Season 8 - Episode 38

DESCRIPTION: 

The weather was still warm at 2:30 am, and unusually, a married local couple decided it was a good time to go for a scenic stroll past the mansion and gardens in Valentines Park. They walked down Cranbrook Road until the pair reached the junction opposite Cranbrook Rise — that’s where they saw something that didn’t seem right amongst the large white houses that lined the street. The couple noticed someone lying awkwardly on a grey brick driveway. The woman was covered in blood and struggling to breathe…

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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: 

Haunted by Stephen Keech 

Sussex by Stephen Keech 

Mighty Hand by Stephen Keech 

Fractured Light by Stephen Keech 

Templar by Wicked Cinema 

Disappearance by Wicked Cinema 

St Mary by Chelsea McGough And Stephen Keech 

Harboring by Salon Dijon 

End of an Era by Salon Dijon 

Distances by Salon Dijon 

Am I Dreaming by Moments 

Shadows by Marcus Huber 

AI Fine by Marcus Huber 

Venture Calls by Lincoln Davis 

Spooked by JShirts 

Strangers by Craig Allen Fravel 

Wolgrim by Cody Martin 

Call of Kingship by Cody Martin 

The Diary by CJ0 

Layers by Caleb Etheridge 

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REFERENCES: 

CPS / JUDICIARY / PROBATION DOCUMENTS

https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/McSweeney-v-REX-judgment.pdf

https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/R-v-Jordan-McSweeney-141222.pdf

https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprobation/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/01/FINAL-JM-report-HMI-Probation.pdf

https://www.cps.gov.uk/london-north/news/man-jailed-life-over-murder-zara-aleena

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ONLINE ARTICLES

https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/zara-aleena-ilford-murder-victims-24349034

https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/zara-aleenas-heartbreaking-family-victim-25752722

https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/redbridge-assault-live-woman-critical-24325633 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/29/man-charged-with-of-zara-aleena-in-london-street-jordan-mcsweeney-

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/29/zara-aleena-family-tribute-beloved-human-joy-to-all

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/14/a-thief-came-into-our-family-and-took-the-heart-out-of-it-the-killing-of-zara-aleena 

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/murder-investigation-woman-dies-head-injuries-ilford-attack-london-crime-b1008479.html

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/zara-aleena-kings-speech-sentencing-changes-jordan-mcsweeney-b1118839.html

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/zara-aleena-murder-how-case-solved-metropolitan-police-jordan-mcsweeney-b1047253.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-63970290

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-63922196 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-63956133 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-63599799 

https://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/23495349.prison-worker-arrested-kissing-zara-aleenas-killer/ 

https://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/23979201.forensics-catching-killer-tell-story-zara-aleena/ 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10972905/Jordan-McSweeney-appears-Old-Bailey-charged-murdering-Zara-Aleena.html

https://inews.co.uk/opinion/cant-save-niece-zara-aleena-fighting-victims-2118100 

https://www.bracknellnews.co.uk/news/20259240.inquest-told-zara-aleena-died-head-neck-injuries/

https://www.londonworld.com/news/crime/ilford-murder-woman-death-attack-cranbrook-road-3746114

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19026433/ilford-murder-zara-aleena-killed-neighbour/

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/man-arrested-after-woman-killed-in-stranger-attack-in-ilford-g2kn82cwz