In November 2003, Graham and Carol Fisher were found murdered at Perch Garage near Wadebridge, Cornwall. The couple had built a quiet life around their petrol station and bungalow on the A39, but a shattered window, a ransacked home and evidence of a violent double shooting left investigators searching for answers…

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This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.

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

Audio editing by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.

Narration, additional audio editing and mixing, and script editing by Benjamin Fitton.

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MUSIC:

Runner by Falls

Evidence Board by CJ0

Arcadia by Cody Martin

Come Back by Cody Martin

Defender Trials by Cody Martin

Dragonsilk by Cody Martin

Far From Home by Cody Martin

Forbidden Wing by Cody Martin

Leviathan by Cody Martin

Twilight Mist by Druid Falls

Down To The Wire by Rhythm Scott

Memories Of Future Events by Hill

Stopped Time by Moments

The Way Back by Moments

Night Watch by Third Age

High Anxiety by Phillip Mount

Distances by Salon Dijon

True Crime Investigation by Rhythm Scott

The Void by Cody Martin

Harvester by Wicked Cinema

Legend Has It by Wicked Cinema

Lurk by Wicked Cinema

Main Frame by Wicked Cinema

Rag Doll by Wicked Cinema

Rogue Asset by Wicked Cinema

Shifting Sands by Wicked Cinema

Harvester by Wicked Cinema

REFERENCES:

COURT DOCUMENTS

Lee Firkins & Anor v R-[2023] EWCA Crim 1491

FIRKINS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM

NEWSBANK

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ONLINE

https://ccrc.gov.uk/decision/firkins-robert/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj6z14kl9ydo

https://ccrc.gov.uk/news/firkins-brothers-have-double-murder-retrials-dropped/

https://ccrc.gov.uk/news/commission-refers-the-murder-convictions-of-robert-and-lee-firkins-to-the-court-of-appeal/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/3228918.stm

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/aug/03/patrickbarkham

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/delabole-loner-fetish-elderly-women-2189789

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/twenty-years-unsolved-murder-quirky-6938726

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-41497372

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-21322575

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/no-search-other-suspects-after-9797048

https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/after-almost-20-years-and-two-appeals-court-appeal-two-wrongful-convictions-double-murder-are