attempted-murder/
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/10679417.dad-of-former-claire-tiltman-murder-suspect-colin-ash-smith-would-disown-son-if-he-were-guilty/
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