Season 8 - Episode 15

DESCRIPTION: 

Most parents would do almost anything to save a child's life. Some are fortunate enough to be able to afford whatever treatment is needed, but money can’t buy everything. In 2023, a landmark case highlighted just how far one family was willing to go to help their child, even at the cost of someone else's...

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This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.

Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.

Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton

Narration, editing assistance, additional writing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.

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MUSIC: 

Unexpected Turn by Moments 

St Mary by Chelsea McGough And Stephen Keech 

Distances by Salon Dijon 

Chaos Reigns by Salon Dijon 

Onward by Chelsea McGough 

Beyond All Time by Moments 

Rise by Louis Lion 

Memoir by Lincoln Davis 

Recognize by Grant Borland 

Crescendo by Featherland 

The Birth of a Planet by Falls 

Strangers by Craig Allen Fravel 

Undercover by Cody Martin 

Shadow Passage by Cody Martin 

Apex Program by Cody Martin 

Honour Earned by Cody Martin 

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REFERENCES: 

COURT DOCUMENTS / CPS

https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/R-v-Obeta-and-others-sentencing-remarks.pdf

https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/updated-sentence-senior-nigerian-politician-jailed-over-illegal-uk-organ-harvesting-plot

NEWSBANK

Independent, The/The Independent on Sunday: Web Edition Articles (London, England), February 6, 2023

Independent, The/The Independent on Sunday: Web Edition Articles (London, England), February 8, 2023

MailOnline (London, England), February 7, 2023

Guardian, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), February 7, 2023

Times, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), February 6, 2023

Independent, The/The Independent on Sunday: Web Edition Articles (London, England), February 6, 2023

Evening Standard: Web Edition Articles (London, England), February 6, 2023

Independent, The/The Independent on Sunday: Web Edition Articles (London, England), February 8, 2023

Hampstead & Highgate Express (England), February 9, 2023

Guardian, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), February 10, 2023

Hampstead & Highgate Express (England), February 16, 2023

Evening Standard: Web Edition Articles (London, England), February 20, 2023

Guardian, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), February 20, 2023

Independent, The/The Independent on Sunday: Web Edition Articles (London, England), February 20, 2023

Evening Standard: Web Edition Articles (London, England), February 21, 2023

MailOnline (London, England), February 21, 2023

Times, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), February 27, 2023 

Times, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), March 1, 2023

Evening Standard: Web Edition Articles (London, England), March 6, 2023

Guardian, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), March 6, 2023

Evening Standard: Web Edition Articles (London, England), March 7, 2023

Evening Standard: Web Edition Articles (London, England), March 9, 2023

Hampstead & Highgate Express (England), March 9, 2023 

Independent, The/The Independent on Sunday: Web Edition Articles (London, England), March 9, 2023

Evening Standard: Web Edition Articles (London, England), March 10, 2023

Evening Standard: Web Edition Articles (London, England), March 13, 2023

Times, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), March 14, 2023

Times, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), March 16, 2023

Hampstead & Highgate Express (England), March 16, 2023

Evening Standard: Web Edition Articles (London, England), March 23, 2023

Guardian, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), March 23, 2023

Independent, The/The Independent on Sunday: Web Edition Articles (London, England), March 23, 2023

Independent, The/The Independent on Sunday: Web Edition Articles (London, England), March 23, 2023

MailOnline (London, England), March 23, 2023

Hampstead & Highgate Express (England), March 30, 2023

Guardian, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England), June 23, 2022

MailOnline (London, England), June 24, 2022

Evening Standard: Web Edition Articles (London, England), July 7, 2022

Independent, The/The Independent on Sunday: Web Edition Articles (London, England), July 22, 2022

MailOnline (London, England), November 7, 2022

Evening Standard: Web Edition Articles (London, England), March 23, 2023

ONLINE SOURCES

https://www.channelstv.com/2023/05/05/ekweremadus-trial-a-timeline/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/05/met-police-investigate-more-organ-trafficking-cases-in-uk

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/05/nigerian-politician-jailed-in-uk-over-organ-trafficking-plot-ekweremadu

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-65013545

https://guardian.ng/opinion/ekweremadu-human-trafficking-conspiracy-and-shame-of-a-nation/

https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/distressed-man-walked-staines-police-26548544