DESCRIPTION:
Shortly before 8 am, on March 30th, 2009, Craig Freear was getting ready to leave his home on Ashbourne Road in Bradford. While his partner Neville was still in bed, Craig quietly approached the front door to set off for work. As the door opened, Craig found himself face to face with a man holding a double-barrel shotgun. Taking a step back through the threshold of the house, Craig recognised the gunman’s eyes through the holes of his balaclava...
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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, audio editing assistance, script editing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.
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MUSIC:
Asylum by Cody Martin
Pursuit Of Wonder by Caleb Etheridge
Changing Tide by Moments
The Search by CJ0
The Diary by CJ0
Arcadia by Cody Martin
Dark Night by Cody Martin
Far From Home by Cody Martin
Final Moments by Cody Martin
Forbidden Wing by Cody Martin
Loaves & Fish by Cody Martin
Quiet Desperation Part 2 by JCar
Unexpected Turn by Moments
Distances by Salon Dijon
Crooked Man by Wicked Cinema
Vanished by Wicked Cinema
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COURT DOCUMENTS
[2006] EWCA
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https://www.newspapers.com/article/widnes-weekly-news/148497061/
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Yorkshire Post (England), April 1, 2009
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Yorkshire Evening Post (England), April 2, 2009
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Yorkshire Post (England), April 3, 2009
Bradford Telegraph and Argus (England), April 4, 2009
Yorkshire Post (England), April 4, 2009
Yorkshire Post (England), April 6, 2009
Bradford Telegraph and Argus (England), April 7, 2009
Yorkshire Post (England), April 7, 2009
Yorkshire Post (England), April 8, 2009
Bradford Telegraph and Argus (England), April 9, 2009
Yorkshire Post (England), April 9, 2009
Bradford Telegraph and Argus (England), April 16, 2009
Yorkshire Post (England), April 17, 2009
Bradford Telegraph and Argus (England), May 1, 2009
Yorkshire Evening Post (England), May 1, 2009
Bradford Telegraph and Argus (England), May 27, 2009
Yorkshire Evening Post (England), March 1, 2010
Bradford Telegraph and Argus (England), March 2, 2010
Yorkshire Post (England), March 2, 2010
Bradford Telegraph and Argus (England), March 3, 2010
Yorkshire Post (England), March 3, 2010
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (England), March 4, 2010
Yorkshire Evening Post (England), March 4, 2010
Yorkshire Post (England), March 4, 2010
Yorkshire Post (England), March 9, 2010
Bradford Telegraph and Argus (England), March 17, 2010
Bradford Telegraph and Argus (England), March 18, 2010
Yorkshire Post (England), March 19, 2010
Bradford Telegraph and Argus (England), March 29, 2010
Independent Television Network (Sri Lanka), March 29, 2010
Yorkshire Evening Post (England), March 29, 2010
Yorkshire Post (England), March 29, 2010
Bradford Telegraph and Argus (England), March 30, 2010.
Yorkshire Post (England), March 29, 2010
Daily Mirror, The (London, England), March 30, 2010
Herald, The/Sunday Herald, The (Glasgow, Scotland), March 30, 2010
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (England), March 30, 2010
Yorkshire Post (England), March 30, 2010
Yorkshire Post (England), April 2, 2010
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Yorkshire Post (England), March 30, 2009
Bradford Telegraph and Argus (England), March 31, 2009
Yorkshire Post (England), March 31, 2009
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